itBit Hires Former NYDFS General Counsel Daniel Alter, Pushes Ahead with Bankchain Project
In April, Bitcoin Magazine reported that Bitcoin exchange itBit had filed for a banking license in New York. Later in May, itBit was granted a trust charter by the New York Department of Financial Services (NYFDS) under New York State banking law, the first such charter granted to a digital currency company by the NYDFS. ItBit also announced the....
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ItBit has hired former New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) general counsel Daniel 'Danny' Alter as its general counsel and chief compliance officer. The three-year veteran of the NYDFS was involved in the formation of the New York BitLicense, the controversial licensing regime for digital currency businesses seeking to serve consumers in the US state, before departing in February. The move is perhaps surprising given the originally skeptical outlook on the technology Alter voiced at the New York BitLicense hearings in early 2014. At the two-day event, Alter was perhaps....
Editor’s Note: This article has been modified to correct some factual inaccuracies. ItBit is not governed by BitLicense, it operates in the state of New York under a trust charter. Following the path of his colleague Benjamin Lawsky, former New York Department of Financial Services general counsel Daniel Alter has moved into the private sector, joining itBit as the Bitcoin exchange’s general counsel. This former NYDFS regulator will also work as itBit’s Chief Compliance Officer. In these new positions, Alter will play an ‘active role’ in working with regulators as they seek to inform their....
ItBit has revealed new details about its formerly top-secret Bankchain project, a private consensus-based ledger system aimed at appealing to enterprise financial institutions. With the formal unveiling, the New York-based bitcoin exchange has joined the number of blockchain firms seeking to compete for the attention of banks that want to utilize the efficiencies of distributed databases without using bitcoin or its blockchain. In a new interview, Steve Wager, head of global operations for itBit, spoke at length about the project, rumors of which first began surfacing in late July.....
Much like last week, this past week saw almost no price activity until the very end, when the markets took a rather sharp, downwards turn. Considering that there were no changes to Bitcoin fundamentals — such as market-moving news, major hacks, or positive innovations — it is highly likely that the late-week price drop came from speculators. The week began on Monday, September 7, with the Bitcoin price at $240.88. Market activity was fairly quiet on Monday, although the Bitcoin price had a gradual, upward slope for the entirety of the day. By noon, the price had slightly climbed to....
itBit disclosed further details on its Bankchain Project, citing that it will be based on the distributed ledger concept but will not use bitcoin. This project aims to create a private consensus-based ledger for applications to be used in the financial industry. More and more banks and financial institutions are looking into the potential usages of blockchain or the public ledger of bitcoin transactions in record-keeping or trade settlement. Some banks such as Westpac and ANZ in Australia are currently working with blockchain-related companies in order to explore this technology further.....