Jerry Brito
Executive Director at Coin Center
Jerry Brito is executive director of Coin Center, a non-profit research and advocacy center focused on the public policy issues facing cryptocurrency technologies such as Bitcoin. He has testified several times before Congress and state legislatures about cryptocurrencies, and regularly holds briefings for and consultations with policy makers. He has presented on cryptocurrencies at the White House, the Treasury Department, the State Department, the SEC and CFTC, as well as the Council on Foreign Relations and the Brookings Institution. He is the coauthor of Bitcoin: A Primer for Policymakers, as well as other scholarly work on the regulation of cryptocurrencies. His articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and elsewhere.Jerry is a recipient of the Public Knowledge IP Award and was named one of Washington's top tech leaders by Washingtonian magazine and to the POLITICO list of D.C. influencers.
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Introducing Peer-to-Peer, a new publication from Coin Center. We will use this space to highlight reporting and commentary on tech authoritarianism, surveillance, censorship, and the people building ways out. We invite you to join us in this movement and to stay informed. p2p.coincenter.org/p/pee
Coin Center's Director of Policy, Jason Somensatto, will testify today before the House Financial Services Committee, marking one year since the House passed the CLARITY Act (including the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act). Tune in—link to follow. Jason has worked on these regulatory questions f
📜Opening brief filed in @LewellenMichael's appeal for declaratory judgement that non-custodial software development is not money transmission and not a crime. 🇺🇸Coin Center supports his fight in the courts because promises from the admin are not enough, because Congress has yet to act (PASS CLA
Coin Center Annual Dinner Set for October 6; Tickets and Sponsorships Now Available
RT @antoniehodge: Finally a team photo of coin center
US House Ways and Means Committee Coin Center Testimony: Bitcoin from mining should be treated as new property 'created through one’s own labor,' taxable only when sold or exchanged https://t.co/hgvftDTwWF
We don’t deserve Coin Center. https://x.com/lazpieper/status/2064379791688499603
"A technology that is designed to reduce reliance on intermediaries can be difficult for ordinary Americans to use." @jasonsomensatto of CoinCenter gave an excellent summary of why a de minimis exemption is needed.
据加密记者 Eleanor Terrett 披露，美国众议院筹款委员会共和党议员在加密税收听证会前公布 6 项独立法案及一份讨论稿，内容涉及加密捐赠、挖矿与质押税务处理、信息申报要求、税收待遇一致性、自愿披露机制，以及将现有反避税规则适用于数字资产。另一份讨论稿则针对离岸加密税务避风港。听证会证人包括 Fidelity、Coinbase、Coin Center 和纽约大学税法中心代表。wublock123.com/news/house-rep…
Commissioner Peirce puts “code is speech” first among her principles for stopping SEC jurisdictional overreach, citing Coin Center’s research and advocacy for the proposition. We don't force software publishers to get licensed in America. Constitution says so. https://x.com/NeerajKA/status/20639960