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Reps. Polis & Schweikert introduce Cryptocurrency Tax Fairness Act in Congress
In April, Coin Center explained how the tax laws affecting digital currency transactions create serious friction for consumers and merchants and discourages the use of Bitcoin (or any cryptocurrency) as...
In a letter sent today to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, Reps. Jared Polis and David Schweikert asked the IRS to take action on recommendations the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration...
Bitcoin taxation is broken. Here’s how to fix it.
We recently described what a bill creating a federal safe harbor for non-custodial uses of cryptocurrency should look like, and we’re now advocating for just such a bill in Congress....
Last weekend I attended what will probably be the final meeting of the Uniform Law Commission’s drafting committee for a model Regulation of Virtual Currency Businesses Act (the RVCBA!). The...
State Digital Currency Principles and Framework
States have begun to look at how virtual currencies, such as Bitcoin, and the businesses that utilize them to provide consumer products, interact with money transmission and consumer protection policy....
How to improve North Carolina’s digital currency bill
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...
Our Principles and Framework for State Digital Currency Regulation
The New York Department of Financial Services will soon release what will be the first-of-its-kind digital-currency-specific regulation, the BitLicense. And following in its wake, a growing number of states have...
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...