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Chicago Seeking to Be Cryptocurrency Finance Center
Chicago Seeking to Be Cryptocurrency Finance Center
Is Chicago America’s next cryptocurrency hub? From hosting one of the Midwest’s largest crypto mining facilities to a Chicago-based bitcoin ATM operator, Illinois is emerging...
Chicago Seeking to Be Cryptocurrency Finance Center

The City of Evanston Wants to Use Crypto for UBI, Marijuana Reparations
The City of Evanston Wants to Use Crypto for UBI, Marijuana Reparations
Evanston, Illinois is considering a new, blockchain-based way to stimulate the local economy and provide a universal basic income (UBI). Greg Magarshak, CEO of Intercon, and G...
The City of Evanston Wants to Use Crypto for UBI, Marijuana Reparations

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Illinois Legalizes Blockchain Contracts
With the new year Illinois became the latest state to recognize smart contracts and other blockchain-based records as legal instruments.
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Illinois Has Been Quietly Considering Bitcoin for Tax Payments
Three U.S. states – Illinois, Arizona and Georgia – are now actively considering bills to allow tax payments made in cryptocurrency.
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Illinois Eyes Blockchain for IDs and Public Asset Management
An Illinois government task force is eyeing blockchain tech in the management of state citizens' identification and tokenizing public sector assets.
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Illinois Launches Blockchain Pilot to Digitize Birth Certificates
Illinois' state government has launched a new blockchain pilot focused on the digitization of new birth certificates.
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Illinois to Trial Blockchain Tech in Bid to Track Medical Licenses
The state of Illinois is expanding its work with blockchain to include possible healthcare applications through a newly announced partnership.
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Illinois Lawmakers Pass Bill Forming Blockchain Task Force
Lawmakers in Illinois have passed a bill to create an intergovernmental working group that will study public sector applications of blockchain.
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Illinois Government Sponsors Month-Long Blockchain Hackathon
The state of Illinois is continuing to engage with blockchain innovators, this time by throwing a month-long hackathon.
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Illinois Eases Burden for Cryptocurrency Startups with New Guidance
A major financial regulator in the state of Illinois has issued new guidance for startups working in the nascent blockchain sector.
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