{"id":16963,"date":"2025-03-10T10:02:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T10:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=16963"},"modified":"2025-03-10T10:02:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T10:02:19","slug":"utah-senate-passes-bitcoin-bill-removes-btc-reserve-clause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=16963","title":{"rendered":"Utah Senate Passes Bitcoin Bill, Removes BTC Reserve Clause"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Senate of Utah, seen by some observers as being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/policy\/2025\/02\/07\/as-one-state-gets-closer-on-a-crypto-reserve-others-jump-into-the-fray\" target=\"_blank\">the frontrunner to establish a bitcoin reserve<\/a>, passed a <a href=\"https:\/\/le.utah.gov\/~2025\/bills\/static\/HB0230.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bitcoin bill<\/a> that excluded provision for the state treasurer to invest in the largest cryptocurrency. <\/p>\n<p>Instead it provides the state&#8217;s residents with basic custody protections and establishes the right to mine bitcoin (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/price\/bitcoin\/\" target=\"_blank\">BTC<\/a>), operate nodes and participate in staking, along with other various other provisions.<\/p>\n<p>The senate&#8217;s passing of the bill on March 7 means it now passes to Governor Spencer Gox to be signed into law. <\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/markets\/2025\/03\/07\/market-experts-weigh-in-on-trump-s-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-that-takes-out-usd17b-in-potential-selling-from-btc\" target=\"_blank\">Market Experts Weigh In on Trump\u2019s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve That Takes Out $17B in Potential Selling From BTC<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate of Utah, seen by some observers as being the frontrunner to establish a bitcoin reserve, passed a Bitcoin bill that excluded provision for the state treasurer to invest in the largest cryptocurrency. Instead it provides the state&#8217;s residents with basic custody protections and establishes the right to mine bitcoin (BTC), operate nodes and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-16963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}