Is your cryptotoken a security? This new tool will help you find out.
We partnered with experts from across the open blockchain industry to demystify the specter of securities regulation for digital currency innovators.
Today we’re happy to announce the release of a new report and handy decision matrix to help crypto-developers understand the risks of becoming subject to securities regulation. Coinbase published these...
This recently launched cryptocurrency has received attention for its enhanced privacy features. Zooko Wilcox, the project's lead developer, explains how these features work and what they mean for policymakers.
Zcash is a cryptocurrency network that launched in October of 2016. Like other cryptocurrency networks (e.g. Bitcoin or Ethereum), Zcash allows anyone with a computer and an Internet connection to...
Coin Center filed comments with the Federal Elections Commission on bitcoin political contributions.
We did so on Friday in response to a proposed rulemaking considering how to classify bitcoin and similar cryptocurrency contributions, and whether they should be subject to the same $100...
Could your decentralized token project run afoul of securities laws?
Peter Van Valkenburgh answers one of the key questions digital currency developers have been asking themselves with his presentation at Ethereum’s DevCon2 in Shanghai.
Comments to the Federal Elections Commission on Technological Modernization
Bitcoin political contributions should not be subject to a $100 limit.
A direct download of this comment is available here.
The OCC has decided to pursue the federal fintech charter for which we have been advocating.
We've been calling for a federal alternative to state money transmission licensing for digital currency companies since our inception, and today we are thrilled by Comptroller Curry's remarks: that the OCC will...
The IRS’s indiscriminate request for Coinbase data sets a dangerous precedent.
In a recent editorial for American Banker, Coin Center executive Jerry Brito lays out why this apparent fishing expedition by the agency is based on flimsy evidence and a simplistic...
IRS Quest for Coinbase Data Sets Dangerous Precedent
Millions of Americans are at risk of losing their financial privacy because of the agency's flimsy assumption that all Bitcoin users are tax cheats. This article originally appeared in American Banker.
It is understood and accepted that, if someone is investigated for tax evasion, a bank or brokerage may be required to turn over private financial records to the government. However,...
The IRS is seeking the identities and transaction histories of all Coinbase customers in the U.S.
It has petitioned a court to let it serve what is known as a “John Doe Summons,” which requires a business to turn over information about any of its customers...
Digital currency exchanges have similar risk profiles to chartered trust companies and can be safely governed by the same rules.
A direct download of this comment is available here.