Several states’ securities regulators have been furrowing their brows with regards to BlockFi Interest Accounts (BIA) lately. This includes BlockFi’s home state of New Jersey, who was arguably one of the more strict in their action towards the firm; New Jersey issued a cease and desist that instructed the firm to stop offering their BIA product before the end of this week. Now, securities regulators in New Jersey have pumped the brakes for a moment, extending that deadline. However, in the meantime, Vermont has joined the ranks of New Jersey, Texas, and Alabama for issuing regulatory concerns around BlockFi’s BIA product. New Jersey Extends Deadline New Jersey’s state attorney general issued a cease and desist on July 19, ordering the firm to stop accepting new BIA accounts by July 22. That deadline was seemingly extended to July 28, and now has been extended once more to September 2. This will give the company over a month to sort through what appears to be very substantial regulatory hurdles. The news came as part of a company announcement on BlockFi’s website from CEO Zac Prince. Prince also elaborated that New Jersey’s actions would not impact current BIA customers in the state, or other BlockFi products, and that the order only calls for preventing the creation of new BIAs. “Your access to BlockFi is completely unimpaired,” said Prince, adding that he saw these regulatory ca...
