U.S. Congress Sees a Bipartisan Caucus for Bitcoin and Blockchain
Coin Center, a Washington D.C.-based non-profit and advocacy center focusing on public policy issues facing bitcoin and blockchain technology has led an effort that now sees the formation of a Congressional caucus focused on studying the innovation. Washington is buying in to Coin Center’s efforts to help policy-makers understand decentralized, open technologies such as the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains. In an announcement today, Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) and Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) announced the formation of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus. The new caucus – a congressional member....
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A year ago, Bitcoin Magazine highlighted the work of U.S. Congress Representative Jared Polis and noted his work meeting with politicians and businesses, promoting the many economy-building possibilities of Bitcoin and, by extension, blockchain technology. A year later, Rep. Polis, a Democrat from Colorado, along with Rep. Mick Mulvaney, a Republican from South Carolina, announced the formation of the first congressional caucus to promote and educate members of Congress, and the general public, about the potential of digital currencies and other blockchain-based technologies. To increase....
Working towards common policy goals will be priority number one where Bitcoin and blockchain are concerned. Getting US Congress to think along the right lines for Bitcoin and blockchain regulation is not an easy feat. Thankfully, there are initiatives such as CoinCenter, which aim to bridge the gap between disruption and government. A bipartisan Blockchain Caucus has been formed, which should help establish a sound policy towards blockchain and cryptocurrency in the US. On paper, the creation of a caucus dedicated to blockchain and cryptocurrency development is a great victory. For quite....
The bipartisan Congressional Blockchain Caucus, a collaborative effort aiming for a sound regulatory approach toward decentralized technologies including digital currencies, was launched in Washington yesterday. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) and David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) announced the launch, with the latter replacing Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-Sc) who is President Trump’s pick to head the Office of Management and Budget, essentially the business division of the Executive Office of the President. First announced in September, the bipartisan congressional member organization focuses on the....
The Crypto for Congress initiative has launched. All members of Congress will be given bitcoin as campaign contributions to help them learn about cryptocurrency. The initiative is supported by Congressional Blockchain Caucus members, including pro-crypto Representatives Darren Soto and Tom Emmer. Each Congress Member Receiving Bitcoin Contribution The “Crypto for Congress” initiative has launched, the Chamber of Digital Commerce announced Monday. “Today, all members of the United States Congress will receive a campaign contribution in bitcoin” as part of this....
A section of US Democrat and Republican congressmen now agree to something about cryptocurrencies: the need for them, as lawmakers, to know more about what it is. According to U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney, most of the lawmakers do not know the difference between bitcoin and the blockchain technology hence the formation of the bipartisan Blockchain Caucus last month to help their colleagues stay up to speed on evolving digital currency and blockchain technologies, and develop policies that advance them. “…we really started this caucus as a sort of way to introduce our colleagues and their staff....