A bitcoin entrepreneur, Barry Silbert described short-term consequences of BitLicense, that came into effect last Friday, on Twitter.
According to Silbert, BitLicense (effective since last Friday) has both good and bad sides:
Silbert thinks that the new players on the market will most probably buy the firms that already have the license:
In general, the introduction of BitLicense will help to enhance competitiveness on the market:
The New York Department of Financial Services published a new version of the regulation on 4 June. According to this document, Bitcoin companies are no longer required to check every application update with the department. NYDFS also addressed the problem of “double licensing” and some other issues that were a subject of heated discussion in the bitcoin community. After the publication some companies, for example, ShapeShift, decided to leave New York.
Roman Korizky
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