The Federal Reserve of St. Louis has published an excellent paper on payment systems and privacy.
Research Fellow Charles Kahn explains why financial privacy is important irrespective of concerns over illicit transactions, and how privacy is being actively eroded as electronic payment systems replace anonymous cash....
IRS inaction on cryptocurrency can hurt taxpayers, but Congress can help
The agency hasn’t explained how to correctly pay taxes on blockchain forks. People who tried shouldn’t be punished.
Taxpayers who want to do the right thing and pay their fair share of taxes from cryptocurrency transactions are getting little help from the IRS. As Bloomberg recently noted, even...
An updated Framework for Securities Regulation of Cryptocurrencies
The latest version of this groundbreaking report accounts for major changes in the landscape over the past year
Today we release an updated version of our Framework for Securities Regulation of Cryptocurrencies. Our original framework was published back in January of 2016, and it was based on a...
Framework for Securities Regulation of Cryptocurrencies
We lay out the case for treating some cryptocurrencies as securities—and some not.
This report, originally published in 2016 and updated in 2018, presents a framework for securities regulation of cryptocurrencies— e.g. Bitcoin and derivative projects or “alt-coins.” The framework is based on the...
Coin Center Travel Series: Valencia & Barcelona, Spain
Local interest is slowed by confusion coming from vague and conflicting government guidance.
This is the latest installment of Coin Center's multi-part travel series examining how cryptocurrency is used around the world. The cryptocurrency concept should resonate with Spaniards - many of the economic...
The SEC rejected a request to allow the BZX Exchange to list and trade shared of the Winkelvoss Bitcoin Trust, a Bitcoin based Exchange-Traded Product (ETP). In order to allow...
Cryptocurrency: What is it good for? (A lot, actually.)
The technology makes some useful things possible for the first time.
Cryptocurrencies get a ton of buzz these days, even so, the real use cases of these new technologies are often glossed over. Most cryptocurrency discussion unfortunately leaves the reader with...
Despite criticisms, Fed agrees it won’t regulate cryptocurrency.
Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testified before the House Financial Services Committee, and while reports of his remarks on cryptocurrency have focused on his narrow and negative views...
Experts weigh in the the state of cryptocurrency regulation.
At a recent event hosted by Andreessen Horowitz and #Angels, Coin Center Senior Policy Counsel Robin Weisman joined former federal prosecutor and now lead of a16z’s crypto fund Kathryn Haun...
Understanding Bitcoin’s role in the Russia investigation
Permissionless networks, like Bitcoin or the internet, are unfortunately used by criminals, but are not the root cause of crime.
Last Friday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller announced the indictment of 12 Russian operatives, charged with criminally interfering in the 2016 Presidential election. The indictment indicated that the hackers used bitcoin...