{ "jurisdiction_id": "US-LA", "jurisdiction": "United States – Louisiana", "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-louisiana/", "generator": "render_jid v13.3.0", "date_modified": "2026-08-17", "schema_version": "crypto-v2.0.0", "counts": { "modules": 7, "sourced_findings": 15, "source_register": 7 }, "modules": [ { "code": "crypto_licensing", "name": "Crypto Licensing", "confidence": null, "moved_this_cycle": false, "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-louisiana/#crypto-licensing-crypto-licensing", "standing_position": "Louisiana operates a bespoke, crypto-specific licensing regime administered by the Office of Financial Institutions (OFI), separate from — and layered on top of — the state's general money-transmitter law. OFI's non-depository division maintains distinct license/registration categories for 'Virtual Currency Business Activity' and a lighter-touch 'Notification Filers' track, consistent with the two-tier (full license vs. notification-only for small-volume actors) structure originally proposed in the state's virtual-currency licensing bill. Businesses that already hold a comparable license from another state with reciprocal recognition, or individuals under a de minimis annual transaction threshold, may qualify for the notification-only track rather than full licensure. The general Louisiana money transmitter statute (bond, fee, and fitness requirements) continues to apply in parallel to entities whose activity is characterized as money transmission.", "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 }, { "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": "token_classification", "name": "Token Classification", "confidence": null, "moved_this_cycle": false, "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-louisiana/#token-classification-token-classification", "standing_position": "Louisiana has not enacted a state-level statutory taxonomy classifying tokens (e.g., security token vs. utility token vs. stablecoin). Token characterization in the state is governed by federal frameworks — principally SEC application of the Securities Act/Exchange Act 'investment contract' analysis and CFTC commodity characterization — which apply regardless of Louisiana's money-transmission/custody-focused state licensing regime. Louisiana's OFI licensing addresses money-transmission and custody activity, not securities status.", "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": "on_chain_activity_regime", "name": "On-Chain Activity Regime", "confidence": null, "moved_this_cycle": false, "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-louisiana/#on-chain-activity-regime-on-chain-activity-regime", "standing_position": "Louisiana has not been confirmed to maintain a dedicated statutory framework specifically addressing on-chain activities such as staking, DeFi, DEX operation, mining, node operation, validation, or tokenization as distinct regulatory categories. Federal SEC staff guidance (non-binding staff statement) indicates that self/solo and pool-based proof-of-work mining activities generally do not, under specified conditions, constitute the offer or sale of a security — a federal characterization relevant to any Louisiana-based mining operations, but this is staff-level guidance, not a Commission rule.", "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": "stablecoin_regime", "name": "Stablecoin Regime", "confidence": null, "moved_this_cycle": false, "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-louisiana/#stablecoin-regime-stablecoin-regime", "standing_position": "Louisiana has no identified state-level stablecoin-specific statute governing issuance authorization, reserve requirements, redemption rights, disclosure, or systemic designation for stablecoins. Stablecoin issuance in the U.S. is primarily governed at the federal level (e.g., the GENIUS Act framework for payment stablecoins), which Louisiana has not supplemented with its own bespoke regime as far as this research pass could confirm.", "findings": [ { "finding": null, "instrument_type": null, "source": null, "source_url": null, "source_tier": null, "retrieved_at": null } ] }, { "code": "consumer_protection", "name": "Consumer Protection", "confidence": null, "moved_this_cycle": false, "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-louisiana/#consumer-protection-consumer-protection", "standing_position": "Louisiana's VCBA-derived licensing framework embeds baseline consumer-protection-adjacent elements within its licensing gate — including investigation of an applicant's/executive's 'experience, character and general fitness,' fingerprinting, and (per the originating legislative design) nonrefundable application fees — but a dedicated crypto-specific consumer disclosure, custody-segregation, or complaint-handling regime distinct from these licensing preconditions was not confirmed in this research pass.", "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": "tax_treatment", "name": "Tax Treatment", "confidence": null, "moved_this_cycle": false, "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-louisiana/#tax-treatment-tax-treatment", "standing_position": "No Louisiana-specific statutory carve-out or guidance addressing the state income tax, sales/use tax, or withholding treatment of virtual currency transactions was identified in this research pass. In the absence of state-specific guidance, federal tax characterization (crypto assets as property, per longstanding IRS guidance) would presumptively flow through to Louisiana's income tax base given the state's general conformity to federal adjusted gross income, but this state-specific conformity link was not independently confirmed here and should be treated as an open item.", "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": "cross_border_transfer", "name": "Cross-Border Transfer", "confidence": null, "moved_this_cycle": false, "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-louisiana/#cross-border-transfer-cross-border-transfer", "standing_position": "Louisiana has no identified state-level cross-border virtual-currency transfer restriction distinct from federal sanctions and Bank Secrecy Act frameworks. Federal OFAC sanctions screening and FinCEN money-transmitter/MSB characterization govern cross-border virtual currency movement uniformly, with Louisiana's OFI licensing regime addressing in-state money-transmission activity rather than cross-border-specific rules.", "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 } ] } ] }