BitLicense

NYDFS

New York’s Financial Regulator Is Reviewing the Controversial BitLicense

The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) is revisiting how it licenses crypto startups.

Markets  ·  22 October 2019
NYDFS

New York Grants Bitlicense to Institutional Crypto Exchange Seed CX

NYDFS has granted two BitLicenses to subsidiaries of Seed CX, allowing the company to offer crypto services to financial firms.

Markets  ·  15 July 2019
New York

Robinhood Opens Trading for 7 Cryptocurrencies in New York

Five months after receiving a BitLicense, Robinhood is now offering ethereum and bitcoin trading in New York State.

Markets  ·  23 May 2019
Exchanges

NYDFS: Why We Rejected Bittrex’s Application for a BitLicense

Bittrex is not telling the full story about its BitLicense denial, a New York Department of Financial Services official writes.

Policy & regulation  ·  18 April 2019
Regulation

New York Rejects Bittrex Exchange’s BitLicense Application

NYDFS has rejected Bittrex's application for a BitLicense, citing "inadequate" AML compliance among other reasons.

Policy & regulation  ·  10 April 2019
Exchanges

Bitstamp Granted BitLicense, Will Expand Crypto Services in US

Europe-based crypto exchange Bitstamp has just received New York's 19th BitLicense, allowing it to offer five crypto trading pairs in the state.

Policy & regulation  ·  9 April 2019
Regulation

New York Grants Its 18th BitLicense to Crypto ‘Prime Broker’ Tagomi

The NYDFS has awarded its 18th BitLicense to prime broker startup Tagomi Trading.

Policy & regulation  ·  27 March 2019
Regulation

NYDFS Grants BitLicense to Third Bitcoin ATM Operator

NYDFS has granted a third bitcoin ATM operator a BitLicense Thursday, with Cottonwood Vending LLC becoming the latest recipient.

Policy & regulation  ·  31 January 2019
NYDFS

Robinhood, LibertyX Receive Licenses from New York Regulators

The New York Department of Financial Services granted Robinhood and LibertyX BitLicenses on Thursday, bringing them into a select group of less than 20 firms to have such approvals.

Markets  ·  24 January 2019
Regulation

New York Regulators Have Grant Crypto License to NYDIG

New York's latest BitLicense has been granted to the New York Digital Investment Group, along with a limited purpose trust charter.

Policy & regulation  ·  14 November 2018
Regulation

New York Awards First-Ever BitLicense to Bitcoin ATM Company

Bitcoin ATM operator Coinsource has received a BitLicense from New York's financial watchdog, a full three years after first applying.

Policy & regulation  ·  1 November 2018
Regulation

Payments Firm Square Receives BitLicense from New York

Digital payments startup Square has received a BitLicense through the NY Department of Financial Services.

Policy & regulation  ·  18 June 2018
Exchanges

NY Grants Fifth-Ever BitLicense to Genesis Global Trading

The license is has come in for intense criticism, in part because so few firms have been granted one.

Policy & regulation  ·  17 May 2018
Regulation

‘BitLicense Refugees’: ShapeShift, Kraken Talk Escape from New York

Jesse Powell and Erik Voorhees delivered red-meat rhetoric but also made subtler points about New York's cryptocurrency regulations at Consensus 2018.

Policy & regulation  ·  16 May 2018
Exchanges

Crypto Probe ‘Continues’ Despite New York AG’s Resignation

Following Eric Schneiderman's abrupt resignation, the New York Attorney General's Office's "work continues," according to a spokesperson.

Policy & regulation  ·  8 May 2018