Do You Need an LLC Before Launching a Token?
If anyone offchain will contract, list or pay you, form the LLC before go-live. A token contract cannot sign an NDA. The wrapper is not a securities shield.
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If anyone offchain will contract, list or pay you, form the LLC before go-live. A token contract cannot sign an NDA. The wrapper is not a securities shield.
Asset protection starts with a maintained LLC and company wallets. Wyoming helps privacy defaults. Holdcos only when operating and holding are truly separate jobs.
Crypto banking fails when the story does not match the company. LLC, EIN, address, honest description — then Mercury prep. OtoCo is not a bank.
Instant Series for speed. Standalone when a bank or investor needs a registry lookup. Both are real US LLCs — different recognition layers.
Wyoming is the practical crypto default. Delaware when US investors already expect it. Offshore (including Marshall Islands) is specialist — Instant RMI minting is disabled.
Skip the fake "$50 LLC" quote. Here is the real year-one cost stack for a US crypto company — formation, EIN, banking, counsel and compliance — with a calculator-style breakdown.