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To End ‘Regulation by Prosecution’ Drop These Three Cases
In 2023 and 2024 the DOJ pursued investigations and brought crypto prosecutions that no one would have expected. They unjustly targeted non-custodial wallet and protocol developers and massively chilled innovation...
It’s time for Congress to kill the broker rule.
We anticipate that Congress will soon vote on a joint resolution to revoke the IRS’s unconstitutional December broker rule.1 The December rule obligates mere software and infrastructure providers to identify...
Principles for Crypto Legislation
A general introduction to “crypto,” both the underlying technology as well as the larger ecosystem, and a set of principles for legislating in this area to ensure that American rights...
Today Coin Center Fellow and smart contract security expert Michael Lewellen filed suit against the Department of Justice for their chilling interpretation of the unlicensed money transmission criminal statutes. Coin...
Lewellen v. Garland Plaintiff and Coin Center Fellow Michael Lewellen is suing the Department of Justice seeking declarative judgement to get clarity that persons developing and maintaining non-custodial software do...
New CFPB rulemaking makes no distinction between custodial and self-custody wallets
Today the CFPB released a new notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on “Electronic Fund Transfers Through Accounts Established Primarily for Personal, Family, or Household Purposes Using Emerging Payment Mechanisms.” In...
It has become a quadrennial holiday tradition in crypto policy for the outgoing administration to release a civil-liberties-damaging rulemaking at the last possible moment, the midnight period before a new...
If Budget Reconciliation is used for Tax Provisions, Crypto should be Included
In the wake of a political sea change in Washington, Republicans have begun discussing tax changes for next year. The discussion centers around a process known as “budget reconciliation” and...
Coin Center’s Top Policy Priorities for 2025
Recently we published our analysis of the changing crypto policy landscape following the elections. Now we’d like to offer you a list of our top outstanding policy issues and potential...
Glass Houses and Tornados — Keynote at Devcon SEA
The Tornado Cash sanctions and criminal prosecutions have challenged longstanding assumptions within crypto about the limits of money transmission licensing, money laundering statutes, and sanctions laws. They've also revealed a...