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Task force or study body None found
No digital assets, blockchain or crypto task force, commission or study committee found. We searched: Searched ncleg.gov bill text and web for NC digital asset / blockchain / virtual currency task force, study committee or commission. Reviewed HB 92 (2025), which does not create a task force but directs the State Bureau of Investigation, with the Treasurer and law enforcement, to study a NC Digital Asset Reserve for seized or forfeited assets and report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on General Government by March 1, 2026 (only if enacted; the bill had not passed the Senate as of the source). This item had not received a full follow-up search at the time of review.
None found; not a definitive negative. Possible executive-branch blockchain initiatives were not verified. Reference links: HB 92 (2025) text - NC Digital Assets Investments Act - https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/HTML/H92v3.html
Bitcoin or digital asset reserve law Confirmed
HB 92 (2025), NC Digital Assets Investments Act, lets the Treasurer invest up to 5% of designated state funds in digital assets (after a third-party custody review), directs a retirement-plan ETP study and an SBI reserve study; it passed the House 71-44 on April 30, 2025 and was referred to Senate Rules on May 1, 2025 (no later Senate action on the page read). SB 327 (2025, Sens. Johnson, Overcash, Moffitt), Bitcoin Reserve and Investment Act (up to 10% of public funds), has sat in Senate Rules since March 19, 2025.
Sources: NCGA - HB 92 bill page, HB 92 text (v3), NCGA - SB 327 bill page
Licensing Confirmed
Money Transmitters Act (N.C.G.S. Ch. 53, Art. 16B, Commissioner of Banks) reaches virtual currency in part: 'money transmission' includes maintaining control of virtual currency on behalf of others (consumer/household purposes) and virtual currency counts as monetary value to the extent it qualifies as stored value; there is an agent-of-payee exemption that expressly covers virtual currency, and the Commissioner may grant further exemptions. Kiosk operators must also hold a money transmitter license under SL 2026-45.
Sources: N.C.G.S. Chapter 53, Article 16B
Crypto kiosks (ATMs) Confirmed
House Bill 920 became Session Law 2026-45 (Virtual Currency Kiosk Consumer Protection Act; ratified 7/2/2026, signed by Governor 7/7/2026), adding Article 26 to Chapter 53. It requires money transmitter licensing, risk/fraud disclosures with a fraud-warning screen that ends the transaction, a ban on QR/scan logins, receipts, blockchain analytics, live toll-free support, compliance and consumer-protection officers, quarterly location reports, daily caps of $2,000 (new customers) and $5,000 (existing), a 12% fee cap, a 48-hour hold on new-customer transactions, fraud refunds, civil penalties up to $1,000/$5,000, a Class 1 misdemeanor for facilitating a fraudulent transaction, and local zoning authority. Most provisions take effect January 1, 2027; rulemaking authority is effective on enactment.
Sources: SL 2026-45 (HB 920) enacted text, NCGA - HB 920 bill page (history), NCGA Fiscal Research staff summary of H920 (June 30, 2026 edition)
Source notes: HB 92 and SB 327 statuses come from bill pages that may lag; 2026 short-session action on HB 92 was not separately verified. Executive-branch initiatives (Treasurer, SOS, Commerce) not checked.
Frequently asked
Does North Carolina have a crypto or blockchain task force?
We did not find one in North Carolina (confidence: None found). A "none found" result is not proof that no body exists, because small study groups are often poorly documented online.
Does North Carolina have a bitcoin or digital asset reserve law?
Our research shows the status as pending (confidence: Confirmed). HB 92 (2025), NC Digital Assets Investments Act, lets the Treasurer invest up to 5% of designated state funds in digital assets (after a third-party custody review), directs a retirement-plan ETP study and an SBI reserve study; it passed the House 71-44 on April 30, 2025 and was referred to Senate Rules on May 1, 2025 (no later Senate action on the page read). SB 327 (2025, Sens. Johnson, Overcash, Moffitt), Bitcoin Reserve and Investment Act (up to 10% of public funds), has sat in Senate Rules since March 19, 2025.
Does North Carolina regulate crypto kiosks (ATMs)?
Our research shows law (confidence: Confirmed). House Bill 920 became Session Law 2026-45 (Virtual Currency Kiosk Consumer Protection Act; ratified 7/2/2026, signed by Governor 7/7/2026), adding Article 26 to Chapter 53. It requires money transmitter licensing, risk/fraud disclosures with a fraud-warning screen that ends the transaction, a ban on QR/scan logins, receipts, blockchain analytics, live toll-free support, compliance and consumer-protection officers, quarterly location reports, daily caps of $2,000 (new customers) and $5,000 (existing), a 12% fee cap, a 48-hour hold on new-customer transactions, fraud refunds, civil penalties up to $1,000/$5,000, a Class 1 misdemeanor for facilitating a fraudulent transaction, and local zoning authority. Most provisions take effect January 1, 2027; rulemaking authority is effective on enactment.
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