Non-prosecution promises are not enough: Courts must rule on devs and money transmission
Developer Lewellen lays out what’s at stake for open-source speech and user privacy
Michael Lewellen has filed his opening brief in the Fifth Circuit, arguing that software developers like him face a credible threat of prosecution for unlicensed money transmission and deserve a...
Congress must understand: Block rewards are newly created property, not income.
Some proposals merely defer income tax treatment for miners and stakers without doing anything about the underlying misconception
Mining bitcoin creates new property. The Bitcoin software permits those who successfully validate transactions to create new coins for themselves. There are currently more than 20 million bitcoins in circulation,...
The BRCA is ready to become law
The BRCA’s final text reflects the concerns of skeptics while preserving the protection non-custodial developers need.
Coin Center has advocated for a safe harbor from money transmission licensing and liability since 2016. That effort began to bear fruit when Representatives Tom Emmer and Darren Soto introduced...
The BRCA survived Clarity’s markup. Do not give it up now.
Coin Center is encouraged by the advancement of the Clarity Act through the Senate Banking Committee with the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) included and not undermined by ill-conceived amendments....
Continuing the fight for developer rights with appeal to Fifth Circuit
With Coin Center’s support, developer Michael Lewellen is challenging the DOJ’s argument that he has no credible fear of prosecution for publishing his privacy software.
Michael Lewellen has filed a notice of appeal in Lewellen v. Garland to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, seeking review of the district court’s March 25...
Treasury’s GENIUS report is encouraging but there is still work to be done
Privacy and Self-Sovereignty in Digital Identity, and why Congress should focus on CLARITY.
Introduction On March 6, pursuant to the GENIUS Act, the Department of Treasury published its report to Congress on “Innovative Technologies to Counter Illicit Finance Involving Digital Assets.” For background,...
Do Not Sacrifice Developer Protections in Market Structure
Coin Center's letter to members of the Senate Banking Committee on the importance of developer protections under the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act.
The Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) must be an integral part of any market structure regime. There is no sustainable blockchain ecosystem in the US if developers who write or...
Senate Banking Nears Vote on Digital Asset Market Structure
Why the current draft largely gets developer protections right
The Senate Banking Committee is finally nearing a committee vote on market structure legislation. Coin Center’s priorities throughout have been twofold: first, to pass the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA)...
Coin Center’s Top Policy Priorities for 2026
Our agenda to protect developers and users of crypto networks
Stop unjust prosecutions of non-custodial software developers The Department of Justice is targeting software developers with unlicensed money transmission prosecutions even though the relevant federal regulator, FinCEN, has been clear...
Tax-deductible giving is now possible at Coin Center
Coin Center’s critical work defending the innovators building permissionless software has been made possible by the generous contributions of those in the community who believe in our mission. Today we...