The Parable of Clearville, the Land of Glass Houses
Peter Van Valkenburgh tells the a story of Tornado Cash's importance in the style of a children's storybook at the first DC Privacy Summit.
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Amicus Brief in Beba and DeFi Education Fund’s Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss
A direct download of this brief is available here.
Jarrett takes IRS back to court in fight over crypto block rewards
We are supporting his new case to keep pressure on the agency after it punted the first time
Today Josh Jarrett filed a new lawsuit challenging the IRS’s taxation of block rewards, and Coin Center is pleased to be assisting him in this litigation. We have been advocating...
Analysis: The disappointing denial of Tornado dev’s motion to dismiss
Inconsistent choices amid overlapping law skips over the serious issues at play and sets up for a dangerous precedent
Recently Judge Katherine Polk Failla offered her reasons for denying a motion to dismiss the charges against Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm. Storm has been charged in the Southern District...
After a decade of defending crypto rights, we’re passing the torch to a new generation of leadership to continue the fight for privacy and innovation.
Coin Center celebrated its tenth anniversary earlier this year, which was an incredible milestone, and we think it’s the right time for another one. At the end of the year...
Decoding DeFi: Breaking Down the Future of Decentralized Finance
Testimony before the House Financial Services Committee
Find more information on this hearing here.
Is published speech regulated by the CFTC?
Don’t ask the CFTC - they won’t tell you.
This week, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) took a notable action against Uniswap Labs which creates more questions than the answers it provides. This follows a line of CFTC...
Two victories in our fight against unconstitutional financial surveillance.
We won an appeal of the dismissal of our 6050I lawsuit and the draft IRS broker reporting forms no longer include software devs.
Today we’re happy to share two incremental but important victories in our fight to protect the rights of cryptocurrency developers and users. First, Coin Center has won an important appeal...
The Virtual Currency Tax Fairness Act has been Reintroduced in the Senate
The Virtual Currency Tax Fairness Act was introduced by Senator Ted Budd and cosponsored by Senators Kyrsten Sinema, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Cynthia Lummis. The bill creates a sensible de minimis...