{"id":57494,"date":"2022-02-10T12:49:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T10:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=57494"},"modified":"2025-09-04T12:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T09:02:10","slug":"tennessee-to-discuss-possibility-of-state-investments-in-cryptocurrencies-and-nfts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/tennessee-to-discuss-possibility-of-state-investments-in-cryptocurrencies-and-nfts\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee to discuss possibility of state investments in cryptocurrencies and NFTs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bill has been introduced in the Tennessee House of Representatives (USA) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/TN\/bill\/HB2644\/2021\\\">\u0437\u0430\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0435\u043a\u0442<\/a>, which, if approved, would permit state agencies in the region to invest in cryptocurrency and NFT.<\/p>\n<p>A positive resolution by the Budget Committee is required to bring the bill to a vote.<\/p>\n<p>The document would amend state law on permissible investments, and, for counties, on the permitted use of &#8216;free funds&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The sponsor, Congressman Jason Powell, also proposed <a href=\\\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/TN\/bill\/HB2643\/2021\\\">forming a commission<\/a> for cryptocurrency and blockchain research.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/arizona-lawmaker-proposes-legalising-bitcoin-as-a-payment-instrument\">In January 2022, Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/arizona-lawmaker-proposes-legalising-bitcoin-as-a-payment-instrument\">introduced<\/a> a bill proposing Bitcoin&#8217;s designation as a payment instrument.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/us-city-authorities-mull-paying-taxes-in-bitcoin\">In July 2021, Tennessee&#8217;s Jackson-based blockchain task force<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/us-city-authorities-mull-paying-taxes-in-bitcoin\">began<\/a> studying the feasibility of paying property taxes and salaries in Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>The latest announcement complements the announced <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/us-city-authorities-eye-bitcoin-mining-and-salaries-paid-in-bitcoin\">plans to study the potential of the first cryptocurrency<\/a> for its integration into the financial system. At the time, city authorities said there was the possibility of paying salaries in Bitcoin, mining Bitcoin, and adding BTC to the municipality&#8217;s reserves.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier U.S. congressional candidates Shrina Kurani and Blake Masters <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/us-congressional-candidates-issue-nfts-to-fund-campaigns\">released<\/a> NFTs to fund their campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog News on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full news feed, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news, infographics and opinions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bill has been introduced in the Tennessee House of Representatives that, if approved, would allow state agencies in the region to invest in cryptocurrency and NFTs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,36,26],"class_list":["post-57494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-regulation","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"9","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57496,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57494\/revisions\/57496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}