We demonstrated how Bitcoin works in Congress.
Coin Center held a Bitcoin demo day for members of Congress and their staff.
Earlier this month the Terrorism and Illicit Finance Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing to assess the national security implications of open blockchain networks like Bitcoin....
Video: How does multisig make bitcoin more secure?
Coin Center has partnered with the Federalist Society to produce this simple explanation of multisignature cryptocurrency wallets.
Coin Center has partnered with the Federalist Society to produce this simple explanation of multisignature cryptocurrency wallets. Multsig allows users to split up the permission needed to move cryptocurrency held...
Coin Center briefed four major DC organizations on open blockchains this week.
We are often called upon to help policy organizations understand what open blockchains are, how they work, and what they can do.
June has been a busy month for Coin Center. In addition to directly advocating for sound policy toward open blockchains, such as by responding to a recent anti-money laundering law...
Congress’s new anti-money laundering bill likely duplicates existing law on digital currency
Digital currencies are already covered under the Bank Secrecy Act and new language could upset years of policy and compliance work.
A bill recently introduced in Congress, the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 (S. 1241), has raised concerns in the digital currency community. This is our...
How will regulators look at your token sale?
Recently a small conference called “Token Summit” brought together the growing community of developers that are interested in the red hot area of tokenized crowdfunding. Through the new mechanism, millions...
We helped NPR buy some bitcoin.
National Public Radio’s Morning Edition stopped by the Coin Center offices to admire our “hipster vibes” and update their listeners on the status of Bitcoin. The short segment covers basics...
Bitcoin will grow organically, but there are a few things government can do to clear its path.
In an editorial for Fortune, Coin Center executive director Jerry Brito lays out three things that the government can do to reduce regulatory friction on the growing open blockchain network...
We testified in Congress and advocated for your right to innovate with open blockchains
In two hearings, Coin Center called for sound government approaches to this technology.
This week, there were two hearings on digital currencies in Congress. Coin Center testified in both, even though both hearings happened on the same day and at the same time....
No, Bitcoin is not tied to the Paris attacks.
Correcting the record about a purported link mentioned in congressional testimony yesterday.
Yesterday I had the honor of testifying before a hearing of the Terrorism and Illicit Finance Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee on the the national security implications of...
Illinois state-chartered banks learned how they can support Bitcoin businesses.
Coin Center, in collaboration with Digital Currency Group and the Illinois Blockchain Initiative, hosted an event in Chicago this week to help interested banks become more familiar with the technology...