IntLicense: NYC's 1994 Internet Regulation Proposal

IntLicense: NYC's 1994 Internet Regulation Proposal

The New York State Department of Financial Services has released a proposal for regulating the use of cryptocurrency. It is informally known as "Bitlicense". Check it out here. The puoposal is currently in a "comment period", where many individuals in the bitcoin industry, including Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire and Bobby Lee, founder of BTC China, have....


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