Bitcoin Goes Official: Texas Becomes 1st US State With BTC Reserve
Everything is big in Texas, many would say. Today, the state is looking past its current state of finances by adding Bitcoin to its coffers–and making things bigger in terms of its economic implications. Related Reading: BTC Goes Corporate: Major Brazilian Firm Adopts BTC Strategy Texas became the first US state to establish a crypto […]
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In mid-June, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law HB 483, paving the way for Texas to repatriate $1 billion in gold from an underground vault in Manhattan operated by HSBC bank, bringing it home to be stored in a yet-to-be-built Texas Bullion Depository, reports HNGN, which also speculated whether this is the first step in Texas' plan to secede. The gold is owned by the University of Texas' endowment fund. "Today I signed HB 483 to provide a secure facility for the State of Texas, state agencies and Texas citizens to store gold bullion and other precious metals,"Abbott said in an....
In one of its first steps towards creating an unconstrained economy, the State of Texas has decided to setup its own gold-backed bank. The decision comes in the wake of Governor Greg Abbott's decision to repatriate $1 billion worth of state's gold from an underground vault in New York. The republican plans to store this gold in a 'yet-to-be-built' facility, a step that will circumscribe taxpayers' money from leaving Texas and will further circumvent the controversial Federal Reserve System. This means thats the Texans will be able to conduct gold-backed transactions to pay for goods and....
Texas Senator Charles Schwertner has refiled a strategic Bitcoin reserve bill under the new designation “SB 21,” removing the previous annual purchasing cap of $500 million and paving the way for significantly larger state-level investments in Bitcoin (BTC). The refiled legislation also broadens its reach to include other crypto assets that meet a specified market […]
Anthem Vault, which owns the Bitcoin-accepting online precious metals retailer Amagi Metals, submitted a proposal to the state of Texas regarding the building of a new Bullion Depository that was recently signed into law in the Lonestar State. The plan to build a gold depository has mustered the interest and support of the international precious metals community. The official state bullion depository appears to be in its incipience as more than a dozen companies answered Comptroller Glenn Hegar request for advice on the project. Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 483 in June, directing....
Today, the Texas Coinitiative posted a new update to their blog: The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission OK's Bitcoin-For-Alcohol sales. Elsewhere in the country, Ohio lawmakers have stymied Bitcoin adoption somewhat by banning Bitcoin-For-Alcohol sales in their state. Elsewhere in Texas, the Texas Department of Banking (DOB) released a guidance which clearly states that businesses accepting cryptocurrencies do not require state money transmitting licenses. Texas, as one of the larger states in America, has understandably been leading the charge in Bitcoin adoption. In March, the Texas....