The Czech Republic does not use the euro but the country is in the EU. The CNB did not comment on the particular assets it's considering. The proposal was put forward by CNB Governor Aleš Michl, who has said his interest was in possibly adding bitcoin to bank's balance sheet.

Czech Finance Minister Zbynek Stanjura has warned against the CNB’s proposal to consider investing up to 5% of its reserves in Bitcoin, citing volatility risks.

By Albin Sybera in Prague The Czech National Bank (CNB) is planning to become the first European central bank to add cryptocurrency bitcoin to its reserves, the CNB governor Aleš Michl said in an interview with the Financial Times on January 29.