Coin Center Issues a Flexible Template for Bitcoin Regulation
Last week, lead Bitcoin developer Gavin Andresen and other Bitcoin Core developers joined the recently established MIT Digital Currency Initiative. This was widely interpreted as an MIT takeover of the roles of leadership, funding and co-ordination of Bitcoin technical development, previously claimed by the Bitcoin Foundation. In parallel, Bitcoin policy....
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Coin Center, a US-based non-profit research and advocacy centre for cryptocurrencies, released a paper today offering a guide framework for the regulation of cryptocurrencies as securities. Authored by Peter Van Valkenburgh, Coin Center's director of research, the paper presents a framework based on the Howey test for an investment contract, as well as the underlying policy goals of securities regulation. Coin Center's work, says Van Valkenburgh, found that several "key variables" within the software underlying a cryptocurrency, and in the community that runs and maintains that....
Bybit recently launched Flexible Staking on its ByFi Center. This new service allows traders to stake BTC, ETH, USDT, and USDC to earn stable and guaranteed yields. Participants will receive yield every day for their staked tokens.
Traders can get started by staking at least 0.01 ETH, 0.001 BTC, 50 USDC, or 50 USDT. For newer traders with a lower risk appetite, they can get started with either USDC or USDT, as these flexible staking products have lower entry points.
The staked tokens can be unstaked by participants at any point in time.
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On August 15, the non-profit that focuses on policy issues facing crypto assets, Coin Center, published a blog post that says the organization is looking at the legality of the recent Tornado Cash sanctions enforced by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC). The post, published by Coin Center’s Jerry Brito and Peter Van Valkenburgh, explains that by treating autonomous code as a ‘person’ “OFAC exceeds its statutory authority.”
Coin Center Insists ‘OFAC Has Overstepped Its Legal Authority’
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The non-profit that focuses on policy issues facing cryptocurrencies, Coin Center, has filed a lawsuit against the Treasury department, the secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, and the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) director Andrea Gacki. Coin Center’s court filing says that the government’s sanctioning of Tornado Cash exceeds the Treasury’s statutory authority. The Coin Center lawsuit insists that Americans have a right to privacy and a right to protect their property, as Tornado Cash can be used for these benefits in a legitimate fashion.
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Coin Center, an educational and research institution, today launched its website with the aim of focusing on public policy issues facing Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Coin Center, "a new voice for Bitcoin," announced the launch of its website and its mission: "To build a better understanding of the technology in order to promote a regulatory climate that preserves maximum freedom of action for digital currency innovation." While the organization is not affiliated with any particular Bitcoin company, product, or initiative, Coin Center's focus is on engagement, education, research:....