Policy Initiatives
The Texas Blockchain Council is a proud member of the Texas Innovation and Technology Caucus. Our members are actively working to provide subject matter expertise to this group of forward-thinking legislators with a focus on the following policy initiatives.
CURRENT INITIATIVES.
Texas Blockchain Council Policy Platform 89th Session
(2025)
We believe that the digital asset industry aligns with fundamental American principles and the universal desire to have a prosperous and free society. Policy should seek to reinforce and honor those principles.
Chief among these principles are:
Private Property Rights
• All individuals and companies have a right to own and self-custody digital assets and participate freely in the digitally native economy being built on blockchains such as bitcoin.
Policy Recommendations, Bills, and Resolutions:
o DAO Bill
o Blockchain Based Land Administration Bill
o Unclaimed Property Bill
• Exchanges and service providers should ensure customer funds are not commingled or mishandled.
Energy Innovation
• The bitcoin mining industry is a valuable energy grid citizen and policy should embrace and empower all innovations like bitcoin mining that enable a more energy abundant future.
• Flexible loads provide outsized benefits to the grid and renewable energy development and should be encouraged as a matter of policy. Policy Recommendations, Bills, and Resolutions:
o Large Flexible Load
Bill Privacy and Financial Services Innovation
• Privacy, including the unauthorized collection of data from phones and other hardware devices, must be respected. Peer to peer transactions, whether digital or in person, have a right to privacy.
• For concerns related to privacy and federal overreach, we oppose a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). Policy Recommendations, Bills, and Resolutions:
o UCC Chapter 12 Update o Anti-CBDC Resolution • Banking / Stable Coins / Asset Management
