Bitcoin Exchange Gemini to Add Ether Trading following NY Approval

Gemini, the BitLicense regulated Bitcoin exchange platform has received approval to include Ethereum as one of the tradable cryptocurrencies on the platform. Read more…
Gemini, the New York-based bitcoin platform operated by the famed Winklevoss twins will soon allow traders to buy and sell Ethereum’s native cryptocurrency Ether.
According to reports, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the men who were indirectly responsible for the creation of the social media giant Facebook, have received the approval to trade Ethereum on Gemini Bitcoin Exchange from the New York State Department of Financial Services.
Ether’s emerging popularity has got many Bitcoin exchanges and trading platforms to include it in their established services. Following the announcement, Gemini simply joins the list of many. However, the US Bitcoin exchange has become the first licensed digital currency trading platform to support Ethereum trading.
In a statement to Bloomberg, the twins were quoted saying –

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