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|[[Montana Blockchain|Montana - MT]]<br /> | |[[Montana Blockchain|Montana - MT]]<br /> | ||
| Yes. "Receipt of crypto contributions is permitted, but expenditures can only be made out of a ‘primary campaign depository,’ hence there can be no such thing as the candidate’s official crypto wallet. [...] committees should liquidate the contribution within 24 hours from receipt." <ref>https://cointelegraph.com/news/from-california-to-colorado-how-us-regulates-the-political-donations-in-crypto</ref><ref>https://politicalpractices.mt.gov/Portals/144/5campaignfinance/EricFultonBitcoinUseOpinion.pdf</ref> | | Yes. "Receipt of crypto contributions is permitted, but expenditures can only be made out of a ‘primary campaign depository,’ hence there can be no such thing as the candidate’s official crypto wallet. [...] committees should liquidate the contribution within 24 hours from receipt." <ref>https://cointelegraph.com/news/from-california-to-colorado-how-us-regulates-the-political-donations-in-crypto</ref><ref>https://politicalpractices.mt.gov/Portals/144/5campaignfinance/EricFultonBitcoinUseOpinion.pdf</ref> | ||
| | |"The state of Montana currently is one of the most friendly states because it does not have a money transmission law so virtual currency in general is not subject to any restrictions imposed by money transmission regulations."<ref>https://coinatmradar.com/blog/the-fifty-u-s-states-and-cryptocurrency-regulations/</ref> | ||
*Mining moratorium avoided in 2018<ref>https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-mining-moratorium-avoided-despite-complaints-in-montana</ref> | |||
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|[[Nebraska Blockchain|Nebraska - NE]]<br /> | |[[Nebraska Blockchain|Nebraska - NE]]<br /> | ||
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|[[New Hampshire Blockchain|New Hampshire - NH]]<br /> | |[[New Hampshire Blockchain|New Hampshire - NH]]<br /> | ||
|Not disallowed. "New Hampshire is also one of the states that has not passed clear rules about reporting cryptocurrency contributions. The result is a raft of libertarian-leaning early adopters operating in a regulatory vacuum that puts the onus on the candidate to disclose how much they have received and from whom." <ref>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/10/26/is-bitcoin-secretly-messing-with-the-midterms-221915</ref> | |||
|No state license needed. "New Hampshire has amended its Money Transmitter statute (NH St. § 399-G:3) to exempt "persons who engage in the business of selling or issuing payment instruments or stored value solely in the form of convertible virtual currency or receive convertible virtual currency for transactions to another location" from the state's money transmission regulation. See H.B. 436, 2017 Leg.,165th Sess. (N.H. 2017). The law took effect on August 1, 2017." <ref>https://www.carltonfields.com/insights/publications/2018/state-regulations-on-virtual-currency-and-blockcha</ref><ref>https://www.nh.gov/banking/consumer-assistance/virtual-currency.htm</ref> | |||
* 2019 legislation: LSR# 2019-0753 -- allowing state agencies to accept cryptocurrencies as payment.<ref>https://www.gencourtmobile.com/2019/753</ref> | |||
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|[[New Mexico Blockchain|New Mexico - NM]]<br /> | |[[New Mexico Blockchain|New Mexico - NM]]<br /> | ||
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|[[Ohio Blockchain|Ohio - OH]]<br /> | |[[Ohio Blockchain|Ohio - OH]]<br /> | ||
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| | |First state to accept crypto payments for taxes.<ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2018/11/26/ohio-becomes-the-first-state-to-allow-taxpayers-to-pay-tax-bills-using-cryptocurrency/</ref> | ||
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|[[Oklahoma Blockchain|Oklahoma - OK]]<br /> | |[[Oklahoma Blockchain|Oklahoma - OK]]<br /> | ||
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|[[Wyoming Blockchain|Wyoming - WY]]<br /> | |[[Wyoming Blockchain|Wyoming - WY]]<br /> | ||
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| | |Crypto-friendly. "in addition to enacting 5 blockchain-friendly bills in 2018, 6 more bills have an elevated chance of becoming law bc they're now "committee bills"<ref>https://twitter.com/CaitlinLong_/status/1069247321546940416</ref> | ||
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