{"id":850256,"date":"2025-05-22T09:11:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/22\/texas-becomes-3rd-u-s-states-to-pass-a-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-bill-out-of-the-house-and-senate\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T09:11:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:11:40","slug":"texas-becomes-3rd-u-s-states-to-pass-a-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-bill-out-of-the-house-and-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/22\/texas-becomes-3rd-u-s-states-to-pass-a-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-bill-out-of-the-house-and-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Becomes 3rd U.S. States to Pass a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill Out of the House and Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"tie-wrapper\">\n<header id=\"theme-header\"><\/header>\n<div role=\"main\" id=\"content\">\n<article id=\"the-post\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/coinpedia.org\/news\/texas-becomes-3rd-u-s-states-to-pass-a-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-bill-out-of-the-house-and-senate\/\" data-post-title=\"Texas Becomes 3rd U.S. States to Pass a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill Out of the House and Senate\" data-post-edit=\"https:\/\/coinpedia.org\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=459110&#038;action=edit\">\n<div>\n<figure><img width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/image.coinpedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/21164916\/Texas-Strategic-Bitcoin-Reserve-Bill-Advances-Toward-Final-Approval.webp\" alt=\"Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill Advances Toward Final Approval\" data-main-img=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  ><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>After the Texas Senate approved the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SB21) bill earlier in March 2025, the House passed it with a final vote of 101 to 42. Texas is now the third state in the country to pass an SBR bill in both the Senate and the House after <a href=\"https:\/\/coinpedia.org\/news\/breaking-new-hampshire-becomes-first-u-s-state-to-officially-hold-bitcoin-in-state-reserves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Hampshire<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/coinpedia.org\/news\/breaking-arizona-becomes-second-u-s-state-to-adopt-bitcoin-for-state-treasury\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arizona<\/a> in the recent past.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/coinpedia.org\/price-analysis\/bitcoin-price-teases-a-rally-beyond-107k-after-texas-passed-sbr-in-crucial-house-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SB21 bill<\/a> in Texas has to be vetted again by the Senate after the House amendment changed some statutory provisions regarding the market cap of crypto assets. Notably, the Texas House changed the market cap average of $500 billion from 12 months to 24 months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Dennis Porter, the CEO and co-founder of Satoshi Action Fund, there is a 99+ percent chance that the Texas Senate will approve the amendment to SB21. Meanwhile, the SB21 bill will soon be forwarded to the State Governor, Greg Abbott, who will have 20 days to either sign or veto the bill.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Technically the Texas bill has to go back to the senate to confirm the amendment which passed in the House. The House amendment changed the market cap average of $500 billion from 12 months to 24 months.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been told the odds of it being approved by the Senate at 99%+. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PJsrfGdVbZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/PJsrfGdVbZ<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Dennis Porter (@Dennis_Porter_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dennis_Porter_\/status\/1925247001630736712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-impact-of-texas-sbr-bill-approval-on-bitcoin\">Impact of Texas SBR Bill Approval on Bitcoin<\/h2>\n<p>Currently, BTC is the only cryptocurrency to meet the set standards by the Texas SB21 bill. If the Texas Governor signs it into law, the overall impact on the Bitcoin market will be immense in the coming months and years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the adoption of Bitcoin by U.S. states will solidify it as a reliable digital gold amid economic turmoil. Already, Bitcoin price has enjoyed significant bullish sentiment fueled by rising demand from institutional investors and retail traders.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/coinpedia.org\/price-prediction\/bitcoin-price-prediction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Coinpedia reported<\/a>, based on historical performance and current fundamentals, the BTC price is well-positioned to reach $150k before August.<\/p>\n<div>\n<h5>Never Miss a Beat in the Crypto World!<\/h5>\n<p>Stay ahead with breaking news, expert analysis, and real-time updates on the latest trends in Bitcoin, altcoins, DeFi, NFTs, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>We&#8217;d Love to Hear Your Thoughts on This Article!<\/h2>\n<div data-wpr-lazyrender=\"1\">\n<h4>Was this writing helpful?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a id=\"go-to-top\" href=\"http:\/\/coinpedia.org\/#go-to-tie-body\"> <span><\/span> <span>Back to top button<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coinpedia.org\/news\/texas-becomes-3rd-u-s-states-to-pass-a-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-bill-out-of-the-house-and-senate\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Steve Muchoki<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the Texas Senate approved the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SB21) bill earlier in March 2025, the House passed it with a final vote of 101 to 42. Texas is now the third state in the country to pass an SBR bill in both the Senate and the House after New Hampshire and Arizona in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":850257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1603,836],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-850256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-becomes","8":"category-texas"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}