The least-populous state in the US has become a hub for crypto companies

In the last 2 years Wyoming has made strides to continue its growth into becoming a massive crypto haven.

While Wyoming still represents cowboys, cattle ranches and canyons, bereft of those aiming toward metropolis, a cortege of lobbyists and legislators are on their soapboxes in the state arguing the perks that Wyoming has to bring to blockchain.

The least-populous state in the US has become a hub for crypto companies

The blockchain boosters

Until recently, strict money-transmitter laws meant residents of the sagebrush state couldn’t even access a Coinbase account. But in the last 2 years, Wyoming has enacted 13 blockchain laws, with a long line of other crypto-focused proposals in the works.

So what does the country’s least-lived-in state (housing less than one-fifth of 1% of Americans) want with a decentralized technology like blockchain?

When one ethos leads to another

In Wyoming, the party line is more between conservatives and socially moderate libertarians than it is Republicans and Democrats. The state’s laws have long been created in the absence of clear federal rules — the very same ethos in which blockchain was built on.

Many lobbyist groups are pushing for crypto-friendly bills, including automated LLC registration, a focus that could be incredibly enticing to an industry where many states favor staunch regulation — like New York’s BitLicense laws.

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