Jerry Brito and Peter Van Valkenburgh were on stage at Devcon 3 to give the developer community there an update on Coin Center's work and the regulatory landscape for decentralized computing technologies.
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CFTC commissioner: tokens that start as securities may “transform” into commodities.
Yesterday I participated in a panel discussion on cryptocurrencies at Georgetown University’s first annual “fintech week,” where the subject of ICOs was unsurprisingly much discussed. One thing that stood out...
Two podcasts that will help you understand the token boom.
Our director of research Peter Van Valkenburgh has been invited on as an expert in two podcasts. These make a good primer on what is hot in the cryptocurrency world....
The CFTC published a new report on cryptocurrencies today
A new primer released today by LabCFTC, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission’s FinTech initiative, is a helpful report that that outlines the agency’s relationship to the virtual currency and blockchain...
We taught Congress about ICOs.
The Congressional Blockchain Caucus held a briefing on token sales on Capitol Hill today. Coin Center, along with experts from the cryptocurrency industry, taught policymakers and their staff about how...
In Congressional Testimony, SEC Chairman says compliant ICOs are possible.
Jay Clayton appeared before the House Financial Services Committee in a routine hearing about the agency’s agenda, operations, and budget. Unsurprisingly, there were a few questions from committee members about...
The SAFT is a reasonable approach to securities law when preselling useful network tokens
New open source framework gives entrepreneurs an option for legally compliant token distributions.
Earlier this month, the Filecoin token sale ended, and for many in the cryptocurrency space this one was different. Why? Because Protocol Labs, the principal developers behind IPFS and Filecoin,...
A token airdrop may not spare you from securities regulation.
Blockchain token based projects need network effects. There needs to be a mechanism for fairly and widely distributing tokens to in order for the project to function well upon launch....
Use cryptocurrency to help victims of Mexico earthquake.
By now you have heard of the devastation that an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter Scale has caused in Mexico City and the surrounding areas. The death toll has...
Coin Center celebrates three years of crypto-advocacy
Looking back on three years of working to protect your right to innovate with open blockchain networks.
Three years ago this week, Coin Center opened up shop. It’s been an amazing ride and we’re incredibly proud of all the work we’ve done to keep open blockchain networks...