NEW YORK - Earlier this month, I laid out the differences between the New York and the San Francisco bitcoin and blockchain scenes. Both are building vibrant, yet very different, ecosystems. Yet this week, with one big exception, N.Y.C. got most of the attention.
Bye-bye Coinsetter: One of the original bitcoin companies on the N.Y.C. scene is saying goodbye. The co-founder of Coinsetter, Jaron Lukasiewicz — an influential voice in New York's bitcoin old guard — had been building a way for Wall Streeters to invest in bitcoin. While waiting for a BitLicense, from the New York Department of Financial Services that would allow him to do business in the state another opportunity crossed his path. On Tuesday, the San Francisco-based bitcoin exchange Kraken announced it had acquired Coinsetter, would shut down its N.Y.C. operations and ditch any plans of doing business in the state.
http://upstart.bizjournals.com/news/wire/2016/01/22/blockchain-companies-are-killing-it-in-new-york.html
Topic: [2016-01-22] Blockchain companies are killing it in New York City (Read 239 times)
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