Cryptocurrency campaigners call for Swiss central bank to hold bitcoin


FILE PHOTO: A national flag flutters from the Swiss National Bank (SNB) building in Bern, Switzerland, November 6, 2024. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

BERN (Reuters) -Cryptocurrency campaigners have stepped up calls for the Swiss National Bank to buy bitcoin, saying the global economic turmoil triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs made it more important for the central bank to diversify its reserves.

Supporters launched a referendum campaign in December to change the Swiss constitution to require the SNB holds bitcoin in its reserves alongside gold.

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