Apex Crypto LLC.; On 12/7/2018, the Florida Office of Financial Regulation (Consumer Finance) received a Petition for Declaratory Statement from Apex Crypto LLC. The petition seeks a declaratory statement from the Office on whether its proposed ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

Finance

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Florida Office of Financial Regulation has received the petition for declaratory statement from Apex Crypto LLC. The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of Chapter 560, Florida Statutes, as it applies to the petitioner.

On 12/7/2018, the Florida Office of Financial Regulation (Consumer Finance) received a Petition for Declaratory Statement from Apex Crypto LLC. The petition seeks a declaratory statement from the Office on whether its proposed business model (to offer, through registered broker-dealers that are customers of the Company’s affiliated entity, Apex Clearing Corporation (“Apex Clearing”), the opportunity to purchase, custody, and sell bitcoin and other virtual currencies) falls under the Florida Money Transmitter Statute, Chapter 560, Florida Statutes.

A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Agency Clerk, Office of Financial Regulation, P.O. Box 8050, Tallahassee, Florida 32314-8050, [phone], [e-mail].

Please refer all comments to: Agency Clerk, Office of Financial Regulation, P.O. Box 8050, Tallahassee, Florida 32314-8050, [phone], [e-mail].