Authorities in New York State have developed rules for companies working with Bitcoin

Not only Bitcoin, but also with any other virtual currency. New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) offered his version of the rules for all companies that sell or buy virtual currency, including the exchange transaction. These rules are likely to affect other states, which now also analyzes the work of private companies with virtual currency.

The proposal includes a requirement to purchase a special license «BitLicense», which will be to grant permission to perform similar operations to private individuals and companies.

For miners and persons working on technical support infrastructure Bitcoin such a license is not required.

So, the rules developed by DFS, a vklyuchyayut except license BitLicense, the requirement to hold in reserve the funds to the extent that the company's customers who have invested (and the reserve must be in the same virtual currency that invested clients) < /.

In addition, company who trade in virtual currency should work with the names and addresses of customers , the last warning about the possible risks of working with virtual currency.

Another interesting point is that the company must notify the authorities to conduct a transaction with virtual currency in the amount of 10 million US dollars (equivalent).

In such a company have to be a new position of "bezopasnik" (expert in computer security), and be appropriate office (ie room) where the security service would work (albeit consisting of one person).

All these proposals are exhibited to the public, which has 45 days to make comments / suggestions (there's even a ветка on Reddi t, create chapters mentioned financial officer of New York). The new rules will come into force in September this year.

In general, the experience of New York City may adopt and authorities of other regions / countries, then it is necessary to conduct mandatory identification of customers, with the names / addresses make anonymous network is not very anonymous, to put it mildly.

Via theverge + document itself

Source: habrahabr.ru/post/230543/