No, FinCEN Policy is not Relevant to the Bitcoin Forking Debate
Are the developers of software that leads to a hard fork of the Bitcoin blockchain (like Bitcoin Classic) subject to regulation under the Bank Secrecy Act?
Some recent blogs posts have raised an interesting question: are the developers of software that leads to a hard fork of the Bitcoin blockchain (like Bitcoin Classic) subject to regulation under the...
Coin Center raises $1 million for 2016 operations, announces new supporters
We are pleased to announce that over the past month Coin Center has raised over $1 million to fund its 2016 operations.
At Coin Center, our mission is to make sure that policymakers understand the workings and implications of cryptocurrency, and to ensure that the technology remains as free of unnecessary regulation...
Today we are releasing our Framework for Securities Regulation of Cryptocurrencies. In it we lay out the case for treating some cryptocurrencies as securities—and some not.
Strange bunch of things right? Mink, bullion, golf course, diamond, worm farm, chinchilla, orange grove, beaver? Aside from the anomalous prevalence of furry mammals, what can we say about this...
We tell Washington: an open global blockchain is the innovation that matters
Jerry Brito lays out the case for decentralized, open, permissionless ledgers at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC.
Last week we helped the Brookings Institution’s Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy organize “Beyond bitcoin: The future of blockchain and disruptive financial technologies,” a roundtable discussion among industry,...
Regulatory approaches to Bitcoin’s fast paced innovation
Jerry Brito makes the case at a Brookings Institution event to allow this technology to develop and only intervene where there is a clear problem--especially since the technology will continue to...
Bitcoin’s regulatory questions and challenges
Our Robin Weisman was called to jump into a panel discussion at the Brookings Institution. She was asked to clarify the regulatory landscape for digital currencies such as Bitcoin. Here...
What are Forks, Alt-coins, Meta-coins, and Sidechains?
Peter Van Valkenburgh, Coin Center’s Director of Research, clarifies some terminology and explains some technical concepts from the ever-changing universe of Bitcoin-derived innovations.
This post has been updated. Read the new version here. Perhaps the most exciting aspect of cryptocurrency technology is that it is entirely open for experimentation—there’s no patent or copyright...
Fox Business asks, “Do digital currencies make it easier for terrorists to move money?”
Jerry Brito joins Dierdre Bolton on Fox Business to share the facts and dispel myths about Bitcoin and terrorist financing.
Some facts about digital currency and terrorist financing
After the recent attacks in Paris, governments are redoubling their efforts to combat terrorist financing, and we’ve been asked how digital currencies might be affected by these efforts.
After the recent attacks in Paris, governments are redoubling their efforts to combat terrorist financing, and we’ve been asked how digital currencies might be affected by these efforts. The answer...
What last week’s European VAT ruling means for bitcoin fungibility
The European Court of Justice held that bitcoin is a currency for the purposes of VAT taxation. The decision will make it easier to exchange euros for bitcoin and could have implications for bitcoin fungibility down the line.
One of the more persnickety legal issues in the bitcoin space stems from whether liens attach to the bitcoins of a borrower, and whether they’d attach even if that borrower...