The Governor of the American state of Kentukka, Andy Beshear) signed a bill of rights to bitcoin, designed to protect the interests of cryptocurrency users.

The bill allows users to independently store bitcoins, control nodes and use digital assets without discrimination fears. To extract cryptocurrencies, a license for money transfers will not be required, and mining and stakeing will not be considered an offer or sale of securities.

For the first time, the bill was submitted by the Adam Bowling Congressman, transferring it to the House of Representatives of Kentucky. On February 28, the document was unanimously approved, receiving the support of 91 representatives of the chamber. On March 13, the bill was adopted by the Senate of Kentukki – all 37 senators voted in “for”. Then the document received the signature of the governor.

Now the Kentukki authorities are considering a bill on the creation of a reserve in bitcoins, according to which the state investment commission will be able to allocate up to 10% of the state budget for digital assets, including bitcoin.

Meanwhile, the House of Representatives of another state, Oklahoma, adopted a law on strategic reserve in bitcoins. By data The human rights group Oklahoma Bitcoin Association, this law was adopted by the House of Representatives of the state 77 votes against 15. Now it must go through the Senate before it is transferred to the governor of Oklahoma to sign or impose a veto.

Last year, the Governor of Oklahoma signed a law allowing local residents to store digital assets on hardware wallets and minute cryptocurrencies at home, subject to local noise levels.