SoFi, the financial services platform that introduced cryptocurrency trading in 2019, is scaling back its cryptocurrency business, the company announced. New account creation has been disabled and existing users will have three weeks to migrate to Blockchain.com before their cryptocurrency accounts are automatically liquidated.
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SoFi held approximately $140 million worth of cryptocurrency as of the third quarter, according to the company’s financial statements. mostly bitcoin 
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(approximately 75 million dollars) and Ethereum 
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(approximately 47 million dollars).
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According to a report from Bloomberg, SoFi’s exit from cryptocurrency is a result of increased scrutiny of the cryptocurrency sector by regulators. SoFi’s banking charter, granted in January 2022, was conditional on SoFi’s cryptocurrency business receiving regulatory approval within two years and could be extended three times a year.
SoFi acknowledged the possibility of a rapid rollback of its cryptocurrency operations in its 10-K annual report, saying, “We are working with the Federal Reserve to ensure there is a path forward to bring our cryptocurrency-related activities into compliance with the Bank Holding Company Act.” There can be no assurance that any such attempt will be successful in accordance with the requirements of the Holding Company Act, or that we will receive an extension from the Federal Reserve to continue our current cryptocurrency-related activities beyond the two-year compliance period from the date of our approval. “As a holding company, we may ultimately have to cease these activities in the short term.”
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