How to improve North Carolina’s digital currency bill
Recently some have hailed North Carolina’s Senate Bill 680 as very friendly to cryptocurrency innovators. This is sadly not the case.
North Carolina’s Senate Bill 680, which seeks to cover virtual currency under the state’s money transmission law, has been making its way through the state legislature. Recently some have hailed...
DAOs: the internet is weird again, and these are the regulatory issues
Some facts about Ethereum, DAOs, and public policy.
While talking about Ethereum with a colleague about a week ago, the DAO inevitably came up. We disagreed about some of the risks and some of the benefits we imagined...
Why we need a federal fintech charter
Coin Center’s comment letter responding to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s request for comment on its recent white paper on innovation.
Yesterday we filed a comment letter responding to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s request for comment on its recent white paper on innovation. In it, we praise the OCC...
Comments to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Supporting Responsible Innovation
We tell the OCC why it should create a federal fintech charter.
Coin Center filed this comment letter responding to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s request for comment on its recent white paper on innovation. In it, we praise...
President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Jerry Brito gives the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology an overview of cryptocurrencies and discusses some their potential applications. A full transcript of this conversation is available...
Slides from Consensus Workshop: Regulating the Blockchain
There was a jam-packed morning of Bitcoin and Blockchain legal discourse at Day 3 of this years Consensus conference. Coin Center was grateful for the opportunity to program this workshop.
There was a jam-packed morning of Bitcoin and Blockchain legal discourse at Day 3 of this years Consensus conference. Coin Center was grateful for the opportunity to program this workshop....
What Coin Center believes in, and what we do
The full text of Executive Director Jerry Brito’s remarks at the Coin Center Annual Dinner.
Last week, Coin Center held its annual dinner alongside the Consensus 2016 conference in NYC. With over 250 attendees, it was a smashing success. Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures...
Jerry Brito on what Coin Center believes in, and what we do
In his remarks at the Coin Center Annual Dinner, Jerry Brito lays out what Coin Center does to protect and foster Bitcoin innovation.
Bitcoin: A Primer for Policymakers
This plain language guide describes how the digital currency works and addresses many of the common misconceptions about it.
Introducing the Delaware Blockchain Initiative
Jack Markell, Governor of Delaware joined Consensus 2016 for a keynote outlining his state's innovative approach to attracting blockchain businesses. The initiative was then discussed by its creators on a panel moderated by Coin Center's Jerry Brito.