Congress Takes Its War on Cash to Digital Assets
Understanding Tax Code Section 6050I
The United States government really does not like Americans to make large cash transactions. Now, due to a new law, it really, really does not want Americans to use “digital...
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Unhosted Wallets
Former DOJ AML Chief considers the unintended consequences of unhosted wallet restrictions and the regulatory benefits of cryptocurrency adoption
Over the past year, governments around the world have expressed concern about the risks of illicit financial activities such as money laundering, terrorist financing, and the evasion of international sanctions...
Can we decentralize physical infrastructure along with software protocols?
With the launch of Bitcoin in 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto demonstrated a means of achieving distributed consensus (agreement over important data like Bitcoin transactions) at a planetary scale without the need...
Are cryptocurrencies useful for remittances?
A look at how cryptocurrency is helping a growing number of Mexicans preserve more of their wealth while sending money home.
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...
Taxing Cryptocurrency Block Rewards
An argument for taxing rewards, including proof of stake rewards, only upon sale, rather than upon distribution
Cryptocurrency networks have no dollars or other real currency to be spent on their own maintenance. Instead, newly minted cryptocurrency tokens are used to encourage people to help maintain the...
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...
A Human Rights Activist’s Response to Bitcoin Critics
The Chief Strategy Officer for the Human Rights Foundation sees cryptocurrency as an essential tool for preserving freedom in a connected world.
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...
Can a Future Network’s Token Be “Presold” and Not Qualify as an Investment Contract?
Possibly, but only in very narrow cases
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...
How can Cryptographic Proofs Provide a Guarantee of Financial Solvency?
Rather than relying on auditors, technology could allow anyone to independently verify that cryptocurrency businesses are behaving well on an ongoing basis.
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...
How can cryptocurrency make the internet a more inclusive, liberated space?
Today’s internet is one of online censorship and surveillance. Maybe cryptocurrency can fix that.
Those of us who live in countries that have unrestricted, uncensored access to the internet can consider ourselves lucky (approximately 24% of the world’s population). We access the information or...