How the CFTC can take a pro-innovation posture while maintaining orderly markets
A CFTC Commissioner responds to Coin Center’s thinking on publishing code and regulation
This past fall, I made a speech in Dubai to highlight what I believe will be a fundamental challenge for financial regulators in the coming years: how do regulators apply...
We must protect our ability to transact privately online
Without cryptocurrency, a cashless society is a surveillance society
A question we often get when talking to policymakers and congressional staff is whether cryptocurrency is anonymous. And if it is, what can be done to address it? The implication...
Coin Center Travel Series: Kyoto, Japan
Regulatory reactions following prominent cryptocurrency thefts has created a less-than-friendly environment for innovators.
This is the latest installment of Coin Center's multi-part travel series examining how cryptocurrency is used around the world. As recently as August 2018 some referred to Japan as the “the...
We demonstrated the Bitcoin Lightning Network in Congress.
Earlier today, Coin Center hosted a briefing in Congress in conjunction with the Congressional Blockchain Caucus. We covered the basics of cryptocurrency, why it’s exciting, and went through some the...
As any cryptocurrency entrepreneur will tell you, getting a BitLicense is difficult and costly. Not only that, but as written the regulation has grey areas relating to custody, requires state...
Coin Center Travel Series: Chiang Mai, Thailand
A small yet savvy technical community remains hopeful for regulatory clarity
This is the latest installment of Coin Center's multi-part travel series examining how cryptocurrency is used around the world. The cryptocurrency community in Chiang Mai is transitioning from an organic, spontaneous...
Today, Reps. Warren Davidson and Darren Soto introduced the Token Taxonomy Act, which includes several common-sense changes to federal law. First, the bill would amend the definition of “security” in...
Two new digital asset associations launch to advance cryptocurrency professionalization.
Over the last week, The Association for Digital Asset Markets and Mexican Blockchain Association both launched. Their goals are to develop industry standards, codes of conduct, and best practices among...
The SEC published much-needed guidance on tokens and trading.
It recently released a “Statement on Digital Asset Securities Issuance and Trading” that uses the example of recent enforcement actions and settlements to illustrate how the securities laws will be...
The Blockchain Alliance reaches 100 law enforcement, regulator, and cryptocurrency industry members.
The alliance, launched in 2015, is a forum for the law enforcement, regulators and cryptocurrency businesses to communicate with each other. When we helped found the Blockchain Alliance, we wrote:...