A new NYSE-traded Bitcoin ETF is about to give the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust a run for its money.
The just-announced SolidX Bitcoin Trust, which is backed by New York Mellon Bank, has secured insurance for loss or theft of its bitcoins while the Wiknlevoss trust would be uninsured.
It’s called the SolidX Bitcoin Trust and its S–1 was filed with the SEC today. The most interesting contrast between the two proposed funds is what happens if their bitcoins...
Coverage of the EU’s new digital currency AML rules missed the most interesting bit.
While there was plenty of reporting this week about the fact that the European Commission proposed new EU-wide rules with somewhat stricter requirements than have been applied to date, the fact that these rules would only be applicable to exchanges and custodial wallet providers went largely unremarked.
While there was plenty of reporting this week about the fact that the European Commission proposed new EU-wide rules with somewhat stricter requirements than have been applied to date, the...
DTCC backs Coin Center, Mark Wetjen joins our advisory board
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, has become of a supporter of Coin Center.
Today I’m happy to announce that the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, the market leader in financial clearing and settlement services, has become of a supporter of Coin Center, and...
Hillary Clinton’s new tech agenda mentions blockchains.
The extent of the mention in the factsheet on her "Tech & Innovation Agenda" is this: We must position American innovators to lead the world in the next generation of...
Let’s take a deep breath on the FSOC report’s ‘warning on Bitcoin’
Neither Bitcoin nor digital currencies are the subject of the warnings. As the authors say, their concern is “migration” of existing financial systems to distributed ledgers.
The Financial Stability Oversight Council yesterday released its annual report and in it noted “distributed ledger technology” in its discussion of “potential emerging threats and vulnerabilities” to the U.S. financial system. The...
How to improve North Carolina’s digital currency bill
Recently some have hailed North Carolina’s Senate Bill 680 as very friendly to cryptocurrency innovators. This is sadly not the case.
North Carolina’s Senate Bill 680, which seeks to cover virtual currency under the state’s money transmission law, has been making its way through the state legislature. Recently some have hailed...
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...