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Cryptocurrency

SB945 SD1: Better tack would be to extend cryptocurrency sandbox

The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration by the Senate Committee on Ways and Means on March 1, 2023. ___________ March 1, 2023 10:10 a.m. Conference Room 211 and Videoconference To: Senate Committee on Ways and Means        Sen. Donovan M. Dela Cruz,

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SB1261: Digital currency firms need more freedom, not centralized control

The following testimony was presented Feb. 9, 2023, by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii to the House Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection. ___________ February 9, 2023 2 p.m. Conference Room 329 and Videoconference To: House Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Rep. Mark M. Nakashima, Chair Rep. Jackson D. Sayama, Vice Chair From:

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SB945: Cryptocurrency bill would create uncertainty

The following testimony was presented Feb. 9, 2023, by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii to the Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection. ___________ February 9, 2023 9:30 a.m. Conference Room 219 and Videoconference To: Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole, Chair Sen. Carol Fukunaga, Vice

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How ‘sandboxes’ could help Hawaii prosper

Some say Hawaii needs more sandboxes — and not just the kind you played in as a kid.  Rees Empey, director of state government affairs at the Libertas Institute, based in Lehi, Utah, says just as childrens’ sandboxes foster imagination, so do “regulatory sandboxes” encourage innovation and job growth, by

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Good news/bad news about cryptocurrency in Hawaii

The good news is that Hawaii residents will be able to keep trading in cryptocurrency. The bad news is that Hawaii’s policymakers haven’t given up the dream of regulating it into oblivion. For years, Hawaii residents who wanted to buy or sell cryptocurrency were stymied by the state’s Money Transmitters Act,

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SB945 SD1: Better tack would be to extend cryptocurrency sandbox

The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration by the Senate Committee on Ways and Means on March 1, 2023. ___________ March 1, 2023 10:10 a.m. Conference Room 211 and Videoconference To: Senate Committee on Ways and Means        Sen. Donovan M. Dela Cruz,

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SB1261: Digital currency firms need more freedom, not centralized control

The following testimony was presented Feb. 9, 2023, by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii to the House Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection. ___________ February 9, 2023 2 p.m. Conference Room 329 and Videoconference To: House Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Rep. Mark M. Nakashima, Chair Rep. Jackson D. Sayama, Vice Chair From:

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SB945: Cryptocurrency bill would create uncertainty

The following testimony was presented Feb. 9, 2023, by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii to the Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection. ___________ February 9, 2023 9:30 a.m. Conference Room 219 and Videoconference To: Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole, Chair Sen. Carol Fukunaga, Vice

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How ‘sandboxes’ could help Hawaii prosper

Some say Hawaii needs more sandboxes — and not just the kind you played in as a kid.  Rees Empey, director of state government affairs at the Libertas Institute, based in Lehi, Utah, says just as childrens’ sandboxes foster imagination, so do “regulatory sandboxes” encourage innovation and job growth, by

Read More →

Good news/bad news about cryptocurrency in Hawaii

The good news is that Hawaii residents will be able to keep trading in cryptocurrency. The bad news is that Hawaii’s policymakers haven’t given up the dream of regulating it into oblivion. For years, Hawaii residents who wanted to buy or sell cryptocurrency were stymied by the state’s Money Transmitters Act,

Read More →