North Carolina Bitcoin Law Arrives with Side-Effects, Experts Say
Recent North Carolina Bitcoin law is a step in the right direction, leaving room for improvement but may arrive with its own side-effects. On July 6 2016, the Governor of North Carolina, Pat McCrory, signed a long-debated Bitcoin bill into law. This bill expands the state’s Money Transmitters Act to cover activities related to Bitcoin and other Blockchain-based digital currencies. Cointelegraph asked experts about their take towards this development of how the bill could affect Bitcoin acceptance, its development and that of other cryptocurrencies. Good step forward for Bitcoin. Lisa....
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Following a majority vote of the North Carolina Senate, the General Assembly of the state has now approved the amendment of a statutory article – the North Carolina Money Transmitters Act. The move will see the term “virtual currency” added to the existing law. Bitcoin exchanges and other industry companies in North Carolina will now be mandated to obtain a money transmitter license following a vote by members of the North Carolina Senate. In May 2016, North Carolina state’s House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted in a 117-to-1 vote, seeking the update before the recent approval from....
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The North Carolina Senate Commerce Committee has agreed to support a House Bill drafted by North Carolina's banking commissioner regarding money transmission. The bill, titled "AN ACT TO ENACT THE NORTH CAROLINA MONEY TRANSMITTERS ACT AS 3 REQUESTED BY THE OFFICE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COMMISSIONER OF 4 BANKS," states that money transmission includes maintaining control of virtual currency on behalf of others, and that the "online-only money" [bitcoin] is converted to cash using digital currency exchanges and the holder keeps it stored online. The bill passed the House back in May and is in....