Bitcoin Foundation Retains Monica Monaco to Assist With Political Outreach in the EU
The Bitcoin Foundation has announced that they have retained Monica Monaco, the founder and managing director of TRUST EU Affairs, in order to assist the Foundation with outreach to both politicians and policymakers in the European Union. Ms. Monaco is based in Brussels, Belgium, and is said to have extensive experience in European affairs with relation to payment systems, consumer credit, e-commerce, and financial education. The idea is to help the Bitcoin Foundation both protect and promote - you guessed it - bitcoin (which of course are the key goals of the Foundation). "With the new....
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The Bitcoin Foundation has been ramping up its lobbying efforts in the US since July, most notably with the hiring of Washington, DC-based firm Thorsen French Advocacy. Now, the organisation is making a similar push to promote the digital currency in Europe. The foundation announced today that it has retained regulatory expert Monica Monaco to directly promote the digital currency with political leaders and policymakers in the European Union (EU). This is the first time the an external expert has been directly hired in this way in the EU, where the foundation normally relies on the....
Ex Bitcoin Foundation Outreach Person Monica Monaco and her regulatory antics exposed in leaked e-mails. Is EU digital currency regulation being driven by Bitcoin insider lobbying? Cointelegraph gained access to certain emails sent out by Monica Monaco of TrustEUAffairs, which claims to operate in the regulatory affairs consultancy services arena. We are now releasing excerpts into the public domain to showcase how certain parties are working closely together with The European Union (EU) amid a backdrop of terrorist attacks to bring forth increased regulation. Before we released this....
Passion is a trait not difficult to find among bitcoin enthusiasts. In my experience, however, few others come close to the passion and dedication of Will Pangman. His sincerity in wanting to spread the glory of bitcoin is incomparable. Pangman is the Chief Communications Officer at Tapeke, a cryptocurrency personal finance platform; the founder of the Milwaukee Bitcoin Meetup, BitcoinMKE; and an active proponent of bitcoin education initiatives in tandem with the Bitcoin Foundation. Through all three of these roles, he has carved out a niche as a premier bitcoin outreach expert. I chatted....
On Monday afternoon at the Money 20/20 conference in Copenhagen, a panel of industry leaders provided an update on their views of the current status of regulation in the Bitcoin and blockchain spaces in Europe. Of primary note was a statement around the short term future of digital currency regulation in Europe. Speaking on issues surrounding attention being placed on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) concerns, Monica Monaco of Trust EU Affairs made a bold yet not-surprising statement, given recent global affairs. “Brussels is paying attention”, asserted Mrs. Monaco. “There will be (European....
The Bitcoin Foundation has announced that it will seek to wind down its education, outreach and public policy initiatives as it turns its focus to core development. The news coincides with the publication today of three surveys conducted by the Bitcoin Foundation suggesting that many community members, both inside and outside of the organization, want to see it adopt a stronger focus on core development. The organisation wrote in its official blog post: "In the beginning, the foundation did it all - public policy, education and outreach, core development - primarily because there was no....