PayPal Enables Bitcoin Transactions for Merchants

Our client, GoCoin, will enable Paypal to provide its merchants with Bitcoin transaction processing.  Read more here.   

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FinCEN: Escrow Company that transmits funds is not a MSB under Bank Secrecy Act

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently published five administrative rulings that considered the definition of “money transmitter” and the exemptions for certain business models under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA).   In one of these rulings, FIN-2014-R004 issued April 29, 2014, FinCEN determined that that providing escrow services to buyers...

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US Federal Election Commission Votes Unanimously To Allow Bitcoin Donations For Political Action Committees

This article does a nice job of explaining what provisions of the original proposal were adopted and not adopted, and why.  

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Tipping Points: When Law, Sensationalism and Ecosystem Converge

Last week, a reporter and my father each asked me if Bitcoin was past the tipping point. A clever answer would have been, “if a reporter for an international news organization and my father ask whether a technology is past the tipping point, then it’s past the tipping point.” However, I decided to give this more thought and articulate my gut instinct...

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Managing Partner Adam T. Ettinger quoted in Bloomberg News: California can attract Bitcoin start-ups

Our managing partner, Adam T. Ettinger, was quoted in Bloomberg News. The State of California has the opportunity to keep its Bitcoin start-ups and attract new Bitcoin ventures by creating a hospitable regulatory environment. You can read the article here: New York Duels California to Write Bitcoin...

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Moving Bitcoin Forward: Bring Trust, Legitamacy and Transparency to the Market

  Adam Ettinger had the privilege to speak at the December 2013 Inside Bitcoin conference.   The outstanding podcast, Let’s Talk Bitcoin!, featured the panel discussion in Episode 75 found here:  E75 – Legitimacy and Permission The panel spoke on the topic: “Moving Bitcoin Forward: Bring Trust, Legitamacy and Transparency to the Market”...

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