Coin Center is a nonprofit research and advocacy organization that defends rights to build and use open cryptocurrency networks. Coin Center's Twitter Score is 333 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #917 (top 0.5%) among 389,587 tracked accounts.
Coin Center was co-founded by Jerry Brito and Robin Weisman, with a mission centered on public policy issues facing cryptocurrencies and decentralized computing technologies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. The organization produces policy research, educates policymakers and media, and engages in litigation to defend digital civil liberties, including rights around code publication, peer-to-peer assembly, and privacy. Peter Van Valkenburgh serves as Executive Director, with Neeraj Agrawal as Communications Director and Jason Somensatto as Director of Policy.
Coin Center has pursued several significant legal actions on behalf of the cryptocurrency community. It filed Coin Center v. Yellen, challenging U.S. Treasury and OFAC sanctions on Tornado Cash, and Carman v. Yellen, challenging a 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act amendment to Tax Code Section 6050I. Coin Center also supported Lewellen v. Garland regarding non-custodial software developer registration and Jarrett v. U.S. regarding taxation of proof-of-stake block rewards. Additionally, it filed amicus briefs in Grayscale v. SEC and in U.S. v. Coinbase opposing an IRS request for user data. Axios reported that co-founder Jerry Brito was preparing to leave the organization at the end of 2024.
Coin Center has been backed by Kraken and Grayscale, among others. Its account has published 8,239 posts and has 65,663 followers as of July 2026. Coin Center has been mentioned by 897 accounts a total of 2,172 times.
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