Crypto Startup Era Ends as Compliance Costs Top $2M Annually
The 2017 ICO model is gone: legal, licensing, and banking costs now match traditional finance, while venture funding and M&A consolidate among a handful of well-resourced incumbents.
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The 2017 ICO model is gone: legal, licensing, and banking costs now match traditional finance, while venture funding and M&A consolidate among a handful of well-resourced incumbents.
Mastercard has secured a New York State Bitlicense from the Department of Financial Services, one of the most rigorous…
The NYDFS approval gives the payments giant the legal footing to run digital-asset activity under the US's strictest crypto regime — and lands weeks after its $1.8B deal for stablecoin payments firm…
Galaxy Digital has secured a New York BitLicense from the New York Department of Financial Services, clearing the firm…
Novogratz's Galaxy becomes one of a small group of firms cleared by NYDFS to custody and trade crypto on behalf of institutions — a regulatory green light Wall Street has been waiting on.
The platform's retail-trading dip mirrors the broader Q1 cool-off, but the BitLicense activation and $70M Zengo buy signal where management is placing the next leg of the bet.