PANews reported on March 5 that Matthew Sigel, director of digital asset research at VanEck, disclosed on the X platform that Florida Republican Representative and gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds pledged support for the inclusion of Bitcoin in the state reserve on Fox News. Donalds took the initiative to say without being asked: "Digital assets have found a home in Miami-Dade County. We hope to continue to develop on this framework. For the state's investment portfolio, I hope to be able to include Bitcoin as part of the state's fiscal investment portfolio." Donalds emphasized that Bitcoin has proven to be an excellent store of value and wealth, and including it in the state's balance sheet will help cope with possible future economic storms.