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Galaxy Digital has secured a New York BitLicense from the New York Department of Financial Services, clearing the firm to offer digital asset services to customers in the state. The BitLicense, introduced in 2015, remains one of the most demanding regulatory frameworks for crypto businesses in the United States — applicants face extensive capital, cybersecurity, and anti-money-laundering requirements before approval.
For Galaxy, the approval is a meaningful expansion of its institutional footprint. The firm, led by Mike Novogratz, already operates across trading, asset management, and investment banking in crypto markets, and New York state access opens the door to a deep pool of institutional and retail clients that previously sat behind the regulatory wall.
The BitLicense count among major crypto firms has grown steadily, but each new approval signals that regulators and industry…
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