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REFERENCE TITLE: digital assets strategic reserve fund |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session 2026
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SB 1649 |
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Introduced by Senator Finchem
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AN ACT
amending title 41, chapter 1, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-181; relating to the state treasurer.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 41, chapter 1, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-181, to read:
41-181. Digital assets strategic reserve fund; deposits; definitions
A. The digital assets strategic reserve fund is established consisting of monies appropriated by the legislature and digital assets that are seized by, confiscated by or surrendered to this state. The state treasurer shall deposit digital assets that are seized by this state in the fund through the use of a secure custody solution by a qualified custodian or in a form of an exchange-traded product that is issued by an investment company registered in this state. The state treasurer shall administer the fund.
B. The state treasurer may invest the total amount of monies deposited in the fund in any fiscal year.
C. The state treasurer may loan digital assets from the fund to generate additional returns If the loan does not increase any financial risks to this state.
D. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Cryptocurrency fair value" means A weighted evaluation of a coin's economic and technical vitality using performance metrics, including:
(a) Market capitalization.
(b) Network activity and utility.
(c) Annual transaction value.
(d) Development ecosystems.
(e) a Network POWER SCORE that measures decentralization and security.
2. "Cryptographic private key" means a secret key used to encrypt and decrypt data.
3. "Digital asset" includes:
(a) Virtual currency.
(b) Virtual coins.
(c) Cryptocurrency or native on-chain assets that meet the CRYPTO CURRENCY fair value score of one percent of the digital gold standard benchmark, including any of the following:
(i) Bitcoin.
(ii) Digibyte.
(iii) XRP.
(iv) Stablecoin.
(v) A nonfungible token.
(vi) Any other digital-only assets that confer economic, proprietary or access rights or powers.
4. "Exchange-traded product" means a financial instrument that is traded on a United States-regulated exchange, that derives value from an underlying pool of assets, including stocks, bonds, commodities or indexes, and that is approved by any of the following:
(a) The United States securities and exchange commission.
(b) The commodities futures trading commission.
(c) The department of Insurance and financial institutions.
5. "Qualified custodian" means a federal or state-chartered bank, trust company or special purpose depository institution or a company regulated by this state that has custody of virtual currency for an approved exchange-traded product.
6. "Secure custody solution" means a technological product or a blended product or service that meets all of the following:
(a) Has a cryptographic private key that secures a digital asset and that is exclusively known by and accessible by a governmental entity.
(b) Has a cryptographic private key that secures a digital asset, that is exclusively contained within an encrypted ENVIRONMENT and that is accessible only through an end-to-end encrypted channel.
(c) Has a cryptographic private key that secures a digital asset that is never contained by, accessible by or controllable through a smartphone.
(d) Has hardware that contains a cryptographic private key that secures a digital asset and that is maintained in at least two geographically diversified AND specially designated secure data centers.
(e) Enforces a multiparty governance structure for authorizing a transaction and user access controls.
(f) Logs each user-initiated action.
(g) Undergoes regular code audits and penetration testing from an auditing firm, which ensures that a vulnerability identified by the auditing firm is promptly remedied.
(h) Is provided by an entity that has implemented a disaster recovery protocol to ensure customers have access to the digital assets if the entity is unAVAILABLE.
7. "Virtual coin" has the same meaning prescribed in section 44-1801.
Sec. 2. Legislative findings
The legislature finds that:
1. The digital gold standard benchmark is a standard to provide security and stability in the marketplace. The digital gold standard benchmark was established when the market valued the first cryptocurrency at $100,000 per coin.
2. The cryptocurrency fair value metrics form a universal benchmark and not a testimony to any single coin's supremacy. Like gold's role in 19th century trade, the metrics set a standard for all digital gold blockchain-based coins with decentralized, scarce and transferable attributes.
3. The cryptocurrency fair value ensures competition is truthful, transparent and fair and evaluates each coin's performance metrics against the digital gold standard benchmark, revealing whether its fundamental measurements support its price or signal overvaluation.
4. The cryptocurrency fair value model, a cornerstone of informed cryptocurrency investing, calculates a coin's fair market capitalization by comparing its performance and market metrics to the digital gold standard, then drives a per-coin fair value by dividing market capitalization by its circulating supply.