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Solana Co-Founder Wants NO Crypto Reserves
The Solana co-founder and current CEO Anatoly Yakovenko has expressed his concerns over a potential crypto reserve in the United States. He noted the risk it could pose to decentralisation if the government was in charge, and he also revealed his order of his preferences regarding a US reserve of cryptocurrencies. This was announced on social platform 'X' where Yakovenko outlined his three preferred choices regarding the promise of President Donald Trump.
He stated that his first preference would be having no reserve because putting the government in charge may cause decentralisation “to fail.” Beyond that the next best option, according to Yakovenko, would be for states to run their own crypto reserves. He noted this could act as a hedge against the Federal Reserve making a mistake. Finally, if there must be a reserve he feels that it should be based on objectively measurable requirements for which tokens should be included, although he did not specify what they should be.
Anatoly Yakovenko went on to state that he does not care if the requirements are structured in a way which makes Bitcoin the only token to meet the required standard. He did caveat that the requirement should be “rationally justified,” while he also added that if there’s a target, “the Solana ecosystem will get it done.” He made the post in response to reports which cited anonymous sources saying that Ripple had pitched Solana to be included in Trump’s crypto reserve. Apparently it was done to make the inclusion of XRP “seem more legitimate.” Yakovenko denied that Solana representatives had pitched SOL to be included in the national crypto reserve. He stated:
“What’s a Solana representative? At this point, it’s honestly like saying a Bitcoin representative. No one asked me, and I didn’t pitch it."
The Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson also denied any knowledge of Cardano’s token being included in the reserve. He stated in a video on the 5th of Match that nobody talked to them about ADA being included. He also stated no representatives from Cardano had been invited to the upcoming White House crypto roundtable. Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse, Strategy’s Michael Saylor, Coinbase's Brian Armstrong, Chainlink's Sergey Nazarov and many others have been confirmed as attendees for the summit.
It was on the 2nd of March that US President Donald Trump noted a proposal to announce a list of digital assets to be included in a crypto strategic reserve. Trump stated that the Working Group on Digital Assets had been instructed to include XRP, Solana, Cardano, Bitcoin and Ether in a strategic reserve. There was a major rally after the announcement as the crypto market responded with XRP surging 34%, SOL by 27%, and ADA by over 80%. Bitcoin and ETH also saw major gains.
Not all are in agreement with Trump , as President of the Texas Blockchain Council, Lee Bratcher, noted he feels that the US reserve should only contain Bitcoin. He does not consider himself a Bitcoin maximalist but feels it would be the right move. Head of Bitcoin investments for institutions at Swan Bitcoin, Steven Lubka, also noted that the reserve should be focused around global, neutral, strategic assets that benefit the US. He stated:
“Bitcoin is the only digital asset which fits this description.”
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