Utah


Policy

Utah Senate Passes Bitcoin Bill, Removes BTC Reserve Clause

The bill provides residents with basic custody protections and establishes the right to mine BTC, operate notes and participate in staking

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Policy

Utah One Vote Away, But Some States Fail to Break Through on Crypto Stakes

Five states' crypto efforts faltered as Texas advances and Utah nears a final vote, leaving the state-level push for digital asset reserves with mixed results.

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Policy

North Carolina Joins Growing Number of States Pursuing Crypto Investments

Nineteen U.S. states are weighing bills to put public money into digital assets, some of them similar to the federal pursuit of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

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Policy

As One State Gets Closer on a Crypto Reserve, Others Jump Into the Fray

Utah cleared its digital assets bill through the state house, and Kentucky and Maryland introduced their own efforts, making it 18 states working on such bills.

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News Analysis

U.S. Bitcoin Reserve May Be Coming, But States Are Winning the Race

Millions of Americans may soon find out they're crypto investors when their states leap into the markets even before the feds figure out what to do.

Utah

Videos

Utah State Lawmakers Legally Recognize DAOs in the U.S.

The Utah State Legislature passed a new law that provides legal recognition and limited liability to decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). Act HB 357, or the Utah Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Act (Utah DAO Act), was a result of combined efforts from the Digital Innovation Taskforce and the Utah Blockchain Legislature. "The Hash" panel discusses what this means for the future of DAOs.

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Videos

Utah Congressional Candidate January Walker on Why Blockchain Voting Matters

U.S. midterm elections are coming up this November. January Walker, United Utah Party candidate for Utah's fourth Congressional District, shares insights into running against incumbent Republican Rep. Burgess Owens as a third party candidate and the role of blockchain technology in her campaign.

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Finance

Goldman, Citadel Securities, Even Tennessee's Treasury Among Coinbase COIN Whales

New SEC filings show which institutions are chasing the crypto economy's upside with multimillion-dollar bets on COIN.

Coinbase went public on the Nasdaq in April 2021.

Markets

Utah County to Offer Blockchain Voting App in Municipal Elections

Utah County is to pilot the mobile voting app from Voatz in its municipal primary election in August.

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Markets

Utah Bill Would Exempt Blockchain Firms from Money Transmitter Act

A senator from the U.S. state of Utah has introduced a bill to exempt blockchain firms from being classed as money transmitters.

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