NYDFS hosts crypto industry competition to get real-time data on Bitlicensees

NYDFS hosts crypto industry competition to get real-time data on Bitlicensees

Emerging analytics technology is the name of the game for the next stage in crypto regulation. New York's financial regulator is asking for new tools to gather real-time financial data. On Thursday, the New York Department of Financial Services announced new details of its coming "techsprint" competition:"The objective of the techsprint is to achieve creative and collaborative prototyping as a step toward smarter regulatory reporting in virtual currency."Namely, the DFS is using the two-week competition to get better access to data from crypto companies in real time. It's first question....


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