The SAFT is a reasonable approach to securities law when preselling useful network tokens
New open source framework gives entrepreneurs an option for legally compliant token distributions.
Earlier this month, the Filecoin token sale ended, and for many in the cryptocurrency space this one was different. Why? Because Protocol Labs, the principal developers behind IPFS and Filecoin,...
A token airdrop may not spare you from securities regulation.
Blockchain token based projects need network effects. There needs to be a mechanism for fairly and widely distributing tokens to in order for the project to function well upon launch....
Use cryptocurrency to help victims of Mexico earthquake.
By now you have heard of the devastation that an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter Scale has caused in Mexico City and the surrounding areas. The death toll has...
Coin Center celebrates three years of crypto-advocacy
Looking back on three years of working to protect your right to innovate with open blockchain networks.
Three years ago this week, Coin Center opened up shop. It’s been an amazing ride and we’re incredibly proud of all the work we’ve done to keep open blockchain networks...
Reps. Polis & Schweikert introduce Cryptocurrency Tax Fairness Act in Congress
Bipartisan bill will make it much easier to use Bitcoin to pay for every day goods and services.
In April, Coin Center explained how the tax laws affecting digital currency transactions create serious friction for consumers and merchants and discourages the use of Bitcoin (or any cryptocurrency) as...
What are the tax implications of Bitcoin’s big fork?
A new report [PDF] from Deloitte may have some answers. On August 1, 2017, Bitcoin block 478558 was mined. At that moment, the Bitcoin network split into two similar but...
Steptoe is putting on a Bitcoin tax event in DC.
Coin Center has partnered with law firm Steptoe & Johnson to put on a half-day workshop focused on the tax issues that blockchain technologies raise. The program will feature a...
Visualizing Digital Currency Regulation State-by-state
Our new interactive map lets you easily see which states have policies favorable to open blockchain innovation—and which ones still have a way to go.
Today we are updating our State-by-State Regulatory Tracker for Digital Currency Policy to include an interactive map that deals with the complicated subject of whether existing state money transmission law...
New digital currency bill in Congress? Here’s the real (crazy) scoop.
An article in the Daily Caller claims that some in Congress are considering a digital currency bill, but the story is based on anonymous sources and has very few specifics....
Coin Center files amicus brief opposing IRS’s overbroad request for Coinbase user data
IRS argument in sweeping request for Coinbase user data could apply to literally anything of value, would set a dangerous precedent.
Coin Center today filed an amicus curiae brief in federal court opposing the IRS’s overbroad and indiscriminate request for Coinbase customer financial records. If enforced, the IRS’s “John Doe” summons...