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...
Securities Regulation in Decentralized Cryptographic Currencies
Peter Van Valkenburgh presented at the 6th Technion Summer School on Cyber and Computer Security.
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...