Organization:Chamber of Digital Commerce
Founder | Perianne Boring |
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Focus | Business advocacy |
Method | Political lobbying, Advocacy, Public relations |
Website | digitalchamber |
The Chamber of Digital Commerce is an American advocacy group that promotes the emerging industry behind blockchain technology, bitcoin, digital currency and digital assets.[1][2][3][4]
History
Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the organization was founded in July 2014 by Perianne Boring. In October 2014, the chamber received 501(c)(6) non-profit status from the Internal Revenue Service.[5] In 2015, economist and former JPMorgan Chase executive Blythe Masters was appointed to the advisory board.[6]
In December 2019, former Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Christopher Giancarlo was appointed to the advisory board of the chamber.[7]
The chamber is also interested in patent applications, particularly those filed by China concerning the digital industry.[8]
PAC (political action committee)
In August 2014, political news site The Hill reported that the Chamber had registered a political action committee with the United States Federal Election Commission. As The Hill piece noted, “formation of the PAC is a sign of increasing maturity for Bitcoin and a signal that politicians could face political pressure to support virtual currencies.”[9][10][11][12] To date, however, the PAC has only raised $10,000 of which only $2,700 has been contributed to a candidate.[13][14]
References
- ↑ Anthony Cuthbertson (July 21, 2014). "Bitcoin Breakthrough as Chamber of Digital Commerce Opens in US". International Business Times UK. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/bitcoin-breakthrough-chamber-digital-commerce-opens-us-1457289.
- ↑ Megan R. Wilson (November 24, 2014). "Mellon joins bitcoin advocacy group". The Hill. http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/225160-mellon-joins-bitcoin-advocacy-group.
- ↑ Ian Allison (July 3, 2015). "Bitcoin regulation: Chamber of Digital Commerce talks about enlisting former JP Morgan chief Blythe Masters". International Business Times UK. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/bitcoin-regulation-chamber-digital-commerce-talks-about-enlisting-former-jp-morgan-chief-blythe-1509174.
- ↑ "Blockchain Technology Gets a Hearing Inside the Fed's Headquarters". https://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2016/06/07/blockchain-technology-gets-a-hearing-inside-the-feds-headquarters/.
- ↑ staff (October 16, 2014). "Chamber of Digital Commerce Receives IRS Recognition". Politics & Government Week. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-389027976.html.
- ↑ "Board of Advisors". https://digitalchamber.org/about/board-of-advisors/.
- ↑ staff (October 16, 2014). "Chamber of Digital Commerce Receives IRS Recognition". Politics & Government Week. https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2019/12/02/former-cftc-boss-says-vatican-letter-prepared-him-to-be-crypto-dad/#bff2cad4b4ca.
- ↑ "Blockchain: The Breakthrough Technology of the Decade and How China Is Leading the Way – An Industry White Paper" (in en). n.d.. http://digitalchamber.s3.amazonaws.com/Blockchain-The-Breakthrough-Technology-of-the-Decade-and-How-china-is-Leading-the-Way.pdf.
- ↑ Julian Hattem (August 25, 2014). "Bitcoin lobby launches spending PAC". The Hill. http://thehill.com/policy/technology/215862-bitcoin-lobby-launches-pac.
- ↑ Julian Hattem (August 29, 2014). "Bitcoin group descends on Congress". The Hill. http://thehill.com/policy/technology/216283-bitcoin-group-descends-on-congress.
- ↑ Brenan Salgado (September 5, 2014). "Bitcoin Education Day on Capitol Hill". Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law. Vanderbilt Law School. http://www.jetlaw.org/2014/09/05/bitcoin-education-day-on-capitol-hill/.
- ↑ Tess VandenDolder (August 24, 2014). "Politics News: The Bitcoin Lobby Has Launched Their Own PAC". DC Inno. Streetwise Media. http://dcinno.streetwise.co/2014/08/25/the-bitcoin-lobby-has-launched-their-very-own-pac-to-fight-regulation/.
- ↑ "FEC Disclosure Report Search Results". http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/com_ind/C00567412/.
- ↑ "FEC Disclosure Report Search Results". http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/com_supopp/C00567412/.
External links
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