Bit-Exodus Continues: Remittance Service Rebit and Cloud Miner Genesis Mining Leave New York
In an ongoing trend of Bitcoin companies withdrawing their services from New York in response to the BitLicense, two more businesses have exited the Empire State. The latest Bitcoin startups that refused to apply to the controversial regulation are Philippine centered remittance service Rebit and mining specialist Genesis Mining. Both Rebit's parent company Satoshi Citadel Industries and Genesis Mining announced their departure from New York through blog posts on their respective websites. The companies both cite the newly imposed BitLicense regulation in the state as the reason for their....
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