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Virtual Currency (aka Digital Currency or Digital Money) is a type of currency or medium of exchange that is not issued by any government nor guaranteed by a government currency. Despite lacking legal tender status, Virtual Currency is still traded and exchanged in some environments, typically online environments or communities. Bitcoin is the most well-known form of Virtual Currency. less -

Association of State Financial Regulators Issues Guidance on Virtual Currency for Licensed Money Transmitters

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 7/10/2025

Recognizing the evolving landscape of digital finance, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS), an association of state financial regulators, issued advisory guidance on the treatment of virtual currency held on a...more

CSBS Issues Guidance on Virtual Currency and Tangible Net Worth

Troutman Pepper Locke on 7/9/2025

On June 26, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) released new guidance regarding the treatment of virtual currency in the calculation of a licensee’s tangible net worth under the Money Transmission Modernization...more

BitBlog Weekly Summary: Digital Asset Regulations in New York State

Polsinelli on 8/27/2019

This week saw two items of note in the regulation of digital assets and both came out of the state of New York. The Return of the Empire State - A New York State Supreme Court ruled that it has personal and subject...more

State Regulations on Virtual Currency and Blockchain Technologies - (Updated)

Carlton Fields on 4/24/2019

There exists no uniformity with respect to how businesses that deal in virtual currencies (also known as "cryptocurrencies") such as Bitcoin are treated among the states. For these proprietors, often the first question asked...more

Blockchain Week in Review - January 2019 #3

Perkins Coie on 1/24/2019

U.S. Developments - Flood of State Virtual Currency Legislation - Since the start of the new year there have been roughly nine virtual currency bills introduced or passed in four different states. Overall, the bills...more

State Regulations on Virtual Currency and Blockchain Technologies (Updated)

Carlton Fields on 1/9/2019

There exists no uniformity with respect to how businesses that deal in virtual currencies (also known as "cryptocurrencies") such as Bitcoin are treated among the states....more

States Race To Embrace Blockchain Technology

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/24/2018

Add Connecticut, Ohio and Vermont to the list of states passing legislation focused on the potential disruptive impact of blockchain – the technology underlying cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. ...more

Wyoming Enacts Comprehensive Blockchain Legislation

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/3/2018

As numerous states propose and enact legislation focused on blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, in 2018, no state has been more aggressive in this space than Wyoming. ...more

Four Blockchain Technology Bills Proposed by New York Assemblyman

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law on 2/22/2018

New York Assemblyman Clyde Vanel has introduced proposals in the state legislature for four laws which, if passed, could transform how the State of New York interacts with and views blockchain technology. The first...more

Nationwide, State Legislators Push Blockchain-friendly Legislation

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/14/2018

As previously reported, state legislatures throughout the country continue to propose legislation designed to facilitate the use of blockchain-based technology by businesses within their states....more

Uniform Act to Regulate Virtual Currency Businesses Ready for State Adoption

Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/10/2018

A new proposed law to create a statutory framework for regulating persons engaging in virtual-currency business activity, the Uniform Regulation of Virtual-Currency Businesses Act (URVCBA), has been approved by the Uniform...more

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