{"id":358622,"date":"2025-05-08T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T08:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptonews.com\/?post_type=web-story&p=358622\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T08:10:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T08:10:00","slug":"arizona-governor-officially-enacts-bill-to-create-state-managed-fund-to-hold-unclaimed-crypto","status":"publish","type":"web-story","link":"https:\/\/cryptonews.com\/web-stories\/arizona-governor-officially-enacts-bill-to-create-state-managed-fund-to-hold-unclaimed-crypto\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Governor Officially Enacts Bill to Create State-Managed Fund to Hold Unclaimed Crypto"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/p><\/amp-story-grid-layer> <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page> <\/p><\/amp-story-grid-layer> Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has signed House Bill 2749, which allows the state to establish a reserve fund that holds unclaimed digital assets, airdrops, and staking rewards.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The approval comes days after Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed another crypto bill – the Arizona Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act (S.B. 1025). This legislation would have allowed the state treasurer and retirement system to invest 10% of available funds in crypto.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p><\/amp-story-grid-layer> <\/p><\/amp-story-grid-layer> “Arizona just showed the country how to turn forgotten assets into a fortress against inflation,” Dennis Porter, CEO of Satoshi Action Fund, said in an announcement.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Governor Hobbs signed House Bill 2749 into law on Wednesday. This marks Arizona the second US state to create a formal framework for holding crypto, after New Hampshire, which enacted legislation to allow government investments in cryptocurrency reserves.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p><\/amp-story-grid-layer> <\/p><\/amp-story-grid-layer> In a separate thread, Porter said that the bill’s budget-neutral feature makes it different from the one previously vetoed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n “There were 4 bills. The Gov liked this one the most,” he wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The move is a “win for fiscal responsibility,” he said. Additionally, the state establishes a “forward-thinking, budget-neutral way to future-proof its treasury.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p><\/amp-story-grid-layer>Arizona Governor Officially Enacts Bill to Create State-Managed Fund to Hold Unclaimed Crypto<\/span>
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\n<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\nArizona’s House Bill 2749 is ‘Budget-Neutral’<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n