Title: Bitcoin Regulation by State (Updated 2018) - Bitcoin Market Journal
Headings: Bitcoin Regulation by State (Updated 2018)
Bitcoin Regulation by State (Updated 2018)
United States Bitcoin Regulations
State-by-State Regulations

Content: A reform bill on BitLicense is pending. AB 8780 (2017) recognized the legality of blockchain-held signatures, records, and “smart contracts.” AB 8792 (2017) would enable a task force to study the use of blockchain to safeguard election integrity. AB 8793 (2017) would establish a task force to explore the use of blockchain for record keeping and information storage purposes. AB 8783 would create a task force that would study the effect of altcoins on the state’s financial markets. AB 9685 (2018) would create a task force to study the potential and impact of a state-issued altcoin. NC
Murky
Regulated
HB 28 (2016) included altcoin businesses in the auspice of the state’s Money Transmitter Act. HB 229 (2017) required altcoin money transmitters to obtain a license and secure insurance on altcoin transmission. ND
Murky
Legislation defeated
SB 2100 (2017) would have created a “legislative management study” on altcoins. OH
Murky
Not regulated
Ohio’s Department of Public Safety has decided that altcoins cannot be used for the purchase of alcohol.