Sources: New York (NY)
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Research, not advice. Part of the Bitcoin research archive (October 2026). Claims labelled unverified, contested or fringe are reported, not endorsed; statuses of bills and rules are as of the date checked. Government, court and patent records are public domain; the research notes are CC BY 4.0.
Sources: New York (NY)
Full copies of government documents (statutes, enrolled bills, regulator guidance, regulator press releases) and court records about Bitcoin and virtual-currency law in New York, saved for legislation/us-state-ny.md. All files were retrieved on 2026-10-09 by the N–Z state-law research pass. No copyrighted news articles are stored here — those are summarized with links in the legislation note.
NYDFS (dfs.ny.gov) blocks scripted downloads, so the BitLicense regulation and three NYDFS industry letters were retrieved from Internet Archive (web.archive.org) snapshots of the official NYDFS URLs; the snapshot is noted in the URL column.
| File | Title | Issuer / author | Document date | URL | Retrieved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ny-23-nycrr-part-200-bitlicense-final-2015.pdf |
23 NYCRR Part 200 "Virtual Currencies" (BitLicense), final adopted text (via Internet Archive copy of NYDFS PDF) | New York State Department of Financial Services | 2015 (adopted June 2015) | https://www.dfs.ny.gov/docs/legal/regulations/adoptions/dfsp200t.pdf (retrieved via web.archive.org snapshot 2020-03-08) | 2026-10-09 |
ny-dtf-tsb-m-14-5c-7i-17s-virtual-currency-2014.pdf |
TSB-M-14(5)C, (7)I, (17)S — Tax Department Policy on Transactions Using Convertible Virtual Currency | New York State Department of Taxation and Finance | 2014-12-05 | https://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/memos/multitax/m14_5c_7i_17s.pdf | 2026-10-09 |
ny-2021-s6486d-a7389c-pow-mining-moratorium-ch628-2022.pdf |
S 6486-D / A 7389-C (2021–22) — PoW mining moratorium, Ch. 628 of 2022 (bill text) | New York State Legislature | signed 2022-11-22 | https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S6486D | 2026-10-09 |
ny-2025-s8901-unlicensed-vc-business-crimes.pdf |
S 8901 (2025–26) — prohibiting unlicensed activities of virtual currency businesses (bill text) | New York State Senate | introduced 2026-01-14 | https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S8901 | 2026-10-09 |
nydfs-il-2022-06-08-usd-stablecoins.html |
Industry Letter — Guidance on the Issuance of U.S. Dollar-Backed Stablecoins | New York State Department of Financial Services | 2022-06-08 | https://www.dfs.ny.gov/industry_guidance/industry_letters/il20220608_issuance_stablecoins (via web.archive.org snapshot 2026-09-30) | 2026-10-09 |
nydfs-il-2023-01-23-custodial-structures.html |
Industry Letter — Guidance on Custodial Structures for Customer Protection in the Event of Insolvency (superseded 2025-09-30) | New York State Department of Financial Services | 2023-01-23 | https://www.dfs.ny.gov/industry_guidance/industry_letters/il20230123_guidance_custodial_structures (via web.archive.org snapshot 2026-09-30) | 2026-10-09 |
nydfs-il-2025-01-14-sentiment-based-vc.html |
Industry Letter — Notice Regarding Rapidly Proliferating, Sentiment-Based Virtual Currencies | New York State Department of Financial Services | 2025-01-16 | https://www.dfs.ny.gov/industry-guidance/industry-letters/il20250114-rapidly-prolif-sentiment-based-vc (via web.archive.org snapshot 2026-04-14) | 2026-10-09 |
Statuses and effective dates are as stated in the documents or on the official bill pages on 2026-10-09; see the legislation note for later events and gaps.