Marta Belcher

Marta Belcher is a cryptocurrency and civil liberties attorney. She is the president and chair of the Filecoin Foundation and the Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web and general counsel and head of policy at Protocol Labs. She is also special counsel to the Electronic Frontier Foundation and a member of the Zcash Foundation Board. Her views are her own.

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Opinion

UN Cybercrime Treaty Could Lead to Sweeping Surveillance of Crypto Worldwide

The treaty’s current draft language would require crypto companies to implement intrusive mass surveillance systems, turning over financial information to governments automatically, say Marta Belcher and Kurt Opsahl of the Filecoin Foundation.

(Doug Armand/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Elizabeth Warren's New Financial Surveillance Bill Is a Disaster for Privacy and Civil Liberties

The proposal would turn blockchains into permissioned ledgers surveilled by centralized gatekeepers.

Senator Elizabeth Warren (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Policy

FinCEN's Crypto Surveillance Rule Violates the US Constitution

Proposals requiring crypto companies to report transactions amount to "mass surveillance" and flout the Fourth Amendment.

telescope surveillance

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