SNB faces renewed drive to hold bitcoin in its reserves
Campaign calls for constitutional amendment that would force central bank to keep cryptocurrency
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is facing a renewed campaign to force it to hold bitcoin as part of its reserves.
A clause in Switzerland’s constitution requires the SNB to hold part of its reserves in gold. Supporters of a new initiative want the clause changed to “in gold and bitcoin”.
The “bitcoin initiative” was submitted to the Swiss Federal Chancellery on December 5 and published on December 31. Its supporters now have 18 months to collect at least 100,000 signatures from Swiss citizens who
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