New Hawaii bill seeks to create state-led blockchain working group

New Hawaii bill seeks to create state-led blockchain working group

Introduced in Hawaii's House of Representatives on Monday, Jan. 25, the bill calls for the formation of a blockchain working group led by the state's economic development agency. A new partisan bill introduced by Democrats in Hawaii's House of Representatives on Monday, Jan. 26, is advocating a targeted strategy for studying and supporting the use of blockchain technology by individuals, firms and state agencies.Hawaii House Bill 622 (HB622) calls for the passage of an act that would require the state's economic development agency, the Hawaii technology development corporation, to create a....


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