{"id":15092218,"date":"2026-03-31T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/states-weigh-pros-and-cons-of-investing-in-cryptocurrency\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T00:34:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T04:34:56","slug":"states-weigh-pros-and-cons-of-investing-in-cryptocurrency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/states-weigh-pros-and-cons-of-investing-in-cryptocurrency\/","title":{"rendered":"States Weigh Pros and Cons of Investing in Cryptocurrency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pew.org\/-\/media\/post-launch-images\/2026\/03\/gettyimages2264294511jpgmaster\/16x9_m.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div>Once considered a fringe investment, cryptocurrency is beginning to make inroads into state and local government finance. In 2025 alone, at least 19 states considered or passed legislation that would allow a portion of state funds to be invested in digital assets or related investment products, according to a review by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Cryptocurrency is a form of digital currency that can be used to make payments, although it is more often treated as a high-risk investment.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pew.org\/en\/research-and-analysis\/articles\/2026\/03\/31\/states-weigh-pros-and-cons-of-investing-in-cryptocurrency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Cryptocurrency<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pew.org\/-\/media\/post-launch-images\/2026\/03\/gettyimages2264294511jpgmaster\/16x9_m.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div>Once considered a fringe investment, cryptocurrency is beginning to make inroads into state and local government finance. In 2025 alone, at least 19 states considered or passed legislation that would allow a portion of state funds to be invested in digital assets or related investment products, according to a review by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Cryptocurrency is a form of digital currency that can be used to make payments, although it is more often treated as a high-risk investment.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15092220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[205],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15092218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-money"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15092218-16x9_m.jpg",1820,1024,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15092218-16x9_m-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15092218-16x9_m-620x349.jpg",620,349,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15092218-16x9_m-768x432.jpg",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15092218-16x9_m-940x529.jpg",940,529,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15092218-16x9_m-1536x864.jpg",1536,864,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15092218-16x9_m.jpg",1820,1024,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15092218-16x9_m-998x665.jpg",998,665,true],"ignition_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15092218-16x9_m-670x446.jpg",670,446,true],"ignition_item_lg":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15092218-16x9_m-1340x894.jpg",1340,894,true],"ignition_article_media":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15092218-16x9_m-510x510.jpg",510,510,true],"ignition_minicart_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15092218-16x9_m-160x160.jpg",160,160,true],"profile_24":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15092218-16x9_m.jpg",24,14,false],"profile_48":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15092218-16x9_m.jpg",48,27,false],"profile_96":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15092218-16x9_m.jpg",96,54,false],"profile_150":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15092218-16x9_m.jpg",150,84,false],"profile_300":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/15092218-16x9_m.jpg",300,169,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"news.iNthacity","author_link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/author\/atombo\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/articles\/money\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Money<\/a>","tag_info":"Money","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15092218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15092218"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15092218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15092219,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15092218\/revisions\/15092219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15092220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15092218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15092218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15092218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}