New York state regulator proposes new framework for crypto coin listings

New York State's budgetary controller on Wednesday proposed an arrangement that would permit licensed virtual cash firms that have just gotten endorsement for coin listings to present new coins without extra permission.

The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) is asking for general society's contribution about the arrangement, which the controller said stems from an audit of its current virtual money structure.

New York presented its BitLicense and introductory system in 2015, when different regulators will still skeptical of virtual currencies. Those currencies are currently part of a more extensive, quickly developing industry that blends fund and innovation, and which driving money related centers are quick to draw in.

Since 2015, NYDFS allowed two dozen licenses and charters to virtual cash firms. Some of those firms have asked to list new coins notwithstanding those that NYDFS endorsed in their underlying applications, the controller said.

The arrangement aims to improve effectiveness by permitting virtual cash firms licensed by New York "to offer and use new coins in a convenient fashion," the controller said in the proposal. (https://on.ny.gov/2qGvDpF)

The arrangement would impose certain conditions on New York-licensed virtual money firms that need to offer new coins without the controller's preapproval. For instance, firms would need to build up a coin-listing strategy, to be affirmed by NYDFS, that includes processes for checking on new coins and procedures for advising the controller when they are listed.

Virtual cash firms would also need to lead risk assessments of new coins, including for digital security risk.

Firms that don't have a NYDFS-affirmed strategy would need to get the controller's earlier endorsement before listing coins other than those allowed by their unique license.