World’s First Licensed Ether Exchange Has Started Trading

World’s First Licensed Ether Exchange Has Started Trading

Recently approved by the New York State Department of Financial Services to offer the trading of Ether on its virtual currency exchange based in New York City, Gemini has started Ether trading. Touted as the first licensed ether exchange in the world with its approval also making the NYSDFS the first regulatory agency in the world to supervise ether, Gemini stated on its blog site that the exchange will be offering ETH/BTC and ETH/USD trading pairs on two new order books. In a blog post, Cameron Winklevoss, Co-Founder and President at Gemini, says: “Our approval makes Gemini the first....


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