State Senator Josh Harkins (R), chairman of the Mississippi Senate Finance Committee, files three bills that recognize and define the functions of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies within Mississippi. These proposals were released last week as other states were announcing their Bitcoin and cryptocurrency bills.
The Proposed Bills
SB 2631
The
On January 28th, 2022, Trezor announced their decision to remove integration for the "Address Ownership Proof Protocol" (AOPP). The protocol was originally intended to help Swiss exchange users withdraw their bitcoin. In their twitter thread from January 27th, they recognize that “regular users can't get their
Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest, a firm focused on disruptive innovation, released their “Big Ideas 2022” report last week. The firm expressed their belief that there are five “innovation platforms” that will generate significant equity market returns over the long term: artificial intelligence, robotics, battery technology, gene sequencing, and blockchain.
Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest, a firm focused on disruptive innovation, released their “Big Ideas 2022” report last week. The firm expressed their belief that there are five “innovation platforms” that will generate significant equity market returns over the long term: artificial intelligence, robotics, battery technology, gene sequencing, and blockchain.
State Senator Josh Harkins (R), chairman of the Mississippi Senate Finance Committee, files three bills that recognize and define the functions of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies within Mississippi. These proposals were released last week as other states were announcing their Bitcoin and cryptocurrency bills.
The Proposed Bills
SB 2631
The
On January 28th, 2022, Trezor announced their decision to remove integration for the "Address Ownership Proof Protocol" (AOPP). The protocol was originally intended to help Swiss exchange users withdraw their bitcoin. In their twitter thread from January 27th, they recognize that “regular users can't get their
On January 25th, 2022, Five Star Bank, a subsidiary of Financial Institutions, Inc, announced a partnership with NYDIG. Five Star Bank is a $5 billion community bank with 560 employees and operates a network of more than 45 locations in the US.
This partnership will enable the Bank's
Valkyrie submitted their Bitcoin Miner ETF application to the SEC on January 26th, 2022. The investment firm plans to have the ETF trade on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange with the ticker “WGMI”.
WGMI would allow investors to gain exposure to publicly traded Bitcoin miners for an annual management fee of
State Senator Wendy Rogers has introduced a bill to make bitcoin legal tender in the state of Arizona. The bill proposes adding bitcoin to the existing list of legal tender definitions. The bill defines bitcoin as a “decentralized, peer-to-peer digital currency in which a record of transactions is maintained on
Don Huffines, a former U.S. Senator and current candidate for state governor of Texas, released a Bitcoin policy plan on his campaign website that outlines the approach he would take to make Texas a safe haven for Bitcoiners. In a statement following the release, Huffines said:
I have owned
Dozens of officially registered bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining farms were given notice on Monday January 24th, 2022 that they will not be provided power from January 24th to January 31st. In the Asymptomatically News Telegram post, a copy of the notice was sent out by the journalist Serikzhan Mauletbay.
Following
