Thanks to this year's rally in Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), which recently broke through the $100,000 price level, the concept of a strategic Bitcoin reserve has rapidly transformed from an arcane campaign issue into an economic idea worthy of serious consideration. From a conceptual standpoint, the strategic Bitcoin reserve is similar to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, created in 1975 in response to the energy crisis of that era. According to Michael Saylor, founder and Executive Chairman of MicroStrategy, the strategic Bitcoin reserve would help stabilize the U.S. economy, strengthen the U.S. dollar, and establish the U.S. as the global leader in the digital economy.