EB29 – Steven Morell & Gabriel Mirón: NYDFS BitLicense proposal, MEXBT, Moneero, Latin America

Summary: Support the show, consider donating: 3Kyd4kxBsuYLLt1eCLDok2oK9diTCPNiuQ (http://bit.ly/1LB19Tz) Steven Morell and Gabriel Mirón join us to discuss the recent New York Department of Financial Services BitLicense proposal. Our regulatory affairs correspondent Siân Jones also joins us briefly to give a general overview of this proposed legislation. We also take the opportunity to talk about Bitcoin’s development in Latin America, notably as a means to disrupt the remittance market, a multi-billion dollar industry. Our guests also talk about their respective companies. Steven is Chief Product Officer at Moneero, a company based in Uruguay and which is building a full suite of Bitcoin services. Gabriel is CEO of MEXBT, a Bitcoin exchange based in Mexico. Links: - BitLicense draft proposal press release: http://on.ny.gov/1zYJt1a - BitLicense draft proposal document: http://on.ny.gov/1n6s2Xq - MEXBT: http://bit.ly/1k8LeEE - Moneero: http://bit.ly/1p8EO73 Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/eb-029 Running time: 1:05:43 Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture and is available on iTunes, SoundCloud, Mixcloud, Stitcher and other podcast aggregators. Website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe: http://feed.epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe to our Friday newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc Tip the show: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/tips