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May 7, 2015Law & sovereign policyLaunches & foundingsdocumented

itBit receives a New York trust charter

New York regulators granted itBit the first state banking-law charter issued to a virtual-currency company.

The limited-purpose trust charter subjected the exchange to capital, consumer-protection, cybersecurity, and anti-money-laundering supervision. It provided a regulated route for both individual and institutional trading.