FEB 26 DIGEST: London Real Estate Giant Accepts Bitcoin, Revised BitLicense Gets 30 More Days

RE/MAX London begins accepting BTC for rent payments, NY BitLicense enters its second 30 day comment period, Bitcoin Foundation attempts to improve Bitcoin’s image and other top stories for February 26.
London real estate giant accepts rent payments in bitcoin RE/MAX London, part of the giant RE/MAX property group has started accepting rental payments in bitcoin via the payment platform GoCoin. Accepting their end of the transactions in GBP, the estate agents say they hope to tap the power of the blockchain in one of the world’s key financial cities. Co-founder and CEO of GoCoin Steve Beauregard said:
‘RE/MAX London is taking an important first step toward embracing the full potential of the Blockchain for the real estate market. Lease payments are one area of focus, and we look forward to expanding into other areas of smart property as well.’
30 day comment period begins for revised NY BitLicense bill New York’s controversial BitLicense bill aimed at regulating the Bitcoin sector has entered its second period of formal comment submission following its revision. Already having been changed to lessen some of the more onerous regulations, opponents still feel the proposed bill would harm local cryptocurrency businesses.
‘Following what Lawsky described as some ‘major changes,’ BitLicense will now enter a second 30-day comment period, during which time the public may review the latest version of the proposals and contribute their opinion as before. Following this period, BitLicense should become law.’

This post was published at Coin Telegraph on 2015-02-26.