Startup exodus from New York highlights BitLicense’s threat to innovation
The BitLicense was intended to foster innovation while protecting consumers. It may have had the opposite effect.
This week the New York BitLicense took effect as the application deadline passed. Not surprisingly, a number of Bitcoin businesses announced that they would cease operations in the state rather than apply...
EFF’s opposition to California bill unwittingly endangers Bitcoin innovators
We think their opposition stems from a misunderstanding of the state of the law in this space—one that could have dangerous consequences.
Today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has launched a lobbying campaign opposing California’s A.B. 1326, a bill that would create a new licensing system for digital currency businesses in the state. It’s a...
“Digital Gold” Google Book Event w/ Nathaniel Popper
Coin Center and Google DC hosted a conversation with Nathaniel Popper of the New York Times. His new book, Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside History of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money, documents the early history of cryptocurrency and features many of the players who have been part of building it into a global phenomenon.
Popper was joined on stage by Carter Dougherty, a Bloomberg News reporter who has covered Bitcoin from the beginning. They discussed the rise of Bitcoin and how it first came to...
Get your FREE Coin Center pocket Bitcoin White Paper
We are giving out free pocket editions of the white paper that started it all.
In 2009, the concept of cryptocurrency was introduced in “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System” by Satoshi Nakamoto, or as it has come to be known, The Bitcoin White Paper....
Testimony before California Senate
Coin Center executive director Jerry Brito testified before the California State Senate's Banking and Financial Institutions committee in support of the bill AB 1326 virtual currency. Joining him in their...
Coin Center and Google host “Digital Gold” Book event in Washington, DC
The event will feature a discussion on the history of Bitcoin and the characters who built it into a global phenomenon.
On Tuesday, July 21st, at 5 p.m., please join Coin Center and Google DC, for a conversation with Nathaniel Popper of the New York Times. His new book, Digital Gold: Bitcoin and...
BitLicense: It’s not just for New Yorkers
The BitLicense is a confusing new regulation, but this is the top line: it can apply to your business even if you are not located in New York.
This post originally appeared on the Engine.is blog. We’ve one month to go until the grace period ends and the BitLicense—New York’s new digital currency regulations—comes into full effect. What’s a...
Letter of Support for AB 1326 to California State Senate
The updated bill would create a smart licensing regime for virtual currency businesses in the state.
Update - August 9, 2016: This bill has been updated with new language that we do not support. For a more recent analysis please see New California digital currency bill is a...
California updated its digital currency legislation and it looks great
A new amended draft of California’s AB 1326 was released this morning—and it’s good news for us and Bitcoin advocates everywhere. Today, we’re issuing a letter of support for the legislation. Here’s why.
Update - August 9, 2016: This bill has been updated with new language that we do not support. For a more recent analysis please see New California digital currency bill is...
Coin Center releases “Moon Mission” t-shirt–get yours now!
Our latest reward for supporters is out of this world.
“To the Moon!,” one of the longest held rallying cries for supporters of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, has been immortalized in Coin Center’s latest t-shirt. Modeled after NASA’s moon mission patches,...