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The CLARITY fight is bigger than crypto. It’s revealing the case for more control of the internet.
A recent op-ed’s critique of the developer protections in the CLARITY Act rests on an appealing slogan: “Accountability follows power.” But the provisions the author, Carole House, attacks embody precisely...
Non-prosecution promises are not enough: Courts must rule on devs and money transmission
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...
Comment to FinCEN on AML/CFT Programs
A PDF version of this filing is available here. To whom it may concern: Coin Center is an independent nonprofit research and advocacy center focused on the public policy issues...
Comment to FinCEN and OFAC on PPSI AML/CFT and Sanctions Program Requirements
A PDF version of this filing is available here. To whom it may concern: Coin Center is an independent nonprofit research and advocacy center focused on the public policy issues...
The BRCA is ready to become law
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...
Letter in support of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act
A PDF version of this filing is available here. Dear Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Warren, Chairman Lummis, and Ranking Member Gallego: On behalf of Coin Center, I write to express...
Software is Speech: Why Regulators Cannot Invent the Missing Middlemen
“i’m sorry that your warrantless surveillance regime was built on the assumption that people would always need intermediaries to transact” — unattributed Financial regulation has traditionally applied where a person...
Continuing the fight for developer rights with appeal to Fifth Circuit
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
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,...
Senate market structure negotiations must not sacrifice hard won developer protections
For months, Coin Center has advocated for two critical parts of the market structure legislation being debated in the Senate. The House crafted a non-partisan bill, Clarity, that was carefully...