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Breaking down the consumer benefits of cryptocurrencies

Internet services that use this technology for better consumer autonomy and privacy are already being built

In addition to their widely touted commercial use-cases, cryptocurrency and open blockchain technologies can significantly empower and improve the welfare of individual consumers. Because they do not offer the same...

Cross-global panel on Government and Privacy

Coin Center representatives at cryptocurrency conferences on different sides of the world come together for a panel on our message to policymakers on privacy.

Our experts shared stages from simultaneous cryptocurrency conferences on different sides of the world. They came together for a conversation about our message to policymakers on privacy.

The upcoming FATF interpretive note is not doomsday for cryptocurrency

We break down the good, the middling, and the bad.

We've had a number of people ask us about the FATF interpretive note that will be coming out this year and how it may change anti-money laundering (AML) law with...

Coin Center submitted comments to Her Majesty’s Treasury defending UK citizens’ right to develop and publish open-source software.

As outlined in its consultation paper, “Transposition of the Fifth Money Laundering Directive”, HM Treasury is currently considering broadening the scope of the UK’s anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism...

Comment to Her Majesty’s Treasury on Transposition of the Fifth Money Laundering Directive

We urge HM Treasury to refrain from an over-broadening of its AMF/CFT regulation, as such an expansion would violate UK citizens’ free speech and privacy rights

A direct download of this comment is available here. 

On SEC v. Kik

The case does not signal a policy shift by the SEC away from its reasonable guidance

When Kik made public its Wells notice response in January, many folks asked us what we thought and whether we would be commenting on the matter. What we told anyone...

Coin Center Travel Series: Venezuela by way of Medellín, Colombia

A unique mix of middling interest from locals, excited evangelists, and a corrupt government's perversion of this technology 

This is the latest installment of Coin Center's multi-part travel series examining how cryptocurrency is used around the world. One cannot talk about cryptocurrencies in Colombia without talking about neighboring Venezuela....

Decentralizing Bitcoin’s Last Mile With Mobile Mesh Networks

How you can use Bitcoin without relying on centralized Internet Service Providers 

The “Expert Views” series of publications allows legal and technical practitioners in the cryptocurrency space to share their insight and opinions on cutting edge policy questions. The views expressed here...

The Human Rights Foundation has published a guide for activists and journalists to use Bitcoin privately.

In the second installment of their multi-part series meant to help those who may need to transact privately in the course of their sensitive work, security expert Eric Wall details...

Non-custodial cryptocurrency mixer developers are not subject to U.S. regulation.

A recent seizure of a custodial cryptocurrency mixer by EU authorities has prompted some people to ask us what this means for popular privacy software like CoinJoin or Wasabi Wallet,...