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Mastercard Lands New York Bitlicense to Advance Stablecoin and Digital Payment Infrastructure

Mastercard Transaction Services (U.S.) LLC received a Virtual Currency License from the New York State Department of Financial Services on Wednesday, giving the global payments company formal standing to operate…

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Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Lands Bitlicense to Serve New York Hedge Funds and RIAs

Galaxy Digital secured a Bitlicense and Money Transmission License from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) on May 18, allowing the company to offer regulated digital asset…

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Cumberland Earns Bitlicense, Bolstering Institutional and OTC Crypto Services

According to an X post on Monday, the cryptocurrency trading division of DRW Holdings, known as Cumberland, has been granted a Bitlicense by the New York State Department of Financial…

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New York Mayor urges state to abandon ‘stifling’ BitLicense scheme

“We have to continue to be competitive” the mayor said in a keynote interview at a London crypto conference where he suggested scrapping the states’ BitLicensing requirement.

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