BitLicence Creator Benjamin Lawsky ‘To Step Down in Early 2015’

Embattled New York superintendent of financial services Benjamin Lawsky is rumored to be stepping down from his post in 2015.
Sources told the New York Daily News the departure is expected as part of a reshuffle of several key positions, with Governor Cuomo’s chief aide Larry Schwartz and others also tipped to leave next year.
‘Department of Financial Services Superintendent Benjamin Lawsky is also expected to leave in early 2015 – bound for the private sector,’ the publication writes.
The news comes at a time when Lawsky has been a focal point of the Bitcoin story in the US, as chief architect of the controversial BitLicense legislation.

This post was published at Coin Telegraph on 2014-11-10.