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...
In a letter sent today to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, Reps. Jared Polis and David Schweikert asked the IRS to take action on recommendations the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration...
Coin Center to testify at two separate Congressional hearings on Bitcoin this Thursday.
Government interest in digital currencies and open blockchain networks such as Bitcoin continues to mount, as evidenced by the unusual circumstance that two different Congressional committees are holding hearings about...
Come meet Coin Center in Chicago on June 5th.
The Chicago Bitcoin & Open Blockchain Community meetup has invited Coin Center’s Jerry Brito to give an overview of the regulatory challenges facing these technologies, what we are doing to...
Open blockchains have all kinds of startup innovators excited.
That’s what we took away from a fireside chat that Brad Burnham conducted with Peter and me at Union Square Ventures’ office this week. The room was mostly comprised of...
It should not be a crime to help victims of ransomware
A recent court filing suggests that selling a victim the bitcoins needed to pay a ransom may be seen as complicity in the attack.
Ransomware is a detestable scourge on the internet, and it’s a shame that for many it is their first exposure to Bitcoin. As we have previously explained, Bitcoin is not...
Securities Laws Aren’t the Only Rules Token Sales Have to Consider
Peter Van Valkenburgh discusses potential AML/KYC issues for cryptographic token sales. This article originally appeared in CoinDesk.
There is a dangerous hole in our current understanding of federal regulation of token sales, and it's not what you may think. Several lawyers, myself included, have previously sounded the...
Six principles governments around the world should heed when considering blockchain regulation
Understanding, engagement, and a transparent regulatory processes are the keys to a successful approach.
All over the world, entrepreneurs and technologists are developing novel uses for cryptocurrencies and the open blockchain technologies they power. Depending on how those developers apply these technologies they may...
Why ransomware criminals use Bitcoin and why that could be their undoing.
Last week's major ransomware attack put Bitcoin back into spotlight. With that comes questions about what Bitcoin is, how it works, and why it is apparently favored by ransomware hackers....