eToro Launches Crypto Trading in New York After Securing BitLicense

eToro has activated crypto trading for New York residents, more than three years after the New York State Department of Financial Services granted the platform a Virtual Currency Business Activity License in February 2023.The delay is the real headline: in a jurisdiction where fewer than 40 firms have ever secured a BitLicense, activating one is operationally harder than obtaining it, and eToro’s entry now puts…