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Today in crypto, Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko said he opposes a US national crypto reserve, warning that government control could undermine decentralization, defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox has moved 12,000 Bitcoin amid a crypto market slump, and US President Donald Trump is expected to unveil plans for a strategic Bitcoin reserve on March 7.
Solana co-founder and CEO Anatoly Yakovenko said he would prefer no US crypto reserve, citing the risks to decentralization if a government was in charge.
On March 6, Yakovenko posted on X, sharing the order of his preferences regarding a US reserve of cryptocurrencies. The Solana co-founder said his No. 1 preference would be having no reserve because putting the government in charge may cause decentralization “to fail.”