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'Just a kid from Wyoming': Caitlin Long fights for regulated crypto

American Banker

Long, founder and CEO of Custodia Bank, has pushed for digital-asset regulation in her home state of Wyoming. Now she's working on a national scale.

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Bitcoin Daily: Ant Financial Starts Pilot For SMB Blockchain Network; Wyoming Announces Regulations For Crypto Custodians

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In other news, the state of Wyoming has released several new custody rules focused on its special purpose depository institutions (SPDIs) (also known as “blockchain banks”). However, while these companies might be legally based in Wyoming, most aren’t located in the state.

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Bitcoin Daily: FDA Pegs Walmart, IBM For Blockchain Pilot; Wyoming State Embraces Blockchain

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In other news, Wyoming — America’s least-populous state — has turned its focus on blockchain, attracting a slew of new businesses as a result. The ethos of blockchain and the ethos of Wyoming are very similar,” said Caitlin Long, co-founder of the Wyoming Blockchain Coalition, according to Wired. “The

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Bitcoin Daily: BoE Advisor Says Cryptos Fail ‘Basic’ Tests; Wyoming Lawmakers Float Crypto Custody Bill

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He also said that one of the greatest hurdles for the bank will be the regulation of new banking system entrants. In other news, legislators in Wyoming have unveiled a bill that would put forward “an opt-in framework for banks to provide custodial services for digital asset property as directed custodians,” Coindesk reported.

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Wyoming creates fintech sandbox

CFPB Monitor

Earlier this year, Wyoming became the second state to create a financial technology (fintech) sandbox by enacting the “ Financial Technology Sandbox Act ” (Sandbox Act). The provisions requiring Wyoming’s Banking Commissioner and Secretary of State to adopt implementing regulations became effective on February 19, 2019.

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Avanti Plans Real-Time Settlement Solution For Corporate Treasurers

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Avanti Financial Group said in a press release that it has received permission from the Wyoming Division of Banking to begin operating in the state as a bank as early as October and plans to offer a real-time settlement solution for corporate treasurers. Avanti made its Wyoming intentions clear in February.

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Wyoming community bank winds down fintech program

American Banker

The Federal Reserve issued an enforcement action against Mode Eleven Bancorp, the holding company for Summit National Bank, which engages in banking-as-a-service.

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