Actors from two other states joined Kentucky and Maryland this week as Utah became the first state to acquire the bill through a legislative office that allows investments in public funded crypto assets.
Although widely identified in Republican-led accusations against so-called “Bitcoin Strategic Reserves” at the federal level, states have moved their own measures, with each investing their state's money in digital assets. Ta.
Utah's bill to allow state accounts to put money into digital assets survived a tough vote in the Utah House of Representatives (moving forward with just a three-vote margin) to head to the state Senate on Friday . If you clear both rooms and sign the law by the governor, the law allows public funds to be stable or invested in cryptocurrency at a market capitalization of more than $500 billion.
This week, the new Maryland bill was introduced by Democratic president Kaylin Young and is driving Bitcoin (BTC) strategy preparation, just as expected by US Sen. Cynthia Ramis. In Maryland, reserves are funded through revenue from enforcing gambling violations.
Kentucky law also landed this week, with two bills so far opening up state retirement funds for investment in digital asset exchange sales funds. The bill throws obstacles to use the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
Most state bills avoid asking new taxpayer money to be led to code.
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Fifteen other states are weighing the laws in current sessions, with other states expected to follow, while two other states (Michigan and Wisconsin) already in the Crypto ETF Retirement Fund I have a section. The surge in state profits has largely arisen in President Donald Trump's election and his stated interest in strategic stockpiling of digital assets.
Trump has issued an executive order calling for his administration's crypto working group to investigate the potential US crypto stockpile, but he has been stopped from seeking a strategic Bitcoin reserve.
