The U.S. Senate is considering a bill that would require the Federal Reserve to sell some gold to finance the purchase of 1 million bitcoins for the government reserve. This was reported by Bloomberg.

If this happens, the United States will buy about 5% of all cryptocurrencies in the world. The same share is held by all American exchange-traded funds combined, as well as the creator of the currency, Satoshi Nakamoto.

The potential creation of a national cryptocurrency reserve in the United States could prompt other governments to buy up Bitcoin, said Mark Connors, founder and chief investment strategist at Risk Dimensions. This leads to the so-called concentration risk.

Unlike owning shares in a company, Bitcoin’s blockchain software prohibits even the largest owners from exercising any control over how it functions.

“The Bitcoin OGs no longer have control of the global crypto markets, even if they have made the highest profits,” said longtime crypto investor Michael Terpin. “Ownership of large amounts of Bitcoin is different from control of Bitcoin. Governments own a large portion of the world’s gold, but they don’t have control over its price or utility. The same will eventually be the case with Bitcoin.”

However, with the concentration of ownership comes risks for everyone involved with bitcoin. Many cryptocurrency holders are not so-called “holders,” meaning that they have no obligation not to sell it no matter what. The massive sale of bitcoins could potentially exacerbate the already very volatile movements of the cryptocurrency.