Why are their no big bitcoin business in NY?

[gweedo]

We have a few hosting companies, coinsetter, and now defunct bitinstant. I am really surprised that more and more startups aren't popping up in NY.

[Bitcoinpro]

well the bitinstant site page is completely offline, sure to be many more business starting up especially with the coin site opening up round the corner from wallstreet 

[gweedo]

well the bitinstant site page is completely offline, sure to be many more business starting up especially with the coin site opening up round the corner from wallstreet 

Link to this wall street startup? I haven't heard about this.

[beetcoin]

i was surprised to find out that in southern california, there isn't even one bar that accepts bitcoin.. which is crazy, since libertarians like to talk about how fucked up the government with a beer in hand.

[Bitcoinpro]

well the bitinstant site page is completely offline, sure to be many more business starting up especially with the coin site opening up round the corner from wallstreet  

Link to this wall street startup? I haven't heard about this.

its the bitcoin education/information centre, its being sponsored by the second market website

[Melbustus]

http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-01/lawsky-says-so-be-it-if-transparency-dooms-bitcoin.html

NY is a particularly tough regulatory environment. Their Dept of Financial Services is overly aggressive.

It's going to take far more time to get Wall-St integrated bitcoin businesses up and running in NY, due to the regulatory hurdles, but it'll happen eventually.

[gweedo]

For anyone else that was looking for it, here is the FB page https://www.facebook.com/NYCBitcoin

If the NYC Bitcoin Center people find this post some how... Please make a site, I will even donate my skills as a programmer to build for you. I don't use Facebook for obviously reason and your website redirects to it!

Second people get the word out about this! I am up on a lot of current bitcoin news and this slipped past me, also by the pictures it doesn't look like it got out to many people! I am stealing a quote from Charlie Sherm (well paraphrasing his ideas) NYC is on the front lines of banks and wall street, exactly what sectors that leaded to the birth of bitcoins. This Center should be in every bitcoin forum, every bitcoin news outlet, just everywhere. It is over 9 days and I am just finding out about this now!

Also it be nice to see who is involved with this?

P.S.S Please don't be like the foundation, be open embrace everyone and sharing of information!

Sorry for this crazy post but I am just super excited about these things!

[gweedo]

http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-01/lawsky-says-so-be-it-if-transparency-dooms-bitcoin.html

NY is a particularly tough regulatory environment. Their Dept of Financial Services is overly aggressive.

It's going to take far more time to get Wall-St integrated bitcoin businesses up and running in NY, due to the regulatory hurdles, but it'll happen eventually.

Yeah I agree NY is hard to get anything done in the regulatory but someone has to have the connections.

[Nagle]

We have a few hosting companies, coinsetter, and now defunct bitinstant. I am really surprised that more and more startups aren't popping up in NY.

Not enough suckers per capita. And a long tradition of fighting back when ripped off.