This week, two Swedish lawmakers urged the countryâs finance minister to consider adding Bitcoin to Swedenâs reserves.
Sweden Democrat Member of the Riksdag Dennis Dioukarev and MP Rickard Nordin have issued open letters to Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson, pushing for a national strategy that embraces Bitcoin as part of the countryâs future financial planning.
Dioukarevâs letter, submitted on April 14, proposed that Sweden begin accumulating Bitcoin using confiscated crypto assets. He pointed to similar efforts in other countries, notably the United States, which recently launched a national Bitcoin reserve funded through seized funds.Â
âThis is a trend seen in many countries,â Dioukarev wrote, asking whether the finance ministry had any plans to explore the idea.
Nordinâs April 8 letter made a similar case, asking the government to rethink its traditional reserve policy that focuses on traditional assets like Gold and take Bitcoinâs global rise more seriously.
他写道:“部长和政府是否考虑过允许瑞典央行将比特币纳入瑞典货币储备的可能性?部长和政府是否会采取措施帮助瑞典央行这样做?”
诺丁认为,比特币不仅是对冲通胀的工具,也是专制政权下活动人士和异见人士的金融工具。他指出,比特币作为一种抗审查支付系统,与民主价值观和言论自由相符。
为了建立这样的储备,诺丁提出了一种预算中性的方法,即保留瑞典海关或警方等当局查获的任何比特币,而不是将其出售。
âThis is how the U.S. has built up a considerable amount without needing to allocate budgetary funds or directly purchase the cryptocurrency,â he added.
Before the U.S. stepped in, the concept of a national Bitcoin reserve lived mostly in crypto circles and think tanks. That changed in March, when returning President Donald Trump signed an executive order turning Bitcoin into a formal part of Americaâs sovereign toolkit.
The idea has resonated beyond Washington ever since Trump promised to establish a national Bitcoin reserve. In January this year, Czech central bank governor AleÅ¡ Michl presented the idea of Bitcoin as a diversification tool.Â
Prior to that, French Parliament Member Sarah Knafo had urged European nations to start building national Bitcoin reserves instead of a central bank digital currency.
然而,并非所有人都赞同这个想法。例如,澳大利亚已明确表示不会效仿美国,将比特币纳入储备货币体系。助理财政部长发言人上个月表示,阿尔巴尼亚政府的重点是监管,而非积累。