Tag: NYDFS

WisdomTree receives crypto custody launch approval from NYDFS

WisdomTree has received a license from the NYDFS, allowing it to offer cryptocurrency-related products and services. Under New York State banking laws, asset manager WisdomTree has received approval from the NYDFS to operate as a limited liability trust company.With the permission, a WisdomTree Digital Trust Company subsidiary can offer local clients services for storing cryptocurrencies, issuing stablecoins, and managing the latter’s reserves. The license will allow the firm to launch a mobile application focused on personal finance, WisdomTree Prime. The company plans to offer dollar- and gold-pegged stablecoins WisdomTree Dollar…

Winklevoss Twins’ Gemini Promises to Return $1.1B to Earn Customers in NYDFS Settlement

“In addition to Gemini’s failures related to Earn, the Department’s investigation revealed that Gemini engaged in unsafe and unsound practices that ultimately threatened the financial health of the company,” the press release said. “Gemini Liquidity LLC, an unregulated affiliate, collected hundreds of millions of dollars in fees from Gemini customers that otherwise could have gone to Gemini, substantially weakening Gemini’s financial condition.” Source

Regulators Not Afraid to Take Action Against Crypto Rule Breakers, NYDFS Chief Adrienne Harris Says

“Well, there isn’t actually anything illegitimate about crypto. It is just a technology. It is a way to keep records. Rather than in a centralized entity, they have a shared ledger, so there is nothing illegitimate about it,” Peter Kerstens, an adviser at the European Commission, said during the same panel. “You can do an awful lot of illegitimate things with that technology, and we’ll try to moderate and regulate for that.” Source

NYDFS rolls out listing and delisting rules for crypto exchanges

The primary regulator of New York will now decide which company is allowed to list or delist a cryptocurrency. The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has unveiled a new set of “heightened standards” for listing and delisting cryptocurrencies as the market “has evolved sufficiently.” In a statement on Nov. 15, NYDFS Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris said that licensed crypto businesses seeking listing of a token will have to submit their listing and delisting policies and receive approval from NYDFS. The regulator noted it “will not approve a…

NYDFS Rolls Out Stricter Guidelines for Cryptocurrency Listings, De-listings

The new rules also require companies to give advance for token de-listings and to be more transparent with their customers about removing support for cryptocurrencies they once listed. In addition, the companies must formulate their policies based upon “specific business model, operations, customers and counterparties, geographies of operations, and service providers; and to the use, purpose, and specific features of coins being considered.” Source

New York Regulator NYDFS Reviews Requirement for Crypto Coin Listings and Delistings

The new guidance will be the first one to key into delisting as a way of protecting investors. The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) is set to publish a new set of rules for crypto firms. The proposed guidance, per a Wall Street Journal report, will seek to ensure that crypto firms are more open about how they list and delist crypto coins. According to the financial regulator, the guidance will look to build on the previous version of the framework. That is as it also helps…

SEC Blasted on Custody Proposal by JPMorgan, NYDFS, Bakkt And a Fellow Agency

And from the crypto sector, investment firm a16z said, “We believe this proposed prohibition to be illegal, infeasible, and dangerous.” The letter signed by several executives suggested investment advisers would find the rule almost impossible to comply with, because it “largely failed to consider the logistics of how custody works for many crypto assets, the economics underpinning crypto asset markets, and even the basic statistics and other data that should inform a considered regulatory approach.” Source

Fed, NYDFS assess their supervisory performance after March’s big bank failures

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Bank regulators in the United States have turned from introspection to confession after the high-profile bank failures in March. The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) published its internal review of Signature Bank supervision on April 28, the same day the U.S. Federal Reserve Board released its review of the handling of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). The banks closed within days of each other, with California regulators shuttering SVB on March 10, and the NYDFS moving against Signature Bank on March 12. Crypto-friendly Silvergate Bank had preceded them, announcing…