It doesn't hurt that they quoted me, but--in all seriousness--the two primary risks inherent in app-coin issuance are well flagged: securities regulation and buggy smart-contract code. And, on the securities...
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Coin Center raises $1 million for 2017 operations, announces new supporters
We are pleased to announce that over the past month Coin Center has raised over $1 million to fund its 2017 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...
We taught Congress about Bitcoin vs Blockchain.
The Congressional Blockchain Caucus, which we helped kick off a couple of weeks ago, held its first briefing on blockchain technology yesterday. The event was full to standing room only...
North Dakota’s new money transmission bill fails to define “control” of bitcoins.
Update: The original text of the bill has been amended. It now only calls for a legislative study to be carried out regarding: the feasibility and desirability of regulating virtual...
ESMA issued their final DLT report but continues to underestimate open networks.
Our previous comment to the European Securities Markets Authority was referenced in the final report; it looks like we were the only commenter sticking up for permissionless blockchain networks: For...
Great news for bitcoin and other blockchain startups from Switzerland today.
The Swiss Federal Council has proposed a simple plan that would exempt small fintech firms (accepting less than 1 million CHF from customers – or a bit over $1 million) from the...
Congressional Blockchain Caucus kicks off
Coin Center gathers members of Congress and staff to launch educational and policy effort
Yesterday on Capitol Hill Coin Center hosted a reception to honor the launch of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus, a bipartisan body within Congress dedicated to furthering understanding of blockchain technologies,...
Bitcoin innovators need legal safe harbors
These powerful regulatory tools were essential to the early Internet and now we need them again.
We got lucky with the Internet. The net we’ve come to know, love, and rely upon owes much of its existence to two laws passed by Congress in the late...
Things are looking up for Bitcoin’s biggest regulatory hurdle
How the OCC and states like Illinois are taking strategic, sensible approaches to promising new financial technologies.
This week we filed two regulatory comments in proceedings (with the Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation) that...
“Blockchain technology” is a buzzword with little meaning. Here’s what matters.
A thorough examination of the different types of blockchains, their capabilities, and why open blockchains in particular must be allowed room to thrive.
You may have heard that “blockchain technology” is the solution to any number of social, economic, organizational or cybersecurity problems. It is not. A blockchain is merely a data structure...