Coinbase, Polychain Capital, and others unite to form cryptocurrency lobbying group in DC

Cryptocurrency bigwigs are banding together to form a political lobbying consortium that will take on the industry’s hardest policy making issues directly from Washington DC. The NGO, known as the Blockchain Association, is trying to become the go to lobbying organization on political and legal issues that challenge cryptocurrency and blockchain companies. In its first Medium blog post yesterday, the consortium stated it is aiming to deliver “a unified voice for the blockchain industry.” The decisions they make now will affect the industry for years, so the Blockchain Association will be a liaison to policymakers: we’ll advocate for our community…

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https://ift.tt/2N8dD1B Matthew Beedham September 12, 2018 at 05:59AM