According to BlockBeats, on May 9, Switzerland’s initiative to require the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to hold Bitcoin in its official reserves failed due to insufficient signatures. The proposal aimed to amend the Swiss Constitution to add BTC alongside gold and foreign currency reserves. The initiative required 100,000 valid signatures within 18 months to trigger a national referendum, but organizers collected only about half that amount and abandoned the effort.
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