Letter to the Government of India, Department of Economic Affairs
We share six principles that we have found to be at the heart of successful approaches to government regulation of or self-regulation by the open blockchain industry.
A direct download of this letter is available here.
Get your tickets for the Coin Center Annual Dinner.
The blockchain community’s biggest night out is fast approaching. Please join us on May 22 in New York City, after the first day of Consensus 2017, for a fundraising gala...
EpicenterTV: Towards Sound Bitcoin Policy
Peter Van Valkenburgh went on the Epicenter podcast to discuss Coin Center's work and how regulators are looking at these technologies.
Sixth Letter to the Uniform Law Commission
Our final comments on the ULC’s model Regulation of Virtual Currency Business Act offer several critically important changes.
A direct download of this letter is available here.
Wary banks may be choking off the blockchain industry.
Aggressive de-risking is nothing new for digital currency businesses. Last year we released a report documenting the difficulty these startups had been having in securing banking relationships. Now the problem...
The CSBS is suing the OCC to stop the new special purpose national bank charter for fintech firms.
In a press release, CSBS (the Conference of State Bank Supervisors) makes some alarming claims, suggesting the OCC is doomed to fall asleep at the switch, allow firms to fail,...
Bitcoin’s DC Debut: All Eyes Watch the US Government’s Response
Jerry Brito recounts the the first time policymakers in DC took a formal look at Bitcoin, back in 2013. This article originally appeared in CoinDesk.
On 18th November, 2013, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held the US Congress's first hearing on bitcoin. These days, such meetings hardly raise an eyebrow. Back then,...
Cryptocurrencies: Challenges, Disruption and Opportunities
Director of research Peter Van Valkenburgh gave a guest lecture at the University of Texas Center for Politics and Governance.
Overzealous AML enforcement doesn’t just harm innovation, it can also be deadly.
That’s what the conclusion of new research reported in the Washington Post today showing that the same kind of bank “derisking” that affects the deposits, wire transfers, and access to...
In a letter to congress, their industry group, Financial Innovation Now, explained how state-by-state money transmission licensing is a major impediment to innovation in financial services here in the US: Payment...