Two months later, during the Bitcoin 2024 Conference in Nashville, many expected Trump to announce just that, but while getting tantalizingly close during his lengthy pro-crypto speech, the past and future president refused to make an explicit commitment, even though some viewed this as merely a delay until pro-crypto president moved back to the White House.

So fast forward to today when in what is a preview of things to come at the Federal level, Fox Business reported that Trump’s imminent return to the White House has prompted Pennsylvania lawmakers to introduce legislation that would enable the state’s treasury to hold the world’s largest digital asset on its balance sheet as part of a broader movement to recognize bitcoin as a store of value.