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Today Congress looks at a resolution calling for a pro-Bitcoin national policy.

The bipartisan H. Res. 835 will be before Congress today. Coin Center applauds its forward-thinking leadership in encouraging the development of open blockchain networks and ensuring the United States' long term competitiveness in FinTech.

The bipartisan H. Res. 835, which was introduced in July by Rep. Adam Kinzinger and co-sponsored by Rep. Tony Cardenas, will be before the House today. Coin Center supports this...

Coin Center has been named to this year’s POLITICO 50 list of top DC influencers.

Our executive director Jerry Brito, along with advisory board members Marc Andreessen and Fred Wilson all made the list as the “money men of the future.” The POLITICO 50 list...

Letter of Support for Congressional Fintech Policy Resolution

We applaud House Resolution 835 for forward-thinking leadership in encouraging the development of open digital currency networks and other financial technologies.

A direct download of this letter is available here.

The Federal Trade Commission held a workshop on ransomware yesterday.

The three-panel event focused on cybersecurity issues, including how to protect oneself from infection and what to do if your data is encrypted. Coin Center was there and we were...

Food for Thought: A Federal Safe Harbor for non-custodial cryptocurrency users

The coming new administration and incoming Congress have an opportunity to concretely support open blockchain networks. Here’s how.

Folks in Congress often ask us what they can do to ensure the continued flourishing of open blockchain networks. Typically we tell them that what we need are clear statements...

European regulators are under the impression that “open” blockchains may be inappropriate for financial services.

The European Securities and Markets Authority concluded as much in a recent discussion paper. We responded by quickly filing a comment that explains the benefits of open blockchains and reminds ESMA that there is nothing inherently unsuitable about these technologies for financial markets applications.

That was one of the conclusions of the European Securities and Markets Authority in a discussion paper on its Consultation on the Distributed Ledger Technology Applied to Securities Markets on...

Law enforcement is learning about the benefits of open networks.

Our research director Peter Van Valkenburgh was invited by the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force to discuss some of the many positive use cases for open, permissionless, blockchain networks that are uniquely enabled by this technology.

Last week I spoke at the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force's Digital Currency Symposium in Orlando. The NCIJTF is a multi-agency task force whose members include the FBI, NSA,...

Comments to the European Securities and Markets Authority on its Consultation on Distributed Ledger Technology Applied to Securities Markets

Our comments on ESMA’s conclusion that “open” or “permissionless” blockchains may be inappropriate for financial services in its discussion paper entitled, “The Distributed Ledger Technology Applied to Securities Markets.”

A direct download of this letter is available here.

Celebrating two years of fighting for sane Bitcoin policy

Two years into our cryptocurrency policy advocacy mission, we look back at some of our recent accomplishments and announce the latest batch of new Coin Center supporters.

This week Coin Center is celebrating its second anniversary! Since launching two short years ago, our team has been hard at work to ensure that any government action on cryptocurrencies...

Why do we get up each morning to work at a cryptocurrency nonprofit?

It’s for the same reasons that Zooko Wilcox works on Zcash, which he articulated in a great interview with Bitcoin Magazine today. It’s worth quoting in full: The Internet is...