Coin Center Travel Series: Lima, Peru
A tiny community of technologists sees hope in decentralized networks
This is the latest installment of Coin Center's multi-part travel series examining how cryptocurrency is used around the world. The first stop in Latin American leg for this series stood in...
Peter Van Valkenburgh discusses regulatory concerns around the lightning network and similarly designed scaling solutions.
Congress just sent a letter to the IRS about “urgent need for guidance” on crypto taxes.
Today, 21 members of Congress, led by Rep. Tom Emmer, sent a letter asking the agency to issue needed guidance on the tax consequences and basic reporting requirements for taxpayers...
Congressional report on cryptocurrency cites multiple Coin Center resources.
Last week, the Congressional Research Service (CRS), which serves as nonpartisan shared staff to congressional committees and Members of Congress and operates solely at the behest of and under the...
We held a briefing in Congress on open cryptocurrency tax questions.
Last week we released a report, A Duty to Answer: Six Basic Questions and Recommendations for the IRS on Crypto Taxes, which examines the state of crypto tax policy in...
It is time for the IRS to answer open questions about cryptocurrency
A decade on, six major issues remain unresolved.
Today we are publishing a report on the application of federal income tax laws to cryptocurrencies. The report is focused on the tax uncertainties faced by everyday Americans who use...
A Duty to Answer: Six Basic Questions and Recommendations for the IRS on Crypto Taxes
U.S. taxpayers lack answers to basic questions about the federal tax and reporting effects of transactions involving cryptocurrencies.
U.S. taxpayers lack answers to basic questions about the federal tax and reporting effects of transactions involving cryptocurrencies. Although the Internal Revenue Service has been examining issues related to the...
Coin Center analysis of SEC cryptocurrency guidance
We break down what it means for decentralized networks and their developers.
The Securities and Exchange Commission today released much-anticipated staff guidance “analyzing whether a digital asset is offered and sold as an investment contract, and, therefore, is a security.” What’s new...
Howey test found to be determined under admiralty law and therefore invalid
Coin Center researchers discover gold fringed flag in Supreme Court
For several years now, Coin Center has been at the forefront of analyzing how the novel decentralized properties of cryptocurrency networks match up to securities regulation. Recently, however, every single...
CFTC’s Technical Advisory Committee meeting
Peter Van Valkenburgh describes various open consensus mechanisms such as proof-of-stake and proof-of-work and takes questions from the committee More information.