Stock and crypto trading app Robinhood has received a BitLicense to operate in New York, the New York State Department of Financial Services reports on Jan. 24.
Robinhood now has permission to trade in seven cryptocurrencies - including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin - in the U.S. state of New York.
According to the DFS, Robinhood has additionally been granted a money transmission license.
Last summer, anonymous sources reported that Robinhood was in talks to secure a U.S. banking license.
The app is also reportedly looking to launch an initial public offering, according to fall 2018 reports from TechCrunch.
Reuters reports today that Robinhood as a valuation of $5.6 billion.
The DFS has also approved a BitLicense for LibertyX, which is the first virtual currency license recipient that will allow its users to buy Bitcoin with debit cards from traditional ATMs. LibertyX, which launched their first Bitcoin ATM in 2014, notes on their website that they have thousands of locations including debit kiosks and traditional ATMs that allow their customers to purchase Bitcoin.
With the addition of Robinhood and LibertyX, the DFS has given approval for 16 firms in the sphere of digital currencies.
New York's BitLicense is a business license - first introduced in 2015 - that allows holders to handle cryptocurrencies under the regulatory guidelines set by the state.
After its initial introduction drove some firms that criticized its apparently stringent requirements to leave the state, its recipients include crypto payments firm Circle, Genesis Global Trading and financial services firm Square.
New York Financial Regulator Grants BitLicense to Robinhood and LibertyX
gepubliceerd op Jan 24, 2019
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