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A Securities Law Framework for Blockchain Tokens

An open source and free to use framework prepared in collaboration with Coinbase, Union Square Ventures and Consensys.

This framework was originally published December 2016. It is well out of date now. Do not rely on it. As the development of blockchain tokens (also known as App Coins)...

This academic study of digital currency businesses needs your help.

The University of Cambridge Judge Business School’s Centre for Alternative Finance is launching the first Global Blockchain Benchmarking Study. We’ve partnered with the centre to help create what will be...

Comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission on the SolidX Bitcoin Trust

An insurance-backed Bitcoin ETF will be a component of responsible risk management for investors that will further the evolution of Bitcoin.

A direct download of this letter is available here. 

Is your cryptotoken a security? This new tool will help you find out.

We partnered with experts from across the open blockchain industry to demystify the specter of securities regulation for digital currency innovators.

Today we’re happy to announce the release of a new report and handy decision matrix to help crypto-developers understand the risks of becoming subject to securities regulation. Coinbase published these...

What is Zcash?

This recently launched cryptocurrency has received attention for its enhanced privacy features. Zooko Wilcox, the project's lead developer, explains how these features work and what they mean for policymakers.  

Zcash is a cryptocurrency network that launched in October of 2016. Like other cryptocurrency networks (e.g. Bitcoin or Ethereum), Zcash allows anyone with a computer and an Internet connection to...

Coin Center filed comments with the Federal Elections Commission on bitcoin political contributions.

We did so on Friday in response to a proposed rulemaking considering how to classify bitcoin and similar cryptocurrency contributions, and whether they should be subject to the same $100...

Could your decentralized token project run afoul of securities laws?

Peter Van Valkenburgh answers one of the key questions digital currency developers have been asking themselves with his presentation at Ethereum’s DevCon2 in Shanghai.

Comments to the Federal Elections Commission on Technological Modernization

Bitcoin political contributions should not be subject to a $100 limit.

A direct download of this comment is available here. 

The OCC has decided to pursue the federal fintech charter for which we have been advocating.

We've been calling for a federal alternative to state money transmission licensing for digital currency companies since our inception, and today we are thrilled by Comptroller Curry's remarks: that the OCC will...

The IRS’s indiscriminate request for Coinbase data sets a dangerous precedent.

In a recent editorial for American Banker, Coin Center executive Jerry Brito lays out why this apparent fishing expedition by the agency is based on flimsy evidence and a simplistic...