$175K Donation to Coin Center Tops Latest Fundraising Push for Crypto Policy ...
The donation from a group headlined by NEAR, Solana and Celo comes in addition to $300,000 raised via Gitcoin.
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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:....
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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A web page has been set up for the donation matching campaign that runs through February.
Dorsey's gift is the latest in a stream of donations to Coin Center.
A few weeks ago, Bitcoin Magazine reported that the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab announced the launch of a Digital Currency Initiative, to be directed by former White House senior adviser for mobile and data innovation Brian Forde. Soon afterward, lead Bitcoin developer Gavin Andresen announced that he and other Bitcoin Core developers were joining the MIT Digital Currency Initiative, which gives MIT the roles of leadership, funding and co-ordination of Bitcoin technical development. In parallel, Bitcoin policy think tank Coin Center claimed the role of....