Virtual Currency: Financial Innovation and National Security Implications
Testimony before the Terrorism and Illicit Finance Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee. Policymakers must approach open blockchain networks such as Bitcoin the same way they do the internet. Both...
We testified in Congress and advocated for your right to innovate with open blockchains
In two hearings, Coin Center called for sound government approaches to this technology.
This week, there were two hearings on digital currencies in Congress. Coin Center testified in both, even though both hearings happened on the same day and at the same time....
No, Bitcoin is not tied to the Paris attacks.
Correcting the record about a purported link mentioned in congressional testimony yesterday.
Yesterday I had the honor of testifying before a hearing of the Terrorism and Illicit Finance Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee on the the national security implications of...
Illinois state-chartered banks learned how they can support Bitcoin businesses.
Coin Center, in collaboration with Digital Currency Group and the Illinois Blockchain Initiative, hosted an event in Chicago this week to help interested banks become more familiar with the technology...
In a letter sent today to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, Reps. Jared Polis and David Schweikert asked the IRS to take action on recommendations the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration...
Coin Center to testify at two separate Congressional hearings on Bitcoin this Thursday.
Government interest in digital currencies and open blockchain networks such as Bitcoin continues to mount, as evidenced by the unusual circumstance that two different Congressional committees are holding hearings about...
Why Bitcoin Needs Washington to Go Mainstream
By sensibly modifying existing laws, the government can give open blockchains the same support it did the early internet. This article originally appeared in Fortune.
Digital currencies like Bitcoin are back in the news in a big way. Major influxes of investment, increased usage, and public votes confidence from influential financial industry players seem to...
Blockchains and Regulation: Why Open Matters
Peter Van Valkenburgh presents at the Bitcoin School Greece's Smart Contracts Day event.
For more on this presentation topic, see its related report: Open Matters: Why Permissionless Blockchains are Essential to the Future of the Internet.
Come meet Coin Center in Chicago on June 5th.
The Chicago Bitcoin & Open Blockchain Community meetup has invited Coin Center’s Jerry Brito to give an overview of the regulatory challenges facing these technologies, what we are doing to...
Open blockchains have all kinds of startup innovators excited.
That’s what we took away from a fireside chat that Brad Burnham conducted with Peter and me at Union Square Ventures’ office this week. The room was mostly comprised of...