On Apr. 26th, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed SB 5638—an act “recognizing the validity of distributed ledger technology”—into law. The Act encourages the development of blockchain, recognizes its use in commerce and digital signatures, and amends legislation to provide definitions for the technology. The original purpose of the Washington Electronic Authentication Act was to […]The post Washington State signs bill recognizing blockchain technology into law appeared first on CryptoSlate.