{"id":5265,"date":"2025-01-02T19:01:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T19:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=5265"},"modified":"2025-01-02T19:01:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T19:01:20","slug":"first-bitcoin-acquisition-by-a-us-state-near-guaranteed-within-4-months-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=5265","title":{"rendered":"First Bitcoin Acquisition By A US State \u2018Near Guaranteed\u2019 Within 4 Months: Expert"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Dennis Porter, co-founder and CEO of the Satoshi Action Fund (SAF), announced at Michael Saylor\u2019s $100K New Year\u2019s Eve Bitcoin Party in Miami that a US state is on the brink of initiating BTC purchases within the next four months.<\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoin Adoption By US State Imminent<\/h2>\n<p>During the event, Porter <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Dennis_Porter_\/status\/1874541080424873999\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">addressed<\/a> a series of questions regarding the future of state-level Bitcoin acquisition. When queried about the prediction that a state would buy BTC by next year\u2014specifically Texas\u2014Porter provided nuanced insights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great statement. It\u2019s an accurate prediction, but I think it\u2019ll be just slightly off. You might want to modulate it to be one of the first states to put Bitcoin on the balance sheet. Because the <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/texas-house-bill-create-a-strategic-bitcoin-reserve\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">Texas bill<\/a> actually doesn\u2019t allow Texas to buy. It only allows for donations and taxes to be paid,\u201d Porter clarified.<\/p>\n<p>Elaborating on the mission of the Satoshi Action Fund, Porter explained that SAF operates as a nonprofit dedicated to advocating for Bitcoin by educating lawmakers and regulators about its benefits. The organization not only promotes Bitcoin adoption but also develops model policies to be enacted into law.<\/p>\n<p>To date, SAF has introduced 30 bills across 20 states, effectively reaching approximately half of the United States. Porter highlighted that their efforts extend beyond legislation introduction, as SAF collaborates closely with lawmakers to ensure successful passage of these bills.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the protection of Bitcoin rights, Porter mentioned, \u201cBitcoin rights, the <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/us-house-committee-passes-bitcoin-self-custody-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">right to self-custody<\/a>, the right to mine, the right to run a node, the right to peer-to-peer transactions are protected now in four different states, Oklahoma, Louisiana, <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/bitcoin-miners-protected-by-legislation-in-arkansas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">Arkansas<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/montana-senate-passes-bill-to-protect-crypto-miners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">Montana<\/a>. But we\u2019re just getting started. There\u2019s going to be a whole lot more states.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead to 2025, Porter expressed optimism about further legislative advancements: \u201cWe have at least, I would say, <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/strategic-bitcoin-reserve-legislation-10-us-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">10 states<\/a>, maybe up to 12 states that are going to introduce strategic Bitcoin reserve legislation.\u201d When pressed about the nature of the upcoming legislation\u2019s passage, Porter assured, \u201cIt can happen very fast. In fact, we already have a state that we think is a near 100 percent guarantee to pass our legislation into law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Porter refrained from disclosing the specific state involved, citing the need to \u201cprotect the policy process,\u201d he emphasized the certainty of the impending acquisition. \u201cIt\u2019s going to happen within the next four months. So what\u2019s going to happen is there\u2019s a state that has a task force. They meet in the offseason. And what they do is they say, OK, we like this bill or we don\u2019t like this bill. Every bill they\u2019ve passed out of that task force in the last several years, every bill that they said they like passes into law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Porter disclosed that this Strategic Bitcoin Reserve bill just passed out of that task force. \u201cSo we give it a near 100 percent chance that our bill will pass into law and that state will be able to start buying Bitcoin,\u201d Porter concluded.<\/p>\n<p>At press time, BTC traded at $96,599.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-360039\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BTCUSDT_2025-01-02_11-54-14.png?resize=1024%2C473\" alt=\"Bitcoin price\" width=\"1024\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BTCUSDT_2025-01-02_11-54-14.png?w=3628 3628w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BTCUSDT_2025-01-02_11-54-14.png?w=640 640w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BTCUSDT_2025-01-02_11-54-14.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BTCUSDT_2025-01-02_11-54-14.png?w=980 980w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BTCUSDT_2025-01-02_11-54-14.png?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BTCUSDT_2025-01-02_11-54-14.png?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BTCUSDT_2025-01-02_11-54-14.png?w=750 750w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BTCUSDT_2025-01-02_11-54-14.png?w=1140 1140w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BTCUSDT_2025-01-02_11-54-14.png?w=3000 3000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dennis Porter, co-founder and CEO of the Satoshi Action Fund (SAF), announced at Michael Saylor\u2019s $100K New Year\u2019s Eve Bitcoin Party in Miami that a US state is on the brink of initiating BTC purchases within the next four months. Bitcoin Adoption By US State Imminent During the event, Porter addressed a series of questions [&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-5265","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\/5265","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=5265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}