Coin Café on August 24, 2015. THE PETITION WAS WITHDRAWN ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2015.; The petition seeks a declaratory statement from the Office on whether Petitioner’s business model of facilitating exchange between fiat and virtual currency (e.g ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

Finance

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Office of Financial Regulation has received the petition for declaratory statement from Coin Café on August 24, 2015. The petition was withdrawn on September 21, 2015. The petition seeks the agency’s opinion as to the applicability of Chapter 560, Florida Statutes, as it applies to the petitioner.

The petition seeks a declaratory statement from the Office on whether Petitioner’s business model of facilitating exchange between fiat and virtual currency (e.g Bitcoin) [through an online wallet] falls within Florida’s money transmitting licensing statute Chapter 560, Florida Statutes. The petition was withdrawn on September 21, 2015.

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].

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