California Bill Would Loosen Restrictions on the Use of Digital Currency

Current law will require a license to engage in digital financial asset business activity starting on July 1, 2026.
California Bill Would Loosen Restrictions on the Use of Digital Currency
A man holds an iPhone showing the current Bitcoin market rate in New York on Dec. 4, 2017. Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times
Kimberly Hayek
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A California bill that would allow all businesses and individuals in the state to accept digital asset payments, such as cryptocurrency, and prohibit government restrictions on the use of digital currency, is being considered by a legislative committee.

Introduced by Assemblyman Avelino Valencia earlier this year, Assembly Bill 1052 was recently reviewed by the state Assembly’s Banking and Finance Committee before it was amended and re-referred back to the committee on April 1 for further scrutiny.
Kimberly Hayek
Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.