CZ: A National Crypto Reserve Should Be Over 50% Bitcoin and 10-20% Ethereum
In a Bitcoin Asia fireside chat published by Bitcoin Magazine on Aug. 28, 2026, Binance founder CZ proposed that countries allocating crypto reserves take the top five cryptocurrencies by market cap and allocate strictly by market cap, leaving Bitcoin at 50-something percent and Ethereum at 10-20%.
The real reason not to go all-in on Bitcoin, he argued, is not a lack of confidence in it but that an industry with only Bitcoin would grow much slower, and other blockchains' innovation actually helps Bitcoin grow. Bitcoin will likely serve as the global reserve currency for a very long time, CZ said.
Binance founder CZ backs Bitcoin and Ethereum as core national reserve assets, explicitly framing BTC above 50% and ETH at 10-20%. As a highly influential voice, this reinforces the sovereign-adoption narrative and improves sentiment expectations around potential state buying, making BTC and ETH short-term bullish (medium), though actual institutional flows still depend on policy action.