Requires a bond held with New York State.
Does any know the amount of the bond?
No it is to be determined. As I pointed out up thread, the application fee, capital requirements, bond amount, and annual license fee are all "
to be determined". So at this point nobody can say the regulations are "good" or "even acceptable". If NY determines the minimum capital requirements are $100M and the required bond is at least $10M well that would defacto exclude everyone except banks and existing financial services companies (Western Union, GreenDot, et al). Even once the regs are finalized a lot of it is subjective. We won't really know how viable the regulations are until Bitcoin startups start applying and the regulator approves or denies the application.