Video of the Rules Committee meeting is below and you can watch Rep. Jared Polis speak about the bill that he co-sponsored with Rep. David Schweikert. The amendment would have...
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How do token sales fit with securities regulations?
The case for treating some crypto-tokens as securities—and some not.
There are many types of digital tokens, ranging from tightly controlled airline miles to open and decentralized systems like Bitcoin. In this video explainer, Coin Center Director of Research Peter...
The SAFT Is a Symptom of Regulatory Uncertainty
In his first monthly column for CoinDesk, Brito argues that the SAFT framework, despite its limitations, is a reasonable path forward for token issuers. This article originally appeared in CoinDesk.
Let’s put to rest a common misconception. During a recent fintech conference at Georgetown Law, Brian Quintenz, a commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said that crypto-tokens offered in a pre-sale...
We briefed the Senate Republican High-Tech Task Force.
Senator Orrin Hatch, chairman of the taskforce, convened a Blockchain 101 briefing for republican policymakers and their staff. Coin Center executive director Jerry Brito was joined on the panel by...
Coin Center gave a regulatory update at Ethereum Devcon3.
At the Ethereum community’s largest conference, executive director Jerry Brito and director of research Peter Van Valkenburgh took the stage after the project’s lead developers to give the audience an...
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.
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...