Coin Congress Day 1: Debate Over New York Regulation Rages On
Day one of Coin Congress, held at the Hilton Hotel Union Square in San Francisco, brought together familiar faces from the cryptocurrency industry to offer new perspectives and teachable moments on a variety of hot topics. However, as at last weekend's The North American Bitcoin Conference in Chicago, here too discussion related to the New York Department of Financial Services' (NYDFS) proposed plans for regulating digital currencies dominated the proceedings. The subject provided fuel for divergent opinions, as lawyers, investors and startup members all voiced differing thoughts regarding....
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Following New York's BitLicense implementation a few months back, California is now drafting up its own bitcoin regulation as well. Not surprisingly, this drew plenty of opposition among cryptocurrency enthusiasts in the state. Interestingly enough, there is also a split among those criticizing California's bitcoin regulation. Last week, Coin Center executive director Jerry Brito tried to distance his organization from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Copia Institute. California Bitcoin Regulation Debate. Back when the draft of AB-1326 was filed in the Senate Committee on....
Crypto regulation is still a hot topic in Congress. Talks of putting regulations are still underway in the House. With either side trying to swing the consensus for or against crypto. One of the senators who wants favorable crypto regulation is Senator Cynthia Lummis. Lummis has always been vocal about her support for cryptocurrencies. The […]
The dust has settled from the virtual currency hearings in New York City this week. We saw a mixture of speakers, including law enforcement agents warning of digital currencies' many potential dangers, VCs getting hot under the collar over the regulation debate, regulators musing about whether they should license miners or not, and one vehemently anti-bitcoin academic. New York state has almost 20 million people - around 6% of the US population - and houses the heart of its financial services industry. It was a good place for the first state-level inquiry into the regulation of....
It's just about summer time, and there's seemingly no shortage of bitcoin-related events going on in the community. Case in point: Coin Congress. Following the Singapore launch of the event, the Congress is coming to the western coast of the United States. Specifically to San Francisco, when the event is held from July 23rd to the 24th at the Hilton Hotel Union Square. The event is being held alongside the Casual Connect conference, and will feature nearly thirty of some of the most notable speakers in the crypto-currency community, which includes Litecoin founder Charlie Lee and Robocoin....