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Securities Regulation in Decentralized Cryptographic Currencies

Peter Van Valkenburgh presented at the 6th Technion Summer School on Cyber and Computer Security.

Consumer Protection in Decentralized Cryptographic Currencies

Peter Van Valkenburgh presented at the 6th Technion Summer School on Cyber and Computer Security.

Financial Surveillance in Decentralized Cryptographic Currencies

An in depth look at the AML/KYC rules around cryptocurrencies. Peter Van Valkenburgh presented this at the 6th Technion Summer School on Cyber and Computer Security.

What is Multisig Technology?

We partnered with the Federalist Society to produce this short explanation of multi-signature bitcoin wallets and some of the things they enable. 

Blockchains and Regulation: Why Open Matters

Peter Van Valkenburgh presents at the Bitcoin School Greece's Smart Contracts Day event.

For more on this presentation topic, see its related report: Open Matters: Why Permissionless Blockchains are Essential to the Future of the Internet.

Is Grey the New Normal in Legal & Compliance?

Peter Van Valkenburgh moderates a panel of legal experts at the Token Summit Conference in New York City. 

Consensus 2017: The OCC’s New FinTech Charter – Panacea or Distraction

Jerry Brito moderates a panel a Consensus 2017.

Consensus 2017: Legality & Structure of ICOs

Peter Van Valkenburgh participates in a panel discussing this novel crowdfunding mechanism. 

Read more: Could your decentralized token project run afoul of securities laws? The Bank Secrecy Act, Cryptocurrencies, and New Tokens: What is Known and What Remains Ambiguous

More mainstream use will help regulators understand Bitcoin’s benefits.

That’s what Peter Van Valkenburgh, Coin Center’s director of research, said when he went on the Epicenter podcast recently. The wide ranging interview, which covered topics such as the differences...

EpicenterTV: Towards Sound Bitcoin Policy

Peter Van Valkenburgh went on the Epicenter podcast to discuss Coin Center's work and how regulators are looking at these technologies.