Sources: Tennessee (TN)

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Research, not advice. Part of the Bitcoin research archive (October 2026). Claims labelled unverified, contested or fringe are reported, not endorsed; statuses of bills and rules are as of the date checked. Government, court and patent records are public domain; the research notes are CC BY 4.0.

Sources: Tennessee (TN)

Full copies of government documents (statutes, enrolled bills, regulator guidance, regulator press releases) and court records about Bitcoin and virtual-currency law in Tennessee, saved for legislation/us-state-tn.md. All files were retrieved on 2026-10-09 by the N–Z state-law research pass. No copyrighted news articles are stored here — those are summarized with links in the legislation note.

File Title Issuer / author Document date URL Retrieved
tn-2026-public-chapter-766-hb2505-sb2251-virtual-currency-kiosk-ban.pdf Public Chapter No. 766 (2026) — HB 2505 / SB 2251, virtual currency kiosk ban (T.C.A. 45-16-201, -202) Tennessee General Assembly / Secretary of State signed 2026-04-23; eff. 2026-07-01 https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0766.pdf 2026-10-09
tn-tdfi-mtma-memo-2023-10.pdf Memo: Money Transmission Modernization Act (Public Chapter 115 of 2023), effective 2024-01-01 Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions 2023-10-06 https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/financialinstitutions/compliance/2023-compliance-documents/Money%20Transmission%20Modernization%20Act%20Memo%20(October%202023).pdf 2026-10-09
tn-tdfi-virtual-currency-consumer-guidance.pdf Press release: TDFI aims to arm citizens with information about virtual currency Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions 2014-08-08 https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/financialinstitutions/new-docs/TDFI_VirtualCurrency.pdf 2026-10-09

Statuses and effective dates are as stated in the documents or on the official bill pages on 2026-10-09; see the legislation note for later events and gaps.