{"id":13356,"date":"2025-02-16T13:46:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T13:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=13356"},"modified":"2025-02-16T13:46:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T13:46:38","slug":"exclusive-bitcoin-has-capacity-to-become-legal-tender-in-europe-says-eu-member-of-parliament-sarah-knafo-i-am-going-to-fight-the-digital-euro-and-the-totalitarian-ecb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=13356","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Bitcoin Has &#8216;Capacity&#8217; To Become Legal Tender In Europe, Says EU Member Of Parliament Sarah Knafo: &#8216;I Am Going To Fight The Digital Euro&#8217; And The Totalitarian ECB"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Within the first week of his inauguration, President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/01\/43177482\/trump-signs-executive-order-on-crypto-bitcoin-reserve-to-be-evaluated\">signed an executive order<\/a> that included a directive to evaluate the creation of a &#8220;strategic national digital assets stockpile.&#8221; The Federal Reserve has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/25\/02\/43646173\/bitcoin-ethereum-dogecoin-dip-even-as-fed-chair-powell-says-no-to-cbdcs-analyst-says-btc-under-consolidation-but-next-big-move-could-be-likely\">shunned plans<\/a> to create a central bank digital currency, setting a conducive ecosystem for cryptocurrencies to grow.<\/p>\n<p>However, the move has sharply contrasted with the policy of the <strong>European Central Bank<\/strong>, which ruled out <a href=\"https:\/\/in.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/01\/43344908\/bitcoin-will-not-be-considered-for-central-bank-reserves-ecb-president-christine-lagarde-says\">adding digital assets to monetary frameworks<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of the ECB&#8217;s fiercest critics, <strong>Sarah Knafo<\/strong>, a European Parliament member from France, spoke with Benzinga about how Europe was missing out on an impending &#8220;revolution&#8221; by ignoring <strong>Bitcoin <\/strong>(CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) and clinging to inflationary fiat currencies. <\/p>\n<p>Knafo belongs to the French-nationalist Reconqu\u00eate party, which was founded in late 2021. She was elected to the European Parliament in 2024 and currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the Europe of Sovereign Nations Group.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Fight Against \u201cTotalitarian\u201d ECB<\/h2>\n<p>The European lawmaker said Bitcoin was a response to the &#8220;galloping&#8221; inflation in Europe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Public deficit leads to monetary creation, which creates inflation, which leads to chaos. Because of these poor political choices, our traditional currencies &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/02\/43758789\/exclusive-bitcoin-has-capacity-to-become-legal-tender-in-europe-says-eu-member-of-parliame\" alt=\"EXCLUSIVE:\" bitcoin has to become legal tender in europe says eu member of parliament sarah knafo: am going fight the digital euro and totalitarian ecb>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Within the first week of his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that included a directive to evaluate the creation of a &#8220;strategic national digital assets stockpile.&#8221; The Federal Reserve has also shunned plans to create a central bank digital currency, setting a conducive ecosystem for cryptocurrencies to grow. 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