Blockchain Association’s Analysis of the PWG Stablecoin ReportOn Monday, November 1st, the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) published its long-awaited “Report on Stablecoins.”…Nov 12, 2021Nov 12, 2021
BA Responds to the Financial Action Task Force’s “Updated Guidance for a Risk-Based Approach to…This morning, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) released its “Updated Guidance for a Risk-Based Approach to Virtual Assets (VAs) and…Oct 28, 2021Oct 28, 2021
Debunking Common Stablecoin MythsThe inherent qualities of cryptocurrencies are desirable for any payment system. They allow for peer-to-peer transfer of value online; they…Oct 17, 2021Oct 17, 2021
Filecoin Foundation Board Chair Marta Belcher testifies before the Senate Banking CommitteeOn July 27, 2021, Marta Belcher, Board Chair of the Filecoin Foundation, testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and…Jul 27, 2021Jul 27, 2021
BA Responds to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System’s Request for CommentYesterday, the Blockchain Association submitted a letter in response to the Federal Reserve’s request for comment on the establishment of…Jul 13, 2021Jul 13, 2021
FATF Must Consider New Approach to Accomplish AML/CFT GoalsToday, the Blockchain Association submitted a response to the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Draft Updated Guidance that seeks to…Apr 20, 2021Apr 20, 2021
Blockchain Association Submits Second Comment Letter on FinCEN’s Crypto Notice of Proposed…This week, the Blockchain Association submitted an additional comment letter in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “NPRM”)…Mar 29, 2021Mar 29, 2021
Contextualizing the Debate: An Examination of the Energy Consumption of Cryptocurrency MiningThe environmental effects of cryptocurrency mining are hotly debated. One can find articles arguing that the energy consumption of mining…Feb 16, 2021Feb 16, 2021
Anchorage Becomes First Ever Federally Chartered Digital Asset BankLast month represented a major breakthrough for the future of the cryptocurrency economy: the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency…Feb 11, 2021Feb 11, 2021
BA Urges Treasury to Extend Comment Period for Proposed “Unhosted Wallets” RegulationToday, the Blockchain Association submitted a comment letter urging the Department of Treasury (Treasury) to extend the comment period for…Jan 5, 2021Jan 5, 2021
