An update from the recent Uniform Law Commission drafting meeting
The latest from our participation in what could be United States' best bitcoin licensing law yet.
I’ve just returned from the Twin Cities where the Uniform Law Commission had its third and probably penultimate meeting of the committee to draft a Uniform Regulation of Virtual Currency...
The California Department of Business Oversight, which regulates money transmitters, has apparently found it necessary to issue certificates to licensees that they can show banks. From DBO’s October newsletter: Some...
What does the OCC’s new innovation framework say about a national fintech charter?
Not a thing, but that’s not so bad. The framework, released Wednesday, is the culmination of the OCC’s “responsible innovation” process and, among other things, the OCC announced that it...
Third Letter on the Uniform Law Commission’s Uniform Regulation of Virtual Currency Businesses Act
Coin Center's brief written comment to the committee outlining our residual concerns with this important model legislation.
A direct download of this letter is available here
Video: Could your decentralized token project run afoul of securities laws?
That was the question Peter Van Valkenburgh had developers asking themselves during his recent presentation at Ethereum’s DevCon2 in Shanghai. For those who missed DevCon2, the recording has now been...
Poloniex yesterday filed a request for “no-action” relief from the CFTC.
This is the latest episode in what must seem to non-policy-geeks like a tedious and esoteric regulatory saga that began with Bitfinex’s June settlement with the CFTC. It’s important, though....
How does Coin Center advocate for sound Bitcoin policy?
That was the question columnist Laura Shin sought to answer when she invited Coin Center executive director Jerry Brito and director of research Peter Van Valkenburgh onto the most recent...
Coin Center gear is now available on OpenBazaar.
For the first time you can donate to Coin Center through the decentralized network for peer to peer commerce powered by Bitcoin. Find us with our Onename ID @coincenter, or...
So here are our thoughts. H.R. 6118, introduced by Rep. Patrick McHenry seems to emulate the sandbox approach taken by governments like the UK and Singapore. A sandbox allows a firm...
New CFPB prepaid rules leave out Bitcoin, and that’s mostly a good thing.
Two years ago this December, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau began working on a new regulation of prepaid products. The CFPB said at the time that some of the new...