New Jersey regulators are giving crypto lender BlockFi an additional week earlier than its ban on the creation of latest interest-bearing accounts will take impact, CEO Zac Prince tweeted Wednesday.

Prince stated New Jersey’s Bureau of Securities (NJ BOS) “has postponed the efficient date” of Tuesday’s shock order to cease the sale of BlockFi curiosity accounts till July 29. Initially, the order was set to hit on July 22.

The additional week buys BlockFi a while to navigate the ramifications of the regulator’s order. That stated, it could possibly be a body-blow to the crypto lender. NJ BOS has stated BlockFi holds $14.7 billion in property via its BIA product. (How a lot of that’s held by New Jersey customers is unclear.)

BlockFi’s Prince has repeatedly stated the cease-and-desist is not going to influence present BlockFi prospects, a declare the NJ BOS order seems to echo.

Much less clear, nevertheless, is the extent to which this might influence new BlockFi prospects, and whether or not its influence may unfold past New Jersey.

BlockFi declined to remark additional. NJ BOS didn’t instantly remark.