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BitLicense Continues to Affect the NY Bitcoin Ecosystem

Its official now, the New York State BitLicense has been very successful in driving away most of the digital currency based businesses from the...

Bitcoin ATMs Enter Fairfax County for the First Time

Bitcoin has been spreading its roots slowly across the world. The growth of bitcoin economy is accompanied by growth in the number of services...

Deloitte’s Report on Bitcoin Regulations – worth Pondering About

Deloitte, the global audit and consulting firm recently released a report on bitcoin regulations. Authored by Jon Watts, director of Enterprise Risk Services at...

Circle Change Path, Introduces USD and Hides Bitcoin

Recently Circle, the bitcoin powered money transfer platform became the first crypto company to receive BitLicense from the State of New York. Soon after...

Bitcoin as a Commodity– Coinflip Reaches Settlement with CFTC

Bitcoin trading platforms in the United States may be in for more trouble in the coming days. The US regulators have claimed their first...

Bitcoin and Russia — the Roulette Continues

Bitcoin and Russia have been in a troubled relationship for a long time now. There have been all kinds of reports on the country's...

itBit Gets 2 New Board Members

While many bitcoin companies are pulling out of New York State due to the implementation of BitLicense regulations, the New York based bitcoin exchange...

BitLicense Fiasco — NY Loses 2 More Bitcoin Companies

The BitLicense fiasco doesn't seem to end as the exodus of bitcoin businesses from New York State continues. Local Bitcoins and BitQuick have become...

California BitLicense– Coin Center, EFF and Copia Institute Disagree

Everyone seems to have learnt their lessons from New York State's BitLicense experience. Bitcoin community and few rights groups in the State of California...

Nobody Wants Another BitLicense Debacle!

There seems to be some blow-back from the New York BitLicense, which came into effect yesterday. The deadline for bitcoin companies in New York...

BitLicense Drives Away Poloniex from NY

BitLicense, the parting gift by Benjamin Lawsky to the State of New York has got bitcoin companies leaving the state one after another. Poloniex...

Benjamin Lawsky Clears the Air about His Intentions behind BitLicense

Benjamin Lawsky, the former superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services known for introducing the controversial licensing regime for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency...