Title: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Laws in All 50 States (plus DC & Puerto Rico)
Headings: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Laws in All 50 States (plus DC & Puerto Rico)
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Laws in All 50 States (plus DC & Puerto Rico)
Table of Contents
How States Regulate Cryptocurrency Companies
America’s Fragmented Landscape
Crypto Pioneers
People’s Defenders
Uniform Regulation of Virtual-Currency Businesses Act
Everybody Else
Crypto Regulations State by State
Alabama – Idaho
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois – Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana – Pennsylvania
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico – Wyoming
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Christopher Casper
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Content: The state’s Department of Banking, which licenses money transmitters, has not published specific guidance for virtual currency businesses. Two pieces of legislation could change Connecticut’s regulatory environment. House Bill 5496 would adopt the URVCBA. House Bill 5001 proposes a fee on the “transfer or trade” of virtual currencies. Delaware
Delaware’s money transmission law does not mention virtual currencies and the Office of the State Banking Commissioner has not published any guidelines. District of Columbia
The District of Columbia’s money transmission regulations do not mention virtual currencies and the Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking, has not published any guidelines. Florida
Florida’s regulations on money services businesses do not mention virtual currencies and the Office of Financial Regulation has not published any guidelines. Georgia
Georgia’s money transmission regulations include a definition of virtual currency, but the Department of Banking and Finance has not published any guidelines. Hawaii
In 2016, the Hawaii Division of Financial Institutions (DFI) ruled that the state’s Money Transmission Act does encompass cryptocurrency. In and of itself, that judgement didn’t make much of an impact.