Six Ways Congress Can Make Crypto Taxes Work for Everyday Users
At Coin Center, our mission is to defend the rights of individuals to build and use free and open cryptocurrency networks. Sound tax policy is central to that mission. Without...
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Coin Center’s Top Policy Priorities for 2026
Our agenda to protect developers and users of crypto networks
Stop unjust prosecutions of non-custodial software developers The Department of Justice is targeting software developers with unlicensed money transmission prosecutions even though the relevant federal regulator, FinCEN, has been clear...
Tax-deductible giving is now possible at Coin Center
Coin Center’s critical work defending the innovators building permissionless software has been made possible by the generous contributions of those in the community who believe in our mission. Today we...
Senate market structure negotiations must not sacrifice hard won developer protections
The House version’s carefully drafted language is sensible and non-partisan
For months, Coin Center has advocated for two critical parts of the market structure legislation being debated in the Senate. The House crafted a non-partisan bill, Clarity, that was carefully...
Amicus Brief in Support of Peraire-Bueno’s Objections to “Honest Validator” Theory of Fraud
A PDF version of this filing is available here. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,Plaintiff, v. ANTON PERAIRE-BUENO, and JAMES PERAIRE-BUENO, Defendants. Case...
A PDF version of this comment is available here. October 17, 2025 TREAS-DO-2025-0070-0001 To whom it may concern: Coin Center is an independent nonprofit research and advocacy center focused on...
Senate Finance Committee: Examining the Taxation of Digital Assets
Policy Director Jason Somensatto testified on the tax issues facing cryptocurrency users. Watch video of the hearing here. Jason's testimony is available here.
Digital Identity is broken. The tech to fix it is ready. Here’s how the government can help.
We need open privacy-protecting standards and safe harbors for those who dream of fixing Digital ID
For decades, America has relied on an identity verification system that is costly, intrusive, and ineffective. It fails to stop serious crime, while burdening ordinary people with endless paperwork and...
Tear Down this Walled Garden: American Values and Digital Identity
A blueprint for American leadership in digital identity built on open standards, federated trust, personal privacy, and individual freedom.
Financial institutions today are burdened by identity verification frameworks that are simultaneously costly, privacy-invasive, and ineffective at deterring illicit finance. Despite vast surveillance systems built on the foundation of the...
Six months of crypto policy: The good, the bad, and the lingering questions
An update and a half-year scorecard
We’re six months into the new administration and the 119th Congress. So much has happened that it’s difficult to keep it all straight. For clarity, here are the big news...