PANews reported on December 30 that Christian Lindner, chairman of the German Free Democratic Party (FDP) and former finance minister, called on the European Central Bank (EZB) and the German Federal Bank to include cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin in their reserves, according to Handelsblatt. He mentioned that the US government is taking an aggressive crypto asset policy and studying whether the Federal Reserve should include cryptocurrencies in its reserves. Lindner said that Europe needs to avoid being surpassed by the United States in this area, and suggested that Frankfurt review the inclusion of crypto assets as part of the reserves to enhance the risk resistance of the reserves. He emphasized that crypto assets have become an important part of global wealth growth.