(a) A person may not engage in virtual-currency business activity, or hold itself out as being able to engage in virtual-currency business activity, with or on behalf of another person unless the person is:
(1) licensed in Minnesota by the commissioner under section 53B.40 ; or
(2) exempt from licensing under section 53B.29 .
(b) A person that is licensed to engage in virtual-currency business activity is engaged in the business of money transmission and is subject to the requirements of this chapter.