US Vice President J.D. Vance said China’s stance on Bitcoin should be a message to the United States. If the Communist Party of China is avoiding Bitcoin, maybe Washington should do the opposite and embrace it, he said.

Economist Peter Schiff offered a different interpretation: he argued that China’s authorities are deliberately steering clear of cryptocurrencies and instead investing in gold and manufacturing. In his view, the US is wasting capital on buying and mining BTC, while the People’s Bank of China has been increasing its gold reserves for 15 months in a row.

Analysts underscore a divergence in strategies: China is focused on long‑term investments with stable returns, whereas the US is betting on short‑term capitalization. Interestingly, federal US authorities are not building gold reserves, focusing instead on developing the blockchain industry.