Byron Donalds Backs Government Bitcoin Holdings, Opposes Fed Digital Currency
Edited by Steinar Vigdel Kolnes, Editor, Oslo
Florida congressman Byron Donalds outlined his views on bitcoin reserves, a Fed-issued digital currency and market oversight in an interview with Bitcoin.com News.
Florida congressman and gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds expressed support for governments holding bitcoin during an interview with Bitcoin.com News dated Oct. 17, 2026.
Donalds also opposed a digital currency issued by the Federal Reserve and questioned whether federal regulators could adapt quickly enough to changes in the markets they supervise.
The interview covered strategic reserves, prediction markets and his gubernatorial contest against former Representative David Jolly. The outlet’s headline also highlighted Donalds’ favorable assessment of CLARITY, though the supplied excerpt did not elaborate on those remarks.
Source: Bitcoin.com News
