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US State Crypto Regulation Tracker: 11 States Compared

Federal law sets the floor; states set the terms. The eleven that matter most, from the two full licensing regimes to the reserve-fund experiments. National context on the United States page.


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SymJurisdictionRegionStatusSignal
AZArizonaUS State▶PartialA budget-neutral reserve from unclaimed property, after vetoes of the bolder bills
CACaliforniaUS State▲ComprehensiveDFAL is live: license, pending application, or exit
CTConnecticutUS State▶PartialThe counter-model: no state crypto holdings, tighter transmission rules
FLFloridaUS State▶PartialMoney transmission for exchanges, and a 2026 state license for stablecoin issuers
ILIllinoisUS State◆In transitionA Midwest BitLicense, enacted and phasing in
LALouisianaUS State▲ComprehensiveA dedicated virtual currency license, quietly in force since 2023
NHNew HampshireUS State▶PartialExempt from transmission law, and first to authorize a state crypto reserve
NJNew JerseyUS State–No dedicated regimeBig market, borrowed rules: still no bespoke statute
NYNew YorkUS State▲ComprehensiveThe BitLicense: strictest in the nation since 2015
TXTexasUS State▶PartialMiner-friendly grid, exchange reserve rules, and a funded state bitcoin reserve
WYWyomingUS State▲ComprehensiveThe laboratory: SPDI banks, DAO law, and a state-issued stablecoin

Reading the state map

Three tiers. New York and California run full licensing regimes, with Illinois phasing one in and Louisiana operating a quieter dedicated license. A second tier regulates around the edges: Texas with exchange reserve rules, Florida and Connecticut through money transmission. The third tier competes on permissiveness and sovereign exposure: Wyoming's charter-and-stablecoin stack, New Hampshire's reserve law, Arizona's unclaimed-property fund. The GENIUS Act's state-certification pathway will decide how much of this map survives contact with federal preemption.