The Chamber of Digital Commerce is an American
advocacy group that promotes the emerging industry behind
blockchain technology,
bitcoin,
digital currency and
digital assets.
History
Headquartered in
Washington, D.C.
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, 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. In 2015, economist and former
JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered in New York City and incorporated in Delaware. As of 2022, JPMorgan Chase is the largest bank in the United States, the ...
executive
Blythe Masters
Blythe Masters (born 22 March 1969) is a British Private Equity executive and former financial services and fintech executive. She is a former executive at JPMorgan Chase, where she was widely credited as the creator of the credit default swap ...
was appointed to the advisory board.
In December 2019, former Chairman of the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Christopher Giancarlo was appointed to the advisory board of the chamber.
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
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is an independent regulatory agency of the United States whose purpose is to enforce campaign finance law in United States federal elections. Created in 1974 through amendments to the Federal Election Cam ...
. 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.”
To date, however, the PAC has only raised $10,000 of which only $2,700 has been contributed to a candidate.
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