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BERN, April 25 (Reuters) - The head of the Swiss National Bank said on Friday that cryptocurrencies failed to meet the institution's currency reserve standards, rebuffing calls by crypto advocates that it hold bitcoin as a hedge against growing global economic risks.Cryptocurrency campaigners are ramping up pressure on the SNB to buy bitcoin, arguing that the economic turmoil triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs made it more important for the central bank to diversify its reserves. They have launched a referendum campaign to change the Swiss constitution and require the SNB to hold bitcoin in its reserves alongside gold.SNB Chairman Martin Schlegel, however, rejected the idea at the central bank's shareholder meeting in Bern."Cryptocurrency cannot currently fulfil the requirements for our currency reserves," he said.Market liquidity was one concern, he said, as the central bank needed at all times to be able to buy and sell foreign exchange.Cryptocurrencies also typically exhibit "very, very high" fluctuations in value, Schlegel said, which raised doubts about their ability to maintain the value of the SNB's currency reserves.Schlegel's comments came after Luzius Meisser - a founder of the Bitcoin Initiative, which is pushing for the referendum - told the meeting that bitcoin was a "special asset" and a valuable alternative to traditional government debt."I have to admit it might not be worth much in scenarios that most of you consider normal," he said. "However, bitcoin will be worth a lot in the specific scenario of a multipolar world order with fading trust in government debt."Reporting by John Revill; Editing by Joe Bavier

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WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - U.S. banking regulators announced on Thursday they were pulling back several documents that urge banks to show caution when dabbling in cryptocurrency and related activities.The Federal Reserve said it was withdrawing a pair of supervisory letters stipulating that banks should seek advance approval from regulators before engaging in crypto-asset and stablecoin activities.Make sense of the latest ESG trends affecting companies and governments with the Reuters Sustainable Switch newsletter. Sign up here. In addition, the Fed joined the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in withdrawing a pair of 2023 statements urging banks to be vigilant around crypto-related risks. Under the prior guidance, regulators warned banks to be wary of volatility, legal uncertainty and liquidity risks when considering whether to provide crypto-related services or take on crypto companies as clients.Scrapping that guidance marks the latest move by the Trump administration to strike a more crypto-friendly stance. In its statement announcing the changes, the Fed said regulators would be looking into whether new guidance to "support innovation, including crypto-asset activities, is appropriate."In March, the OCC was the first US regulator to move to make it easier for banks to engage in crypto activities, similarly moving to scrap guidance adopted under the previous administration urging banks to be cautious in the space.Reporting by Pete Schroeder; Editing by Chris Reese and Deepa Babington

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BERN, April 24 (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency campaigners have stepped up calls for the Swiss National Bank to buy bitcoin, saying the global economic turmoil triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs made it more important for the central bank to diversify its reserves.Supporters launched a referendum campaign in December to change the Swiss constitution to require the SNB holds bitcoin in its reserves alongside gold. "Holding bitcoin makes more sense as the world shifts towards a multipolar order, where the dollar and the euro are weakening," said campaigner Luzius Meisser, a board member of cryptocurrency broker Bitcoin Suisse.Buying bitcoin would free the SNB from political influence on the value of its foreign currency holdings, three-quarters of which are in dollars and euros, said Meisser, who is due to speak at the SNB annual general meeting in Bern on Friday."Politicians eventually give in to the temptation of printing money to fund their plans, but bitcoin is a currency that cannot be inflated through deficit spending," he said.Switzerland has emerged as a hub for blockchain and cryptocurrency innovation, with projects such as Ethereum founded in the town of Zug – dubbed "Crypto Valley".Currently, 11% of the Swiss population has invested in crypto assets, according to a study by the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.But the SNB remains sceptical, citing large price swings, liquidity concerns and security risks. It does not own bitcoin."Cryptocurrencies are essentially software. And we all know that software can often have bugs and other vulnerabilities," SNB Chairman Martin Schlegel told Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger in March.Yves Bennaim, an organiser of the Bitcoin Initiative, said the technology behind bitcoin was one of the most reliable and secure IT systems ever created, and was constantly improving.Although both Bennaim and Meisser hold bitcoin, they said they were not advocating for it to boost their personal investments.With a market capitalisation of nearly $2 trillion, the global bitcoin market is the most liquid and stable among digital assets, Bennaim said, with billions of dollars worth traded every day."We are not saying - go all in with bitcoin, but if you have nearly 1 trillion francs in reserves, like the SNB does, then it makes sense to have 1–2% of that in an asset that is increasing in value, becoming more secure, and that everyone wants to own."Reporting by John Revill; editing by Mark Heinrich

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