Questions tagged [bitlicense]

The "BitLicense" is a business license for cryptocurrency activities issued by New York State Department of Financial Services.

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Has the BitLicense affected other U.S. state regulators' actions?

What aspects of New York's new BitLicense have most affected New York-based companies already? How have California and other states who are planning BTC policy learned from New York's example? (For example, have other states commented in public on…
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Multisig and Bitlicense???? Can a business even be a custodian?

Lets say a company like BitGo controls one key in a P2SH multisignature address, are they a custodian and subject to the bitlicense? For enforcement, is it even possible to tell if someone is being a custodian if they use bitlicense? Any insight…
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As of 2016-June - Which companies are registered with the NYC Bitlicense?

As of today 2016-June - Which companies are registered with the NYC Bitlicense? I heard that only 2 were given these licenses while everyone else is just waiting. Why and how did these few select companies get this license so easily vs everyone…
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