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Switzerland doesn't even dare to go all-in on Bitcoin? Central bank reserve proposal backfires, crypto community's faith takes a hit
When mentioning Switzerland, many people's first reactions are:
Banks, gold, neutrality, wealthy safes.
Now, even Switzerland's push for a "central bank allocation of Bitcoin reserves" proposal hasn't gathered enough referendum signatures.
The crypto community is directly stunned.
Many originally thought:
"Is Switzerland going to become the world's first country-level Bitcoin believer?"
But reality slapped hard:
"Dreams are good, but the signatures aren't enough."
This matter is actually very real.
Because ordinary people shouting online "BTC will reach 1 million" is easy, but when it comes to national central banks allocating real money, the logic is completely different.
What are central banks most afraid of?
Volatility.
Today it rises 10%, tomorrow it drops 20%, putting such things into national reserves is like the finance minister riding a roller coaster every day.
And Switzerland's financial system itself is already very stable; it doesn't need to gamble on BTC like some high-inflation countries.
But this incident also reveals a more important signal:
Bitcoin is gradually moving from a "marginal asset" to a topic of national discussion.
Previously, people discussed:
"How retail investors buy BTC."
Now it has become:
"Should the country buy BTC?"
This is a qualitative change.
Even more interesting, although the referendum failed, Wall Street is frantically buying.
Especially strategy funds, ETF institutions, various BTC reserve companies, collectively scooped up over 64k BTC in April.
On one side, the country hesitates;
On the other side, capital is rushing in.
What does this indicate?
The capital markets already see BTC as a long-term strategic asset, but sovereign nations still worry about political and stability risks.
So now, BTC is very much like a "well-behaved but promising student":
Everyone knows it might have a bright future,
but no one dares to be the first to make it class president.