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Paradigm Policy Council
Our sounding board for strategic policy planningCrypto-Legal Frontier Symposium
An annual gathering of the smartest minds in crypto-lawCrypto Policy Forum
A deep dive into the current state of crypto policyResearch & Writing
Crypto's Biggest Skeptics are EVM-pilled
Central banks love to publicly question crypto. And yet their use of crypto technology tells a much different story: central bank future-of-finance efforts increasingly leverage crypto Open Source Software (OSS).
April 1, 2024
March 2024 Public Opinion Poll
Key findings about American voters use of crypto and the importance of this growing voting bloc
March 14, 2024
You Can’t Regulate What You Don’t Understand (2.0)
The recent SEC Inspector General report highlighted the impact that limiting crypto ownership has had on the SEC’s hiring efficacy. In light of this, Paradigm Policy revisited and revised our suggested updates to government ethics rules.
November 8, 2023
Electronification, trading, and crypto
An analysis of the historical evolution of financial markets — and why crypto is about more than just making existing processes digital.
September 6, 2023
The Future of Payments Includes Stablecoins
Any legislation on stablecoins should promote openness and competition while recognizing that stablecoins are inherently different from bank deposits and MMFs
July 26, 2023
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Paradigm Files Amicus Brief Supporting Coinbase's Lawsuit vs. SEC
Today, Paradigm filed an amicus brief supporting Coinbase’s lawsuit against the SEC, which seeks judicial review of the agency’s refusal to provide rules for crypto.
March 18, 2024
Paradigm Files Amicus Brief in SEC v. Kraken
Paradigm filed an amicus brief in SEC vs. Kraken that supplements the arguments made by Kraken and explains, once again, why the SEC’s approach is unsupported by case law and is an unlawful attempt to grant itself new and unpermitted regulatory authority.
March 1, 2024
Paradigm Files Amicus Brief in Support of KalshiEx Congressional Control Contract Case vs. the CFTC
Paradigm filed an amicus brief in support of Kalshi's lawsuit against the CFTC, which challenges the Commission's disapproval of the listing of a prediction market on Congressional control.
February 5, 2024
Paradigm Files Comment Letter on FinCEN's Proposed Reporting Requirements for Mixers
Paradigm today filed a comment to FinCEN’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which labels all “convertible virtual currency mixing”–defined broadly–as a primary money laundering concern, and seeks to impose a new reporting requirement on all related transactions.
January 22, 2024
Paradigm Responds to the CFPB’s Proposed “Larger Participants” Digital Wallet Rule
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed a rule intended to regulate large centralized digital payment companies, but captures crypto wallets in the process. Paradigm urges the Bureau to appropriately narrow the scope of the rule to exclude crypto wallets, which are quite different than the rule's ostensibly intended targets.
January 8, 2024