ESMA issued their final DLT report but continues to underestimate open networks.
Our previous comment to the European Securities Markets Authority was referenced in the final report; it looks like we were the only commenter sticking up for permissionless blockchain networks: For...
Great news for bitcoin and other blockchain startups from Switzerland today.
The Swiss Federal Council has proposed a simple plan that would exempt small fintech firms (accepting less than 1 million CHF from customers – or a bit over $1 million) from the...
Congressional Blockchain Caucus kicks off
Coin Center gathers members of Congress and staff to launch educational and policy effort
Yesterday on Capitol Hill Coin Center hosted a reception to honor the launch of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus, a bipartisan body within Congress dedicated to furthering understanding of blockchain technologies,...
Bitcoin innovators need legal safe harbors
These powerful regulatory tools were essential to the early Internet and now we need them again.
We got lucky with the Internet. The net we’ve come to know, love, and rely upon owes much of its existence to two laws passed by Congress in the late...
Things are looking up for Bitcoin’s biggest regulatory hurdle
How the OCC and states like Illinois are taking strategic, sensible approaches to promising new financial technologies.
This week we filed two regulatory comments in proceedings (with the Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation) that...
“Blockchain technology” is a buzzword with little meaning. Here’s what matters.
A thorough examination of the different types of blockchains, their capabilities, and why open blockchains in particular must be allowed room to thrive.
You may have heard that “blockchain technology” is the solution to any number of social, economic, organizational or cybersecurity problems. It is not. A blockchain is merely a data structure...
This academic study of digital currency businesses needs your help.
The University of Cambridge Judge Business School’s Centre for Alternative Finance is launching the first Global Blockchain Benchmarking Study. We’ve partnered with the centre to help create what will be...
Is your cryptotoken a security? This new tool will help you find out.
We partnered with experts from across the open blockchain industry to demystify the specter of securities regulation for digital currency innovators.
Today we’re happy to announce the release of a new report and handy decision matrix to help crypto-developers understand the risks of becoming subject to securities regulation. Coinbase published these...
This recently launched cryptocurrency has received attention for its enhanced privacy features. Zooko Wilcox, the project's lead developer, explains how these features work and what they mean for policymakers.
Zcash is a cryptocurrency network that launched in October of 2016. Like other cryptocurrency networks (e.g. Bitcoin or Ethereum), Zcash allows anyone with a computer and an Internet connection to...
Coin Center filed comments with the Federal Elections Commission on bitcoin political contributions.
We did so on Friday in response to a proposed rulemaking considering how to classify bitcoin and similar cryptocurrency contributions, and whether they should be subject to the same $100...