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Nov 18, 2021

Initial Policy Offerings

A Reader’s Guide How should crypto be regulated? And by whom? These are the big questions the industry is grappling with in the wake of the infrastructure bill being signed with the haphazardly expanded definition of a broker dealer for tax reporting provisions. …

Blockchain

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Blockchain

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Feb 23, 2021

Letter to Attorney General Becerra Re: FinCen Proposed Rule Privacy concerns

February 22, 2021 The Honorable Xavier Becerra California State Capitol SENT VIA EMAIL Dear Attorney General Becerra, On behalf of the Blockchain Advocacy Coalition, an organization of blockchain and virtual currency businesses in California, I write to bring to your attention a pending federal regulation that would preempt and refute…

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Oct 29, 2020

CA’s 2020 Blockchain Legislative Roundup

After a cup of menstrual blood went flying across the Senate floor, I had assumed 2019 would be California’s wildest legislative session for a while. Covid-19 proved me unfortunately wrong. …

Blockchain

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CA’s 2020 Blockchain Legislative Roundup
CA’s 2020 Blockchain Legislative Roundup
Blockchain

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Nov 16, 2018

Talking Blockchain Policy with CA’s next Treasurer

On Wednesday November 14th, just after the midterm elections the Blockchain Advocacy Coalition co-hosted a policy panel with Blockchain for Social Justice. We sat down to chat with Fiona Ma- Treasurer Elect for the state of California and Brian Forde- former technology advisor in the Obama White House. The audience…

Blockchain

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Talking Blockchain Policy with CA’s next Treasurer
Talking Blockchain Policy with CA’s next Treasurer
Blockchain

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Oct 29, 2018

Intro to 2018 Federal Blockchain Legislation

2018 was a breakout year for legislation on blockchain and cryptocurrency. Over a dozen states considered pieces of legislation that dealt with blockchain/cryptocurrency. “Blockchain” cracked the top 10 search terms on Legiscan this year. …

Bitcoin

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Intro to 2018 Federal Blockchain Legislation
Intro to 2018 Federal Blockchain Legislation
Bitcoin

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Sep 29, 2018

California Governor Signs 2 Blockchain Bills!

Today California Governor Jerry Brown signed two landmark pro-blockchain bills into law: AB 2658 by Assemblymember Ian Calderon and SB 838 by Sen. Robert Hertzberg. AB 2658 defines blockchain technology, updates the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and establishes a working group with industry representation to create the best possible regulatory…

Blockchain

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Blockchain

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Sep 21, 2018

California Bans Crypto Campaign Contributions

The Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) is a body created by the Political Reform Act- a ballot measure passed by California voters in 1974 as a reaction to national disgust with the Watergate scandal. …

Bitcoin

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Bitcoin

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Aug 17, 2018

Economic Impact of Blockchain in CA

One of the key goals of the Blockchain Advocacy Coalition is to better inform policymakers about how regulation impacts the blockchain/cryptocurrency/ distributed ledger industry. For brevity’s sake we’ll us BCDL as a catch-all from here on out. We used Crunchbase to source data about the industry size and trends. …

Blockchain

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Economic Impact of Blockchain in CA
Economic Impact of Blockchain in CA
Blockchain

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Jun 27, 2018

Blockchain Advocacy Coalition Takes Sacramento

On Wednesday, June 20th 2018 the Blockchain Advocacy Coalition brought twenty entrepreneurs, advocates and founders to Sacramento for a full day of meetings with California’s legislators. What would induce busy blockchain movers and shakers to give up an entire day and drive up to Sacramento at 6am? Quite simply, to…

Blockchain

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Blockchain Advocacy Coalition Takes Sacramento
Blockchain Advocacy Coalition Takes Sacramento
Blockchain

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Jun 13, 2018

Blockchain Policy in the Golden State

Despite its reputation as a global leader in technology and never having met an industry it didn’t like to regulate (shout out to the carpet tax) California has remained relatively silent on blockchain and cryptocurrency. Background- In 2015, former Assemblymember Matt Dababneh proposed AB 1326- aka California’s BitLicense. The bill…

Bitcoin

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Blockchain Policy in the Golden State
Blockchain Policy in the Golden State
Bitcoin

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