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 "date_modified": "2026-08-17",
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   "name": "Crypto Licensing",
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   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-arkansas/#crypto-licensing-crypto-licensing",
   "standing_position": "Arkansas has no bespoke crypto-asset licensing statute. Crypto exchange, custody, and money-transmission-type businesses fall under the state's general money-transmitter licensing regime, administered through the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS). The specific Arkansas Code citation applying the general MTL statute to virtual-currency businesses (and any crypto-specific carve-outs/exemptions) was not independently verified in this research pass; this is flagged for primary-source escalation. Federally, FinCEN's long-standing MSB/money-transmitter guidance independently classifies virtual-currency administrators and exchangers as money transmitters regardless of state licensing status.",
   "findings": [
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  },
  {
   "code": "token_classification",
   "name": "Token Classification",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-arkansas/#token-classification-token-classification",
   "standing_position": "Arkansas has not enacted a state-level statutory taxonomy for token classification. Per the jurisdiction disambiguation, token characterization for securities/commodity purposes is governed exclusively by federal SEC/CFTC frameworks rather than any Arkansas-specific rule.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
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   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "on_chain_activity_regime",
   "name": "On-Chain Activity Regime",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-arkansas/#on-chain-activity-regime-on-chain-activity-regime",
   "standing_position": "Arkansas is among a small group of U.S. states that have adopted legislation protective of cryptocurrency/blockchain mining operations (reported in 2023 industry coverage), and in January 2025 an Arkansas Senate committee rejected a proposed bill that would have banned crypto-mining facilities within 30 miles of military installations. No Arkansas statute or regulation separately addresses staking, DeFi lending, DEX operation, or validator/node activity; these remain governed only by generally applicable federal law.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
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     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
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     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
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     "source": null,
     "source_url": null,
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  },
  {
   "code": "stablecoin_regime",
   "name": "Stablecoin Regime",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-arkansas/#stablecoin-regime-stablecoin-regime",
   "standing_position": "Arkansas has no state-specific stablecoin issuance-authorisation, reserve, redemption-right, disclosure, or systemic-designation regime. Federal-level developments govern bank issuance and custody of stablecoins: the OCC clarified in March 2025 that national banks may engage in certain stablecoin-related activities without prior approval.",
   "findings": [
    {
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     "source": null,
     "source_url": null,
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     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
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     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": null,
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   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "consumer_protection",
   "name": "Consumer Protection",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-arkansas/#consumer-protection-consumer-protection",
   "standing_position": "Arkansas has no crypto-specific consumer-protection statute (e.g., dedicated disclosure, custody-segregation, or marketing rules targeted at digital assets). General state money-transmitter licensing consumer-protection provisions (bonding, net worth, recordkeeping) may apply to licensed virtual-currency money transmitters by extension, but this application was not independently verified in this pass.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": null,
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     "source_url": null,
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     "retrieved_at": null
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   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "tax_treatment",
   "name": "Tax Treatment",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-arkansas/#tax-treatment-tax-treatment",
   "standing_position": "Arkansas is presumed to substantially conform to federal income-tax treatment of digital assets as property, such that dispositions attract capital-gains treatment and mining/staking receipts attract income treatment at both federal and state levels. No Arkansas-specific crypto tax carve-out, VAT/GST-equivalent treatment, or Department of Finance and Administration guidance confirming this application was independently located or verified in this research pass.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": null,
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     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": null,
     "retrieved_at": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "cross_border_transfer",
   "name": "Cross-Border Transfer",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-arkansas/#cross-border-transfer-cross-border-transfer",
   "standing_position": "No Arkansas-specific outbound restriction, sanctions nexus, or cross-border reporting regime for crypto assets exists. Federal Bank Secrecy Act / FinCEN travel-rule requirements apply to money transmitters (including virtual-currency exchangers) operating in or from Arkansas, and standard federal cross-border reporting thresholds apply.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": null,
     "source": null,
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": null,
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": null,
     "source": null,
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": null,
     "retrieved_at": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "aml_cft_regime",
   "name": "AML/CFT Regime",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-arkansas/#aml-cft-regime-aml-cft-regime",
   "standing_position": "AML/CFT obligations for crypto businesses touching Arkansas are governed at the federal level by the Bank Secrecy Act / FinCEN framework (MSB registration, KYC/CDD, SAR filing, recordkeeping, travel rule) rather than by any Arkansas-specific AML regime. Per this consumer's module subscription to the Financial Integrity Monitor (FIM) aml_ctf baseline, detailed AML/CFT claims are intentionally not produced in this crypto baseline; this module entry is disambiguation context only, carrying no independent claims.",
   "findings": []
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