TDC Reports
Beyond Merit
How the SEC’s Division of Investment Management Blocked Permissible Investments in Digital Assets
February 2025
For nearly a decade, the SEC’s Division of Investment Management limited registered investment companies from offering exposure to bitcoin and other digital assets. Beyond Merit: How the SEC’s Division of Investment Management Blocked Permissible Investments in Digital Assets exposes how the principles of Operation Chokepoint 2.0, put into play under the prior administration, were also implemented within the SEC.
2025 SEC Digital Asset Policy Priorities
Prepared By: The Digital Chamber’s Token Alliance Leadership Committee
December 2024
TDC’s Token Alliance Leadership Committee is taking a proactive role in framing out an agenda for the SEC’s new Chair and Commission majority by offering a list of policy priorities designed to start the process of rebuilding trust with the global digital asset community.
How Stablecoins Are Extending U.S. Dollar Dominance
A Policymakers Guide to Action
November 2024
This report explores the critical role USD-linked stablecoins play in supporting U.S. dollar dominance and offers strategic recommendations to guide policymakers toward swift action, enabling the next evolution of U.S. dollar diplomacy. With 98% of stablecoins linked to the U.S. dollar, the ecosystem presents a timely opportunity to solidify the dollar’s global position and expand U.S. financial influence.
The Practitioner’s Guide to Proof of Reserves
Version 2: Best Practices for Proof of Platform Reserves
May 2024
The Digital Chamber proudly announces the release of the Proof of Reserves Guide 2.0, an updated resource designed to standardize best practices in the digital assets space. As transparency becomes necessary in preventing incidents like the FTX collapse, this guide arrives at a time to support industry stakeholders in enhancing consumer protection and building trust in the future of digital finance.
Pixels to Policy – The NFT Impact Report
June 2023
Throughout the Chamber’s eight-year history, the organization has established itself as the leading resource for digital asset and blockchain technology education in Washington and beyond.
The Crypto Conundrum – Why Won’t The SEC Approve a Bitcoin ETF?
Sept 2022
The time has come for U.S. investors to have access to a bitcoin ETF that directly holds bitcoin. The Crypto Conundrum report is a detailed analysis of the investing community’s pursuit of – and the SEC’s increasingly unjustifiable unwillingness to approve – a spot bitcoin ETF.
State Legislator’s Toolkit: Massachusetts Edition
Oct 2021
As the blockchain industry in Massachusetts continues to grow, policymakers will find this toolkit useful to gain a deeper understanding of the technology and ways it can bring unprecedented economic growth to the State. This edition of the State Legislator’s Toolkit includes insights on how blockchain development will positively transform the economy, an overview of state legislative developments, and legislative options for lawmakers.
May 2021
As the digital assets industry has developed, both consumers and institutional investors have relied on large custodians, exchanges, and other intermediaries to custody their assets. These intermediaries are entrusted with maintaining adequate digital asset reserves to meet customer liabilities (those digital assets the exchange or custodian holds for its customers).
State Legislator’s Toolkit: Texas Edition
March 2021
As the blockchain industry in Texas continues to grow, policymakers will find this toolkit useful to gain a deeper understanding of the technology and ways it can bring unprecedented economic growth to the State. This edition of the State Legislator’s Toolkit includes insights on how blockchain development will positively impact Texas’ economy, legislative proposals, and an overview of state legislative developments.
February 2020
The PBoC has been building a central bank-controlled digital currency, dubbed Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DC/EP) for many years and is now internally testing the platform. The Chamber has collected, translated, and studied the patent applications and is sharing the data freely to allow others to review and analyze this information.
Compilation: Understanding Digital Tokens Series
February 2020
A compilation of our five publications in the “Understanding Digital Tokens” series covering cybersecurity, anti-money laundering, consumer protection, token fundraising, and securities and non-securities tokens.
Canadian Blockchain Census 2019
October 2019
Canada is uniquely positioned to play a leading role in the global digital economy. To achieve and maintain such a position, it is imperative that we understand the size, scale and scope of our innovation ecosystems, and especially our burgeoning blockchain ecosystem.
May 2019
New Report Card Measures State Legislative Support for Blockchain Tech
National Action Plan for Blockchain
February 2019
The Need for Comprehensive, Coordinated, Pro-Growth Approach to Developing Blockchain Technology in the United States
Legislator’s Toolkit for Blockchain Technology
December 2018
A Resource for Legislators to Encourage Blockchain Development
July 2018
An Initial Step Toward Self-Regulation
March 2018
Published in Conjunction with Microsoft
A Blockchain Innovator’s Guide to IP Strategy
March 2018
Prepared by the Blockchain Intellectual Property Council
Applying Blockchain in Securitization: Opportunities for Reinvention
February 2017
White Paper by Chamber of Digital Commerce and Structured Finance Industry Group
Blockchain and Financial Inclusion
March 2017
The role blockchain technology can play in accelerating financial inclusion
Smart Contracts: 12 Use Cases for Business & Beyond
December 2016
A Technology, Legal & Regulatory Introduction – Foreword by Nick Szabo