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BitLicense Recipients
A list of all New York Department of Financial Service BitLicense and limited purpose trust charter recipients.
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Patrick Nelson is running for New York State Senate after making a name as a pro-bitcoin and anti-BitLicense local politician (Credit: Patrick Nelson)
Meet the Pro-Bitcoin, Anti-BitLicense Democrat Running for State Office
Patrick Nelson has been an advocate for bitcoin in his seven-year political career. He wants to see New York's BitLicense reformed and blockchain voting used in special cases.
Patrick Nelson is running for New York State Senate after making a name as a pro-bitcoin and anti-BitLicense local politician (Credit: Patrick Nelson)

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Ex-Yang Aide Is Running for Congress With Bitcoin and UBI on His Mind
A former Yang aide running for Congress sees Bitcoin as a liberator, New York’s BitLicense as a hindrance and universal basic income as an imperative.
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Fund Manager Got NY BitLicense 11 Months After Hiring Its Architect
Benjamin Lawsky, the former regulator who created New York’s BitLicense in 2015, joined a bitcoin fund manager nearly a year before it applied for, and received, the license.
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ErisX CEO Thomas Chippas (Credit: CoinDesk archives)
ErisX Becomes Latest Crypto Firm to Receive New York's BitLicense
Eris Clearing, the clearing and settlement arm of ErisX, has been awarded the hard-to-come-by Virtual Currency License from New York's Department of Financial Services.
ErisX CEO Thomas Chippas (Credit: CoinDesk archives)

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What It Takes to Get a Crypto-Friendly Bank Charter in Wyoming
An SPDI charter offered in Wyoming lets U.S. firms offer banking and custody services under a regulator that’s not the FDIC, but the application and capital requirements are a...
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NYDFS Superintendent Linda Lacewell (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
New York Regulator Details Changes to Contentious BitLicense
The New York Department of Financial Services has outlined a new approach to approving what coins crypto exchanges can list in the Empire State.
NYDFS Superintendent Linda Lacewell (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

NYDFS Superintendent Linda Lacewell
Online Lender SoFi Gets NY BitLicense, Clearing Way to Offer Crypto Trading
SoFi has been granted a BitLicense by NYDFS, allowing it to provide crypto trading services to New Yorkers.
NYDFS Superintendent Linda Lacewell

NYDFS Superintendent Linda Lacewell
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.
NYDFS Superintendent Linda Lacewell

Seed CX
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.
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