New York State Department of Financial Services to hold Bitcoin Hearings

The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) will hold hearings on the regulationBitLicenses” as a regulatory requirement specific to businesses in the “virtual” currency field of Bitcoin and other digital currencies on 28th and 29th January in New York City.  The department will also discuss potentially issuing something it calls “

 

The NYDFS first raised the idea of public hearings and BitLicenses in November, around the same time the US Senate Committee was holding its own hearings. Since then there has been a marked shift in US authorities’ opinions on digital currency – from initial disdain and joking to genuine curiosity.

 

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