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NYDFS Superintendent Adrienne Harris to Step Down Oct. 17 as Kaitlin Asrow Becomes Interim Chief

Her exit caps four years of expanded BitLicense guidance alongside high-profile crypto enforcement in New York.

Adrienne Harris announced on Monday that she would step down from the New York Department of Financial Services.
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Overview

  • Governor Kathy Hochul said Harris will depart the New York Department of Financial Services on Oct. 17, 2025.
  • Executive Deputy Superintendent Kaitlin Asrow will serve as acting head and has prioritized consumer protection with responsible financial innovation.
  • In a final interview, Harris backed exploring a US–UK crypto passporting approach to ease duplicative authorizations and strengthen investor safeguards.
  • During Harris’s tenure, NYDFS issued 11 pieces of guidance that added detail to the BitLicense framework, including rules on stablecoins, listings and blockchain analytics.
  • The agency pursued oversight and enforcement involving firms such as Coinbase, Genesis and Paxos’s BUSD while growing its crypto-focused team by roughly 60 staff.