DAOs: the internet is weird again, and these are the regulatory issues
Some facts about Ethereum, DAOs, and public policy.
While talking about Ethereum with a colleague about a week ago, the DAO inevitably came up. We disagreed about some of the risks and some of the benefits we imagined...
Why we need a federal fintech charter
Coin Center’s comment letter responding to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s request for comment on its recent white paper on innovation.
Yesterday we filed a comment letter responding to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s request for comment on its recent white paper on innovation. In it, we praise the OCC...
Slides from Consensus Workshop: Regulating the Blockchain
There was a jam-packed morning of Bitcoin and Blockchain legal discourse at Day 3 of this years Consensus conference. Coin Center was grateful for the opportunity to program this workshop.
There was a jam-packed morning of Bitcoin and Blockchain legal discourse at Day 3 of this years Consensus conference. Coin Center was grateful for the opportunity to program this workshop....
What Coin Center believes in, and what we do
The full text of Executive Director Jerry Brito’s remarks at the Coin Center Annual Dinner.
Last week, Coin Center held its annual dinner alongside the Consensus 2016 conference in NYC. With over 250 attendees, it was a smashing success. Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures...
Is the US losing its global competitive edge in fintech?
The UK has been bending over backwards to make it easy and quick for innovative startups and entrepreneurs to comply with appropriate consumer protection regulations and safely enter the market.
One year ago, we noted the UK government’s announced its intention to “create a world-leading environment for the development of innovative payments and financial technology,” and over the past year it has...
Our Congressional testimony on the blockchain’s disruptive potential
Digital currency and blockchain technology returned to Capitol Hill last week during a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce committee’s subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Digital currency and blockchain technology returned to Capitol Hill last week during a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce committee’s subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. The high-level hearing...
Why Bitcoin is not the root cause of ransomware
Ransomware has been around for a while—turns out it’s about twenty years older than Bitcoin—but it’s been in the news again recently.
Ransomware has been around for a while—turns out it’s about twenty years older than Bitcoin—but it’s been in the news again recently because of a particularly upsetting case involving a Los Angeles Hospital. Most...
No, FinCEN Policy is not Relevant to the Bitcoin Forking Debate
Are the developers of software that leads to a hard fork of the Bitcoin blockchain (like Bitcoin Classic) subject to regulation under the Bank Secrecy Act?
Some recent blogs posts have raised an interesting question: are the developers of software that leads to a hard fork of the Bitcoin blockchain (like Bitcoin Classic) subject to regulation under the...
Coin Center raises $1 million for 2016 operations, announces new supporters
We are pleased to announce that over the past month Coin Center has raised over $1 million to fund its 2016 operations.
At Coin Center, our mission is to make sure that policymakers understand the workings and implications of cryptocurrency, and to ensure that the technology remains as free of unnecessary regulation...
Today we are releasing our Framework for Securities Regulation of Cryptocurrencies. In it we lay out the case for treating some cryptocurrencies as securities—and some not.
Strange bunch of things right? Mink, bullion, golf course, diamond, worm farm, chinchilla, orange grove, beaver? Aside from the anomalous prevalence of furry mammals, what can we say about this...