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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-new-hampshire/#crypto-licensing-crypto-licensing",
   "standing_position": "New Hampshire has no bespoke crypto-asset licensing statute. Virtual-currency exchange/administration was brought under the state's general money-transmitter law (RSA 399-G) in 2016, but a 2017 amendment (HB 436) carved out an exemption from money-transmitter licensing for persons whose business consists of transactions conducted wholly or partly in virtual currency. Whether and to what extent that exemption still governs current exchange/custody activity (versus a narrower reading limited to peer-to-peer trading) has not been confirmed against the current in-force statutory text and must be verified against the NH Banking Department/RSA 399-G directly before being treated as settled. Separately, in 2025 New Hampshire enacted HB 302, authorizing the state treasurer to invest a portion of public funds in bitcoin/precious metals — a public-investment measure, not a private-sector licensing rule, and a related bitcoin-backed municipal bond proposal was rejected by the state in mid-2026.",
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  {
   "code": "token_classification",
   "name": "Token Classification",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-new-hampshire/#token-classification-token-classification",
   "standing_position": "New Hampshire statute (as added by HB 436) supplies only a generic definition of 'virtual currency' for money-transmission purposes; it does not create a state-specific taxonomy distinguishing security tokens, stablecoins, utility tokens, or NFTs. Per the disambiguation for this JID, characterization of a token as a security or commodity is governed by federal SEC/CFTC jurisdiction, not by New Hampshire-specific rules.",
   "findings": [
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    {
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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-new-hampshire/#on-chain-activity-regime-on-chain-activity-regime",
   "standing_position": "No New Hampshire-specific statute or regulation addressing staking, DeFi lending, DEX operation, mining, node operation, validator activity, or tokenization was identified. New Hampshire's crypto-friendly ranking is attributed partly to the absence of restrictive on-chain-activity regulation rather than to an affirmative permissive regime.",
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  {
   "code": "stablecoin_regime",
   "name": "Stablecoin Regime",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-new-hampshire/#stablecoin-regime-stablecoin-regime",
   "standing_position": "New Hampshire has no state-level stablecoin issuance, reserve, redemption, disclosure, or systemic-designation regime. Stablecoin issuance in the US is addressed at the federal level (e.g., the GENIUS Act framework), which falls outside this state-level module's scope.",
   "findings": []
  },
  {
   "code": "consumer_protection",
   "name": "Consumer Protection",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-new-hampshire/#consumer-protection-consumer-protection",
   "standing_position": "Consumer protection touching virtual currency in New Hampshire flows mainly through the general money-transmitter bonding requirement (where applicable) rather than a bespoke crypto consumer-protection statute. During legislative debate over the 2017 MTL exemption, the state's Banking and Justice Departments raised consumer-protection objections to deregulating virtual-currency traders.",
   "findings": [
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     "retrieved_at": null
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    {
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   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "tax_treatment",
   "name": "Tax Treatment",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-new-hampshire/#tax-treatment-tax-treatment",
   "standing_position": "New Hampshire has no general personal income tax and no capital gains tax, positioning it favorably for crypto investors; the state also has no general sales/use tax applicable to crypto transactions. New Hampshire's historical Interest & Dividends Tax (which could indirectly touch certain crypto-related income) has reportedly been phased toward elimination in recent years, but the current in-force status/effective repeal date was not independently verified against the NH Department of Revenue Administration in this pass. Federal crypto broker tax-reporting rules (e.g., digital-asset broker 1099-DA reporting) apply uniformly to NH residents/businesses with no state-level override identified.",
   "findings": [
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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     "source": null,
     "source_url": null,
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    },
    {
     "finding": null,
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     "source": null,
     "source_url": null,
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     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
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     "source": null,
     "source_url": null,
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     "retrieved_at": null
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "cross_border_transfer",
   "name": "Cross-Border Transfer",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-new-hampshire/#cross-border-transfer-cross-border-transfer",
   "standing_position": "No New Hampshire-specific cross-border crypto transfer restriction, sanctions nexus rule, or reporting threshold distinct from federal requirements was identified. Cross-border virtual currency transfers touching New Hampshire remain subject to federal FinCEN/OFAC frameworks (BSA travel rule, sanctions screening), which are tracked under the fleet's financial_integrity overlap rather than as NH-specific state law.",
   "findings": [
    {
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    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "code": "aml_cft_regime",
   "name": "AML/CFT Regime",
   "confidence": null,
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://cryptoassets.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-new-hampshire/#aml-cft-regime-aml-cft-regime",
   "standing_position": "Crypto AML/CFT obligations are handled via the fleet's FIM aml_ctf subscription and are out of scope for this baseline; no aml_cft_regime claims are produced here. For disambiguation context only: virtual currency exchangers/administrators operating in New Hampshire are, at minimum, subject to federal FinCEN Bank Secrecy Act obligations (MSB registration, AML program, SAR/CTR filing) regardless of New Hampshire's state money-transmitter exemption.",
   "findings": []
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