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Wyoming’s Pro-crypto Legislation Could Reel In More Crypto Miners to the State, Per Sen. Lummis

By Warren Hayes | August 14, 2021

With the US considering the most appropriate approaches to support crypto establishments via an infrastructure bill, Wyoming is adopting a crypto-friendly attitude to reel in more Bitcoin miners to the area. 

Specifically, Wyoming’s pro-crypto stance reportedly surfaced following an overall number of 24 bills associated with blockchain having received regulatory approval, with the state freshly offered regulatory green light to a bill enabling “quick approval for new crypto banks.”

“[Wyoming’s bill] just clarified that this industry is lawful and does exist in a recognized manner.” Wall Street veteran Caitlin Long – Head of crypto-asset bank Avanti – reportedly revealed about Wyoming’s most recently released bill forming a welcoming legal environment. 

Nonetheless, Long also expressed her worries when it comes to uncertainties in regulations for crypto throughout different other states in America. 

Comparatively, Wyoming has reportedly not placed any specific tax requirements on personal crypto incomes, as well as also offering cost-efficient energy resources and a fast internet connection, which ultimately create a suitable environment for mining Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Wyoming’s Cynthia Lummis was reportedly one of the senators who put up the proposals for making changes to the infrastructure bill.

Lummis, mentioning long postpones in terms of crypto reforms, was additionally emphatic on the associated risk of crypto establishments “burning through the capital” to acquire a go-ahead to be normally functional. 

Following in that footstep, other U.S. states, including Texas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Illinois, are also granting approvals to their own pro-crypto legislations.

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