New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte has signed HB 639, known as the Blockchain Basic Laws, adding legal protections for digital asset users, developers, miners, validators, and businesses. The measure also protects the right to use digital assets and to self-custody them, while authorizing a dedicated docket for blockchain-related disputes. Separately, a 2025 New Hampshire law allows the state treasurer to allocate up to 5% of certain public funds to precious metals and qualifying digital assets, with Bitcoin currently the only asset meeting the market capitalization threshold. In Texas, Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 21 in June 2025 to create the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. Lawmakers appropriated $10 million, and the state later made an initial investment of about $5 million through a spot Bitcoin ETF. Wyoming, meanwhile, did not pass a 2025 proposal to invest up to 3% of some state funds in Bitcoin, though it continues to advance its special-purpose banking framework and the Frontier Stable Token, or FRNT, which is slated to become publicly available in January 2026 and is described as the first state-issued stablecoin in the United States.
According to Odaily, New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte recently signed HB 639, the Blockchain Basic Laws, adding legal protections for digital asset users, developers, miners, validators, and businesses. The measure also protects the use of digital assets and the right to self-custody.
The bill also authorizes a dedicated docket for blockchain-related disputes. Separately, a 2025 New Hampshire law allows the state treasurer to invest up to 5% of certain public funds in precious metals and qualifying digital assets. At present, only Bitcoin meets the market capitalization threshold.
In Texas, Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 21 in June 2025, creating the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. State lawmakers appropriated $10 million, and Texas later made an initial investment of about $5 million through a spot Bitcoin ETF.
In Wyoming, a 2025 proposal that would have allowed up to 3% of some state funds to be invested in Bitcoin did not pass. The state is still advancing its special-purpose banking framework and the Frontier Stable Token. FRNT is set to become publicly available in January 2026 and is described as the first state-issued stablecoin in the United States.
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