Christian Lindner, during a speech at a meeting of the Bundestag, criticized Chancellor Olaf Scholz for the fact that the government ignores the economic opportunities of the first cryptocurrency and does not take steps in the field of accepting Bitcoin as the state’s strategic reserve currency.
According to Lindner, the inclusion of Bitcoin in financial reserves can diversify Germany’s assets and, therefore, reduce their dependence on traditional financial hedging instruments.
He said that against the backdrop of bold steps by the United States to accept cryptocurrencies and promises by President-elect Donald Trump to make America the “crypto capital of the planet,” the German authorities, on the contrary, are selling BTC.
“Saxony has sold billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin at half price, while the US is set to reap the benefits of its flagship cryptocurrency for the country’s economy,” Lindner added.
He called on the country’s leaders to recognize the value of Bitcoin and create a national reserve in BTC, since otherwise Germany risks forever falling behind other countries in the field of crypto innovation.
Earlier, the CEO of Bitcoin Magazine, David Bailey, expressed the opinion that the refusal to form a state reserve in bitcoins and the practice of mass sales of BTC led Germany and the United States to financial losses and lost profits of more than $18 billion.
Source: Bits
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