Description: Coin Center is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit research and advocacy organization that focuses on public policy issues affecting cryptocurrency and decentralized ledger technologies. The organization produces policy research, educates and lobbies policymakers and regulators, and litigates to defend privacy, open/permissionless networks, and the rights of developers and users of crypto technologies. Type: Non-profit (organized as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization; has created a related foundation entity seeking 501(c)(3) status) Policies: Advocates for pro-innovation, crypto-friendly regulation; legal clarity on securities and commodities law for digital assets; limits on financial surveillance and burdensome tax/reporting regimes; balanced anti-money laundering (AML)/consumer-protection rules; privacy and civil liberties protections for decentralized networks; and restraint on expansive regulatory overreach in blockchain and software development. Funding: Primarily funded by donations and grants from individual donors, cryptocurrency industry participants and venture investors, philanthropic gifts and foundation grants; accepts cryptocurrency donations and runs public fundraising campaigns. Affiliates: Co‑founders Jerry Brito and Robin Weisman; senior staff and fellows including Peter Van Valkenburgh; prominent supporters and donors have included figures and organizations from the crypto ecosystem such as Jack Dorsey, Grayscale, Andreessen Horowitz and Coinbase; the organization also operates a related charitable foundation (CC Foundation).
