
The Texas Senate passed the Bitcoin strategic reserve bill SB-21 on March 6. This followed a debate in which State Senator Charles Schwertner, who introduced the bill, argued that it would help Texas add a valuable and scarce asset to its balance sheet.
Amid fears of Bitcoin ( data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price” rel=”null” target=”null” text=”null” title=”null”>BTC) contending against the US dollar as a global reserve currency, Pro-Bitcoin lawmakers argued that Bitcoin was similar to gold and a hedge against inflation.
If SB-21 is enacted, Texas will be the first state in the US to have a digital asset reserve. However, the governor…

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