Exchange virtual money
New York’s powerful banking regulator announced Thursday its first license for a Bitcoin exchange, extending its influence over the growing but little-regulated virtual currency industry. New York City-based itBit Trust Co. was the first company dealing in so-called crypto-currency to receive a trust license from the state Department of Financial Services (DFS). ItBit immediately announced it was accepting US retail and institutional Bitcoin trading customers, and said it had recruited to its board the former chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Sheila Bair. Benjamin Lawsky, superintendent of the DFS, which supervises the massive New York City banking industry, said it was “critical” to regulate the virtual money industry in […]
Uber delivers too!
Uber has partnered with a French culinary start-up in order to bring resturant-quality meals to foodies’ front doors. MoiChef, the start-up in question, is based in Toulouse and its business is simple: get a good, local chef from a good local restaurant to prepare the various elements of a wonderful meal, then deliver them to a customer to complete the final assembly and eat at home. For this weekend only, when a MoiChef customer places an order, it will arrive courtesy of Uber. In February, Uber launched restaurant delivery service UberEATs in Barcelona and has a similar service in Los Angeles called UberFRESH. rp AFP-relaxnews