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On Monday, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced the approval of a BitLicense for Ripple to sell and hold custody of XRP, the Ripple Consensus Ledger’s native digital asset, for institutional investors and financial institutions in New York state. Ripple...

The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has approved bitcoin exchange Gemini to trade ether. Founded by twin brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Gemini will start trading ether – using ETH/BTC and ETH/USD pairs – on Monday, May 9th. With the state’s approval,...

Goldman Sachs-backed Bitcoin services company Circle Internet Financial Ltd. is planning to open an office in London, UK, reports Business Insider Australia. Circle founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire and co-founder Sean Neville, along with other executives, are presently in London to...

The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced today it has approved Circle Internet Financial Ltd.’s BitLicense application, making the Boston-based Bitcoin company the first firm to receive this license. Anthony J. Albanese, the NYDFS’s acting superintendent,...

On Tuesday, former New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) Superintendent Benjamin Lawsky responded to criticism from the Bitcoin community that he may have drummed up consulting work for himself by issuing controversial rules for digital currency companies –...

Benjamin Lawsky, the outgoing superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services, announced Wednesday the release of the department’s final BitLicense, which is a framework for regulating digital currency companies. As the Wall Street Journal reported, the BitLicense...