Addressing concerns of illicit images on public blockchains
Before jumping to conclusions understand the claims being made and how the technology works.
There have been several press reports this week claiming that illegal images are stored on the Bitcoin blockchain, thus potentially creating a liability for anyone who has a copy of...
The Joint Economic Committee of the Congress has submitted it’s 2018 Joint Economic Report. For the first time, the report includes a chapter on cryptocurrencies [PDF] that we are pleased...
Our director of research has been invited to testify at next week's House Financial Services committee hearing entitled “Examining the Cryptocurrencies and ICO Markets.” Livestreams are typically available on committee websites when the...
FinCEN raises major licensing problem for ICOs in new letter to Congress.
Nearly a year ago Coin Center released a report highlighting a looming ambiguity in FinCEN’s interpretation of federal anti-money-laundering laws: whether or not token sellers are money transmitters who are...
Reps. Jared Polis and David Schweikert, co-chairs of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus, along with Rep. Tom Emmer, sent a letter to CFTC Chairman Christopher Giancarlo and SEC Chairman Jay Clayton...
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The volume on Bitcoin in DC has recently been turned up to eleven. As we saw from this week’s hearing, Federal regulators have their eye on cryptocurrencies. Coin Center has...
Money Transmission Licensing is broken. Here’s how to fix it.
A federal alternative would give users an option that fits with internet businesses
Last week the Chairmen of the SEC and CFTC co-authored an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal that, among other things, called for a “revisit” of the policy thinking behind...
The ULC’s Model Virtual Currency regulation has been introduced in Hawaii & Nebraska.
Earlier this month, State Senator Mike Gabbard introduced the Uniform Regulation of Virtual Currency Businesses Act in the Hawaii legislature. We worked with the Senator on this initiative and are...
How the SEC and CFTC can address cryptocurrency while preserving US innovation
By all indications the agencies are taking the right approach. Here’s how they can take it a step further.
The chairmen of the CFTC and SEC, Christopher Giancarlo and Jay Clayton, have co-authored an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal today about what their agencies are doing in...
The SEC and CFTC are taking the right approach to ICO scams.
The agencies clarified their strategies in a joint statement issued today: "When market participants engage in fraud under the guise of offering digital instruments – whether characterized as virtual currencies,...