NYDFS is the New York State Department of Financial Services, the state agency that supervises banks, insurers, and virtual-currency businesses operating in New York. NYDFS's Twitter Score is 24 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #40,655 (top 10%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
NYDFS is affiliated with New York State and holds a notable place in crypto regulatory history as the first U.S. regulator to license virtual-currency companies and build a dedicated prudential framework for them. It published final BitLicense rules in June 2015 and approved the first BitLicense application, granted to Circle Internet Financial, in September 2015.
NYDFS has pursued a series of significant enforcement actions against major crypto firms. In January 2023, it settled with Coinbase, requiring a $50 million penalty alongside a $50 million compliance investment. In August 2022, it settled with Robinhood Crypto for a $30 million penalty and mandated an independent compliance consultant. In January 2024, it imposed an $8 million penalty on Genesis Global Trading, which also surrendered its BitLicense. In February 2024, it settled with Gemini, which committed to return at least $1.1 billion to Earn customers. In August 2025, it settled with Paxos Trust Company, requiring a $26.5 million penalty and a $22 million compliance investment. In February 2023, it ordered Paxos to cease minting BUSD over safety-and-soundness concerns tied to Binance.
NYDFS is also affiliated with the European Banking Authority. NYDFS has been mentioned by 234 accounts a total of 771 times, reflecting its prominence in regulatory and crypto policy conversations. NYDFS has published 6,414 posts on the platform.
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The accounts that follow NYDFS include 69 founders, 15 angel investors, 31 influencers and 1 VCs, among them Toly, Db, Tyler Winklevoss, Mario Nawfal, Cameron Winklevoss and MoonPay.