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Bill Dudley, former chairman of the New York Federal Reserve, has expressed concerns about the potential inclusion of <a href="https://u.today/bitcoins-btc-legendary-logo-marks-14th-anniversary-details" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bitcoin</a> in the United States' national reserves.
The idea of a national Bitcoin reserve has gained traction this year among some policymakers and crypto enthusiasts, who argue that it could provide a hedge against inflation and diversify U.S. financial assets.
While Dudley believes that crypto technology has the potential to improve the financial system and that a Bitcoin reserve might send BTC prices soaring, he argues that a BTC reserve might not be beneficial overall.
At the time of writing, BTC was trading down 4.31% in the last 24 hours to $98,854. It previously touched an all-time high of $104,000 during yesterday's trading session.
<h2 id="bitcoin-reserve-might-send-btc-price-soaring">Bitcoin reserve might send BTC price soaring</h2>
In a Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-12-06/bitcoin-reserve-would-be-a-bad-deal-for-americans?cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-view&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=view&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow-organic" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">opinion article</a>, Bill Dudley, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, explains why he believes a Bitcoin reserve might not be a good idea: it might worsen the government's finances by fueling inflation, and the government would be stuck holding volatile tokens that generate no income.
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 Bill Dudley, former chairman of the New York Federal Reserve, said that if the United States includes Bitcoin in its national reserves, it may be detrimental to the interests of the people and may divert the dollar's status as the global reserve currency. It may be more biased…— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) <a href="https://twitter.com/WuBlockchain/status/1865015577745723431?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">December 6, 2024</a>
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Bitcoin, according to Dudley, hardly qualifies as money, and its volatility makes it an unsuitable medium of exchange. In most nations, people are not required to accept it as money, he noted. "Transactions are slow and expensive, requiring significant computing power and energy to validate each one," Dudley stated.
The ex-Fed president, however, believes that Bitcoin has some positive attributes: "It’s portable—you can keep millions of dollars’ worth on a thumb drive. It’s semi-anonymous, in the sense that holders are identified only by a public alphanumeric key. It can be transferred to anyone, anywhere, without relying on government-regulated banks or other traditional financial intermediaries."
If enacted, Dudley believes a Bitcoin reserve would undoubtedly send the <a href="https://u.today/bitcoin-to-reach-740000-pantera-capital-ceo-issues-btc-prediction" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">BTC price</a> soaring as investors pile in to get ahead of the government’s purchases, but on the contrary, it might stoke inflation. <a href="https://u.today/ex-fed-chair-believes-bitcoin-reserve-might-not-be-good-idea-details" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Read original article on U.Today</a>

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