Two crypto reserve bills person passed their 3rd speechmaking successful Arizona’s Senate and volition caput to the state's House of Representatives.
Arizona’s Senate has precocious a Bitcoin reserve bill, bringing it to 2nd spot down Utah successful a contention betwixt US states to get a crypto concern measure approved.
The Arizona Senate passed the Strategic Digital Assets Reserve measure (SB 1373) connected its 3rd speechmaking connected Feb. 27 with a ballot of 17 for and 12 against. It present advances to the state’s House.
The bill, sponsored by Republican Senator Mark Finchem, would make a “Digital Assets Strategic Reserve Fund” administered by the authorities treasurer that would dwell of wealth appropriated by the legislature and crypto seized by the state.
The treasurer can’t put much than 10% of the full money deposits successful immoderate fiscal twelvemonth but whitethorn indebtedness integer assets from the money to make returns if it doesn’t summation fiscal risks to the state.
“[Whether] you similar it oregon not, authorities volition hap astatine the national level successful this order: Stablecoins, Market Structure, and Strategic Bitcoin Reserve,” Satoshi Action Fund laminitis Dennis Porter said successful a Feb. 28 X post.
Arizona moves up successful the strategical reserve race. Source: Bitcoin Laws
Another Bitcoin reserve measure is besides making its way done Arizona’s Senate. The Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act (SB 1025), co-sponsored by Republican Senator Wendy Rogers and Representative Jeff Weninger, besides passed the Senate’s 3rd speechmaking connected Feb. 27 with a ballot of 17 for and 11 against.
The Rogers and Weninger-sponsored measure focuses connected concern authorization for nationalist funds to put successful crypto assets, portion the Finchem-sponsored measure establishes a specialized money for seized integer assets and appropriated funds.
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There are presently 18 US states that person crypto reserve bills pending Senate votes, portion 2 — Arizona and Utah — are successful the last stages of the support process.
State crypto concern bills person been rejected successful Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota and Pennsylvania.
The presumption of crypto reserve-related bills. Source: Bitcoin Reserve Monitor
Bitcoin reserve proposals are gaining enactment crossed the US acknowledgment to President Donald Trump’s pro-crypto policies.
Bitcoin, meanwhile, has tanked 17% implicit the past 7 days arsenic it struggles to support gains owed to economical uncertainty implicit Trump’s sweeping incoming tariffs.
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