Sources: District of Columbia (DC)
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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: District of Columbia (DC)
Full copies of government documents (statutes, enrolled bills, regulator guidance, regulator press releases) and court records about Bitcoin and virtual-currency law in District of Columbia, saved for legislation/us-state-dc.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.
Includes a federal court opinion (United States v. Harmon, D.D.C.) and a DC Superior Court complaint filed by the DC Attorney General.
| File | Title | Issuer / author | Document date | URL | Retrieved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
dc-disb-btm-bulletin-update-2024-08-09.pdf |
Notice 24-BB-001-08/09/24 — Updated DISB guidance to Bitcoin ATMs (BTMs) / virtual currency kiosk operators | DC Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (Commissioner Karima M. Woods) | 2024-08-09 | https://disb.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/perb/publication/attachments/btm_bulletin_update_august_2024_final_kmw.pdf | 2026-10-09 |
dc-disb-notice-23-bb-04-2023-03-16-bitcoin-atms.pdf |
Notice 23-BB-04-03/16/2023 — DISB to begin investigation of Bitcoin ATMs (superseded) | DC Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking | 2023-03-16 | https://disb.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/disb/publication/attachments/notice_disb_%20bitcoin_atms_03_16_23.pdf | 2026-10-09 |
dc-oag-2025-09-02-athena-bitcoin-complaint.pdf |
Complaint — District of Columbia v. Athena Bitcoin, Inc. (D.C. Superior Court) | DC Office of the Attorney General | 2025-09-02 | https://oag.dc.gov/sites/default/files/2025-09/2025-09-02-Athena-Complaint-FINAL-.pdf | 2026-10-09 |
us-v-harmon-ddc-2019cr395-2020-07-24-memorandum-opinion.pdf |
United States v. Harmon, Crim. No. 19-395 (BAH) — Memorandum Opinion (bitcoin is "money" under the DC Money Transmitters Act) | US District Court for the District of Columbia (Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell) | 2020-07-24 | https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2019cr0395-59 | 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.