Jerry Brito of Coin Center: Give Bitcoin 5 Years to Do What Google, Facebook Did
Jerry Brito, the executive director of Coin Center, which has been advocating for the advancement and free use of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, says Bitcoin still needs about five more years to be powerful. Coin Center is a Washington think tank that studies the Blockchain and digital currencies. Brito, who has been involved in advising the government to take a light regulatory approach as the technologies evolve, thinks that now is the best time to get involved in the cryptocurrency. Jerry Brito has been a vocal Bitcoin advocate since 2014 when he launched Coin Center as an....
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The D.C.-based think tank doesn’t view XRP in the same light as Bitcoin or Ethereum. In its coming fight against the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ripple won't see support from some of the mainstays of the crypto lobby. Jerry Brito, the executive director of Coin Center, made it clear on Tuesday that his organization won’t put up any resistance to the notion that XRP is a security. In response to a question about Coin Center's work to keep XRP from the SEC's purview, Brito posted two articles where Coin Center argues why Bitcoin and Ethereum aren’t securities before pointing to the....
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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“By treating autonomous code as a ‘person’ OFAC exceeds its statutory authority,” said Coin Center's Jerry Brito and Peter Van Valkenburgh. United States-based crypto policy advocacy group Coin Center said it intended to “pursue administrative relief” for individuals affected by Tornado Cash sanctions imposed by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control, or OFAC.In a Monday blog post, Coin Center executive director Jerry Brito and director of research Peter Van Valkenburgh alleged OFAC “overstepped its legal authority” when it named cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash and 44....
Coin Center's Executive Director Jerry Brito (on right) was among the nine participants who addressed the New Jersey Legislature's Financial Institutions on questions related to Bitcoin. In the end, the Bitcoin lobbyist unquestionably made some progress when it came to informing lawmakers about the cryptocurrency and its wider applications in the world. The aforesaid hearing was held to ensure the protection of Bitcoin consumers, especially in times when the market has just suffered a price crash and a few highly publicized hacking incidents. Legislators, during the entire Q&A round, were....
The D.C.-based advocacy group just raised millions for its ongoing research and lobbying efforts. Here’s how the numbers broke down. 2021 is shaping up to be a generous year for cryptocurrency donations. On Wednesday, Coin Center, the leading cryptocurrency nonprofit in Washington, D.C., announced that it had raised millions in additional funding from high-profile names in the crypto industry. Jerry Brito, Coin Center’s executive director, tweeted that his organization had received enough donations to claim the $1 million in matched contributions from Grayscale Investments, the world’s....