New York’s bitcoin cop Ben Lawsky steps down

By May 20, 2015Bitcoin Business

Bitcoin companies have railed against the NYDFS superintendent’s digital currency regulations.

Benjamin Lawsky, superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services and architect of the BitLicense, is leaving the government.

Somewhere in a co-working space New York City, a bitcoin startup founder is cheering. In his four years at the post, Lawsky, a former federal prosecutor, has led cases involving BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered, and other banking giants. The New York […]

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