New digital currency bill in Congress? Here’s the real (crazy) scoop.
An article in the Daily Caller claims that some in Congress are considering a digital currency bill, but the story is based on anonymous sources and has very few specifics....
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Coin Center files amicus brief opposing IRS’s overbroad request for Coinbase user data
IRS argument in sweeping request for Coinbase user data could apply to literally anything of value, would set a dangerous precedent.
Coin Center today filed an amicus curiae brief in federal court opposing the IRS’s overbroad and indiscriminate request for Coinbase customer financial records. If enforced, the IRS’s “John Doe” summons...
Coin Center amicus brief in U.S. v. Coinbase
Coin Center filed this amicus curiae brief in federal court opposing the IRS’s overbroad and indiscriminate request for Coinbase customer financial records
A direct download of this brief is available here.
SEC hasn’t quashed blockchain innovation. Let’s keep it that way
Utility tokens that are pieces of future network technology represent real innovation, and the SEC should resist any urge to overregulate them. This article originally appeared in American Banker.
In a recent report, the Securities and Exchange Commission stated unequivocally that blockchain-powered digital tokens can be securities. This finding could have serious consequences for the future of blockchain technology....
The Uniform Law Commission Has Given States a Clear Path to Approach Bitcoin
States wanting to pursue a licensing approach have been handed the best possible path to encouraging digital currency innovation by a trusted body of lawmakers. This article originally appeared in CoinDesk.
The Uniform Law Commission (ULC), a private body of lawyers and legal academics, has voted to finalize and approve a uniform model law for the regulation of virtual currency businesses....
Save the Date: The 2018 Coin Center Annual Dinner with be on May 14, 2018.
The Blockchain community’s night out is coming back to New York City during Consensus 2018. We hope you will join us once again to rub shoulders with some of the...
The SEC today has said that some tokens can be securities.
That comports with the analysis of securities laws and crypto-tokens we issued two years ago. What the SEC did not say is that all tokens are securities. Rather, they suggest...
The judge in the Coinbase/IRS case just granted a motion that’s a win for privacy.
Late last year the IRS petitioned to file a “John Doe Summons” for all Coinbase users active between 2013 and 2015. Coin Center was quick to respond, calling out the...
The ULC’s model act for digital currency businesses has passed. Here’s why it’s good for Bitcoin.
The Uniform Law Commission has given states a clear path to approach this technology the right way.
The Uniform Law Commission, a private body of lawyers and legal academics from the several states, has just voted to finalize and approve a uniform model state law for the...
The digital currency industry supports the ULC’s model state law.
In an open letter to attendees of the Uniform Law Commission’s annual meeting this week, several major digital currency firms and investors called for the adoption of the “Regulation of Virtual...