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Wisconsin Lawmakers Push Bill to Ease Crypto Rules

Wisconsin Lawmakers Push Bill to Ease Crypto Rules

DeFi PlanetDeFi Planet2025/09/30 19:42
By:DeFi Planet

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    • Quick breakdown
  • Key provisions of the bill
  • Legislative path and challenges

Quick breakdown 

  • Wisconsin’s Assembly Bill 471 seeks to exempt crypto mining, staking, and blockchain development from money transmitter licencing.
  • The bill also safeguards the right to use self-hosted wallets and accept digital assets for payments.
  • It faces hurdles, with only 25% legislative progress and several stages left for approval.

 

Wisconsin legislators have introduced a new bill that could exempt individuals and businesses engaged in crypto activities from obtaining money transmitter licences. The proposal, Assembly Bill 471, aims to create clearer regulatory boundaries for digital asset use in the state.

Wisconsin Lawmakers Push Bill to Ease Crypto Rules image 0 Progress of AB471 Bill. Source: Bitcoin Laws

Key provisions of the bill

According to the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, the measure would allow residents to engage in mining, staking, and blockchain software development without requiring a license from the Department of Financial Institutions (DFI).

The exemptions would also cover the exchange of digital assets, provided the transactions do not involve converting tokens into legal tender or bank deposits.

“Under the bill, neither a state agency nor a political subdivision may prohibit or restrict a person in accepting digital assets as a method of payment for legal goods and services or in taking custody of digital assets using a self-hosted wallet or hardware wallet,

the document reads, adding that,

“The bill also specifies that a person in this state may 1) operate a node for the purpose of connecting to a blockchain protocol and participating in the blockchain protocol’s operations; 2) develop software on a blockchain protocol; 3) transfer digital assets to another person utilizing a blockchain protocol; and 4) participate in staking on a blockchain protocol.”

Legislative path and challenges

The bill has bipartisan interest but is currently sponsored by seven Republican Assembly members and two Republican senators. It has been referred to the Committee on Financial Institutions for review.

According to Legiscan data, the measure has reached just 25% progress and still needs to clear one chamber and two additional committees before it can be enacted into law.

Notably, the Wisconsin DFI launched a publicly accessible tracker to combat cryptocurrency and other investment scams. This initiative comes in response to nearly $3.55 million lost by Wisconsinites to financial grooming and cryptocurrency fraud between January 2022 and June 2024. 

 

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