NY State Dept. of Financial Services Superintendant Ben Lawsky May Do Reddit AMA
Members of the online bitcoin community may soon have their opportunity to ask New York State Department of Financial Services superintendent Ben Lawsky questions regarding bitcoin regulation. In a correspondence via Twitter, Lawsky was encouraged by Twitter user Eric Beland to do an AMA on Reddit.com. @BenLawsky Impressed w/ your open approach! Highly recommend getting feedback by doing an AMA. The president did one! http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/. AMA, an acronym of "ask-me-anything" allows users of the social sharing site to ask questions to anyone they feel is noteworthy. Popular AMAs....
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Just yesterday, New York State Department of Financial Services Superintendent Benjamin Lawsky took to Twitter to acknowledge he would "try" to do a Reddit AMA (short for ask-me-anything). As of Tuesday, it looks like Lawsky is willing to carry on through with his AMA Q&A session, expected to largely surround the topic of his work on bitcoin regulation. Lawsky said he's "hopefully" looking for the session to take place later this week. "Thanks to all for request/feedback on doing a Reddit AMA about #Bitcoin. Working to set up a time soon. Hopefully later this week." (source). Lawsky is....
Ben Lawsky may have a chat with /r/bitcoin in the near future. Ben Lawsky, Superintendent of Financial Services for the State of New York, recently tweeted that he will try to do a Reddit AMA on Bitcoin regulation in the near future. This doesn't mean that it will definitely happen, but it would probably be a positive event for both regulators and the Bitcoin community. After all, bitcoiners have been rather worried about some of the troublesome statements Lawsky made during the New York Bitcoin hearings in January, but it seems he may have already started to backtrack on those original....
A simple reminder that New York State Department of Financial Services Superintendent Benjamin Lawsky has begun to answer questions on social sharing website Reddit.com. The AMA (ask-me-anything), which is taking place here, is expected to focus on Lawsky's work to regulate bitcoin and bitcoin businesses in the State of New York. As of this writing, Lawsky has only answered one question, but with over 100 comments on the thread piled up already, he's got a long way to go. Check it out for yourself. Who knows, you may even have your question answered.
Ben Lawsky: Friend or Foe? It's a question CoinDesk recently posed regarding the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) superintendent, and one that is understandably concerning to the wider virtual currency community as New York state seeks to enact regulation in 2014. Speculation aside, on 20th February, the bitcoin community got its chance to seek an answer when Lawsky participated in a much-anticipated Ask Me Anything session on reddit. Here's my "Proof" picture for @reddit_AMA on #Bitcoin at 1230pm EST today. P. S. The SNES refs cracked us up. pic.twitter.com/6svPO3akNF. -....
New York State Department of Financial Services Superintendent Ben Lawsky has confirmed on Wednesday via Twitter that his bitcoin-centered AMA (ask-me-anything) will be taking place on Thursday, February 20th at 12:30PM Eastern time. Lawsky says his post on the social-sharing website will be live for 15-20 minutes for Redditors to get their questions in before he begins responding. The Superintendent is expected to face a slew of difficult questions - many of which are likely to surround his current work on bitcoin regulation in the State of New York - something an overwhelming amount of....