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Swiss central bank bitcoin reserve push fails after referendum signature drive falls short

A citizen campaign to require the Swiss National Bank to hold bitcoin as part of its reserves has been halted after failing to gather enough signatures for a national referendum. The initiative sought a constitutional change to mandate that some monetary reserves be held in gold and bitcoin, without specifying the bitcoin share. Supporters promoted bitcoin as a neutral reserve asset and hedge against dollar and euro exposure, but the SNB has opposed the idea, citing liquidity and volatility concerns.

Crypto

Ripple CEO dismisses claims it is moving away from XRP, says expansion part of strategy

Ripple Chief Executive Brad Garlinghouse (브래드 갈링하우스) rejected claims that the company is moving away from XRP, calling the doubts “ridiculous and strange.” Speaking at an XRPL event in Las Vegas, he said Ripple remains the largest holder of XRP and wants it to succeed. Ripple said it is focused on boosting XRP utility, liquidity and trust. Garlinghouse also said stablecoin and treasury initiatives may not appear directly tied to XRP but support the ecosystem over time.

AI & Enterprise

Bespin Global wins AWS partner awards startup category

Bespin Global, an AI services and solutions company, said on May 11 it won the startup category at Amazon Web Services Korea’s 2026 first-half Korea Partner Prospecting League (KPPL). The company said KPPL is an awards programme run twice a year for domestic AWS partners and is used as a key indicator for assessing partners’ business performance. It said its AI capabilities to support startups’ growth acceleration were highly rated.