Taiwan's opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party legislator Ju-Chun Ko (葛如鈞) wants a strategic Bitcoin reserve.During a legislative interpellation on Nov. 11, KMT legislator and adjunct professor at National Taiwan University (NTU) Ju-Chun Ko pressed the Executive Yuan, the executive branch of Taiwan's government, and Taiwan's Central Bank to consider including Bitcoin in Taiwan's strategic reserves.During the assembly, Yang Chin-long (楊金龍), governor of the Central Bank, agreed to deliver a report on the matter before the end of 2025. On Nov. 12, Ko posted on X that Taiwan's premier had committed to studying Bitcoin's inclusion in Taiwan's strategic reserves. Calling the news a "breakthrough," Ko urged the crypto community to support the move and make Taiwan the Bitcoin hub in Asia.The Executive Yuan's commitment During the interpellation, Ko said the global financial order is undergoing a profound reshuffle. Virtual assets can no longer be dismissed as speculative instruments. They are quickly becoming a new frontier in national security and financial sovereignty, he claimed.He said the government should undertake comprehensive planning if Taiwan is to capture the dividends of this emerging financial era, SET News reported.He proposed a full inventory of Bitcoin and other virtual assets that have been confiscated by Taiwan's judiciary. If the government is not under immediate pressure to liquidate these holdings, he suggested adopting a "hold" strategy and determining, once a coherent policy framework is in place, whether the assets should be incorporated into national reserves or sold through auction.Taiwan's Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) agreed that a stocktaking of Taiwan's Bitcoin holdings is necessary. Cho pledged that a report would be delivered by the end of the year.The Executive Yuan and Taiwan's Central Bank committed to completing Taiwan's Bitcoin accounting and issuing an upgraded "2.0" assessment on potential reserve strategies, per SET News. Taiwan's Premier Cho Jung-tai. (Executive Yuan) Shifts in Taiwan's regulatory landscapeAccording to the 2024-2025 Taiwan Blockchain Industry Report and Ecosystem Map, "compliance and security supervision" and "product experience optimization" are two key areas of focus for Bitcoin, crypto, and blockchain in 2025.The Map pointed out that as regulators worldwide have tightened their focus on the security and stability of virtual assets, Taiwan has moved in tandem. Recent milestones include developments in the regulation of Taiwan's Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP) and the granting of ETF sub-brokerage services by major traditional financial institutions, the report said.Bhutan's headstartColin Cheng (鄭旭高), the president of Taipei Digital Asset Association, told TCN that when he was invited to share his experience on the Technology and Innovation-driven Economy at the Global Gross National Happiness Forum in Bhutan, he was amazed at how the Himalayan country has leveraged its hydropower resources to mine Bitcoin. Bhutan began investing in Bitcoin projects in 2019 when the virtual currency was trading at US$5,000.Cheng told TCN that Bhutan has begun experimenting with tokenization projects tied to land, carbon credit, and other real-world assets. Bhutanese counterparts were interested to hear about Taiwan's experience in real-world asset tokenization, centered mostly on securities, funds, and gold, as well as Taiwan's VASP practices, he added. TDAA President Colin Cheng in Bhutan. (Colin Cheng) Ko is a household name in blockchain and cryptoNow a legislator of Taiwan's opposition KMT party, Ko is well-known in Bitcoin and crypto circles. Before becoming a politician, Ko taught "Virtual Human and Telepresence" at NTU. He also served as a mentor and judge in different startup competitions.In 2025, his name appeared on the Tempo 30 Award list, an annual list of 30 figures who have made an impact in Taiwan's crypto and web3 industry. Ko was given the award for advocating for Taiwan's burgeoning cryptocurrency sector's self-regulation and a clearer supervisory framework, per BlockTempo.BlockTempo noted that Ko's work had pressed Taiwan's officials on the treatment of Bitcoin ETF sub-brokerage services and stablecoin regulation, and floated the idea of a national strategic Bitcoin reserve. He also spearheaded amendments to the Electronic Signatures Act, seeking to modernize the laws underpinning digital transactions, the article noted."BlockTempo" wrote that Ko contributed to the internationalization of Taiwan's crypto community. BlockTempo said Ko's promotion of Proof of Human (PoH) systems could help counter cross-border fraud and bolster digital democracy.Ko was recently criticized for using AI to automatically respond to comments on Threads. In a Facebook post headed "Tech legislator? Or a legislator outsourcing responsibility? AI responses to citizens reveal a vacuum in political ethics," Jung-Shian Li (李忠憲), a professor at Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University, wrote, "If politicians use AI to reply to citizens, it easily leads to: “Since I didn’t say it, and if it’s wrong, it’s the AI’s fault.”"Assistants and social-media staff are politically accountable public workers. AI cannot bear responsibility, nor can it be held accountable. Democracy is not something that can be outsourced to AI," he added.Ko defended the move in a Facebook reel by saying Taiwan should embrace AI cautiously, adding that netizens had demonstrated digital literacy in catching his AI shortcut, per NOWnews.