Coin Center amicus brief in U.S. v. Coinbase
Coin Center filed this amicus curiae brief in federal court opposing the IRS’s overbroad and indiscriminate request for Coinbase customer financial records
A direct download of this brief is available here.
The SEC today has said that some tokens can be securities.
That comports with the analysis of securities laws and crypto-tokens we issued two years ago. What the SEC did not say is that all tokens are securities. Rather, they suggest...
The judge in the Coinbase/IRS case just granted a motion that’s a win for privacy.
Late last year the IRS petitioned to file a “John Doe Summons” for all Coinbase users active between 2013 and 2015. Coin Center was quick to respond, calling out the...
The ULC’s model act for digital currency businesses has passed. Here’s why it’s good for Bitcoin.
The Uniform Law Commission has given states a clear path to approach this technology the right way.
The Uniform Law Commission, a private body of lawyers and legal academics from the several states, has just voted to finalize and approve a uniform model state law for the...
The digital currency industry supports the ULC’s model state law.
In an open letter to attendees of the Uniform Law Commission’s annual meeting this week, several major digital currency firms and investors called for the adoption of the “Regulation of Virtual...
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...