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Senate Bill Risks Innovation and Free Speech with Stablecoin Ban
Sens. Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand this week introduced a bill to create a regulatory framework for stablecoins, which is a laudable endeavor. Unfortunately that bill also includes a complete...
The bipartisan Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act, introduced today by Sens. Warren and Marshall, is the most direct attack on the personal freedom and privacy of cryptocurrency users and developers...
U.C. Berkeley’s Decentralized Finance MOOC
Peter Van Valkenburgh gave a lecture on privacy and surveillance law for U.C. Berkeley’s Decentralized Finance MOOC with a focus on the constitutionality of 6050I reporting and the OFAC sanctions against Tornado...
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Joint Economic Committee – Demystifying Crypto: Digital Assets and the Role of Government
Coin Center testified before the Joint Economic Committee in a hearing entitled "Demystifying Crypto: Digital Assets and the Role of Government." Peter Van Valkenburgh's written testimony can be found here.
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Senate Banking Committee – Cryptocurrencies: What are they good for?
Coin Center testified before the Senate Banking Committee in a hearing entitled "Cryptocurrencies: What are they good for?" Jerry Brito's written testimony is available here. For more information and...
House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Coin Center's Peter Van Valkenburgh testified before the subcommittee. His written testimony is available here. Additional questions for the record, published after the hearing, are available here. More...
The Unintended(?) Consequences of the STABLE Act
The recently introduced STABLE Act aims to ban any stablecoin that is not issued by a federal bank. Yes, any stablecoin irrespective of whether it is issued by a state-regulated...
Two new bills in Congress would clarify agency jurisdiction over cryptocurrency
Three longstanding policy issues facing cryptocurrency technology are being addressed by two new bi-partisian bills introduced in the House today: (1) the patchwork of state-by-state licensing of exchanges, (2) the...