Solana Co-Founder Anatoly Yakovenko Pushes Back Against US Crypto Reserve After Trump Includes SOL in Proposal
Solana (SOL) co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko opposes the idea of the US establishing a crypto strategic reserve. In a post on the social media platform X, Yakovenko cites why he does not support Donald Trump’s decision to create a national reserve of digital assets, a move that the President says will ensure the US becomes the “crypto capital of the world.” “My reserve order of preference: No reserve, because if you want decentralization to fail you’d put the government in charge of it. Or states run their own reserve as a hedge against the Fed making a mistake. Or if there has to be a reserve, it’s based on objectively measurable requirements. I don’t care what they are, they can even be constructed such that only Bitcoin satisfies them right now, they just must be objectively measurable and rationally justified. If there is a target to beat, the Solana ecosystem will get it done.” Yakovenko shares his concern following Trump’s statement that in addition to Bitc...