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BitLicense Recipients
A list of all New York Department of Financial Service BitLicense and limited purpose trust charter recipients.
The first BitLicense was issued in 2015, just months after the regulatory regime was first implemented. A total of 25 entities are now approved to operate in New York by the Department of Financial Services, including six limited purpose trust companies.
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BitLicenses
- Circle Internet Financial, Inc. (9/22/15)
- XRP II, LLC (Ripple) (6/13/16)
- COINBASE, Inc. (1/17/17)
- bitFlyer USA, Inc. (11/28/17)
- Genesis Global Trading (5/17/18)
- XAPO, Inc.https://www.dfs.ny.gov/about/press/pr1806141.htm (6/14/18)
- Square, Inc. (6/18/18)
- BitPay, Inc.https://www.dfs.ny.gov/about/press/pr1807161.htm (7/16/18)
- Coinsource (Clark, Sharp and Reynolds LLC) (11/1/18)
- NYDIG Execution LLC (11/14/18)
- LibertyX (Moon Inc.) (1/24/19)
- Robinhood Crypto, LLC (1/24/19)
- Cottonwood Vending, LLC (1/31/19)
- Bitstamp USA, Inc. (4/9/19)
- Tagomi Trading LLC (3/27/19)
- Seed CX (7/15/19)
Zero Hash LLC
SCXM - SoFi Digital Assets, LLC (12/3/19)
- Eris Clearing, LLC (ErisX) (5/6/20)
Limited Purpose Trust Charters
- Gemini Trust Company, LLC (10/1/2015)
- Paxos Trust Company, LLC (05/07/2015) (Formerly itBit Trust Company)
- Coinbase Custody Trust Company (10/23/2018)
- NYDIG Trust Company LLC (11/14/2018)
- Bakkt Trust Company LLC (8/16/2019)
- Fidelity Digital Asset Services, LLC (11/19/2019)
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