Legislators in New Hampshire voted to pass a bill that establishes the first state crypto reserve. "New Hampshire is once again First in the Nation!" state governor Kelly Ayotte wrote on X. "Just signed a new law allowing our state to invest in cryptocurrency and precious metals." The tweet is in reference to HB 302, a bill that allows the state treasure to invest as much as 5% of New Hampshire's public funds into precious metal and digital assets with a market cap of over $500 billion. Among crypto tokens, that would include only bitcoin. Digital assets will be held by the state treasurer using a secure custody ... (full story)