Securities Regulation in Decentralized Cryptographic Currencies
Peter Van Valkenburgh presented at the 6th Technion Summer School on Cyber and Computer Security.
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Consumer Protection in Decentralized Cryptographic Currencies
Peter Van Valkenburgh presented at the 6th Technion Summer School on Cyber and Computer Security.
Financial Surveillance in Decentralized Cryptographic Currencies
An in depth look at the AML/KYC rules around cryptocurrencies. Peter Van Valkenburgh presented this at the 6th Technion Summer School on Cyber and Computer Security.
Reps. Polis & Schweikert introduce Cryptocurrency Tax Fairness Act in Congress
Bipartisan bill will make it much easier to use Bitcoin to pay for every day goods and services.
In April, Coin Center explained how the tax laws affecting digital currency transactions create serious friction for consumers and merchants and discourages the use of Bitcoin (or any cryptocurrency) as...
What are the tax implications of Bitcoin’s big fork?
A new report [PDF] from Deloitte may have some answers. On August 1, 2017, Bitcoin block 478558 was mined. At that moment, the Bitcoin network split into two similar but...
Steptoe is putting on a Bitcoin tax event in DC.
Coin Center has partnered with law firm Steptoe & Johnson to put on a half-day workshop focused on the tax issues that blockchain technologies raise. The program will feature a...
Visualizing Digital Currency Regulation State-by-state
Our new interactive map lets you easily see which states have policies favorable to open blockchain innovation—and which ones still have a way to go.
Today we are updating our State-by-State Regulatory Tracker for Digital Currency Policy to include an interactive map that deals with the complicated subject of whether existing state money transmission law...
New digital currency bill in Congress? Here’s the real (crazy) scoop.
An article in the Daily Caller claims that some in Congress are considering a digital currency bill, but the story is based on anonymous sources and has very few specifics....
Coin Center files amicus brief opposing IRS’s overbroad request for Coinbase user data
IRS argument in sweeping request for Coinbase user data could apply to literally anything of value, would set a dangerous precedent.
Coin Center today filed an amicus curiae brief in federal court opposing the IRS’s overbroad and indiscriminate request for Coinbase customer financial records. If enforced, the IRS’s “John Doe” summons...
Coin Center amicus brief in U.S. v. Coinbase
Coin Center filed this amicus curiae brief in federal court opposing the IRS’s overbroad and indiscriminate request for Coinbase customer financial records
A direct download of this brief is available here.