First Bitcoin-Backed Municipal Bond Launches In New Hampshire

First Bitcoin-Backed Municipal Bond Launches In New Hampshire

New Hampshire has authorized the first US municipal security explicitly backed by Bitcoin, approving a $100 million “conduit” bond that uses over-collateralized BTC rather than tax revenues or project cash flows as its primary backstop. The decision by the state’s Business Finance Authority (BFA) positions New Hampshire as an early test bed for integrating digital […]


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