Media Citations

Unbelievably, the media sometimes ask me for my opinion or let me blab on radio or TV. Here you will find some selected quotes in print, as well as talking head appearances on television and radio/podcasts.

Print

• Owners of BitMEX, a Leading Bitcoin Exchange, Face Criminal Charges, New York Times, October 1, 2020
• IRS quietly deletes guideline that Fortnite virtual currency must be reported on tax returns, CNN, February 14, 2020
• An elegy for cash: the technology we might never replace, MIT Technology Review, January 3, 2020
• The Week in Tech: Some Workers Hate Robots. Retraining May Change That., New York Times, July 19, 2019
• Facebook Questioned on Cryptocurrency, But Battle Looms With Global Regulators, Wall Street Journal, July 16, 2019
• Pay Taxes With Bitcoin? Ohio Says Sure, Wall Street Journal, November 26, 2018
• Get ready for Big Bitcoin: Cryptocurrency industry opens a D.C. lobbying arm, Washington Post, September 11, 2018
• Crypto Industry Frustrated by Haphazard Regulation, New York Times, June 27, 2018
• Bitcoin and ether shouldn’t be regulated like stocks and bonds, a top SEC official says, Washington Post, June 14, 2018
• Crypto Market Rallies on SEC’s Official’s Ether Stance, Wall Street Journal, June 14, 2018
• Silicon Valley Is Into Bitcoin. It Wants to Keep Washington Out., Wall Street Journal, April 19, 2018
• Cyberattackers’ Apparent Take: Just $51,000 So Far, Wall Street Journal, May 15, 2017
• IRS Crackdown on Bitcoin Exchange Fuels Privacy Worries, Wall Street Journal, March 27, 2017
• S.E.C. Rejects Winklevoss Brothers’ Bid to Create Bitcoin E.T.F., New York Times, March 10, 2017
• For Fintech Start-Ups, Efforts to Rethink Rules That Cramp Innovation, New York Times, April 6, 2016
• Regulator Moves to Create New Fintech Framework, Wall Street Journal, March 28, 2016
• A Bitcoin charm offensive on law enforcement, Washington Post, October 22, 2015.
• Bitcoin Rules Completed by New York Regulator, New York Times, June 3, 2015
• NY Financial Regulator Lawsky Releases Final BitLicense Rules for Bitcoin Firms, Wall Street Journal, June 3, 2015
• New York regulator issues final virtual currency rules, Reuters, June 3, 2015
• London stakes its claim as global bitcoin hub, Reuters, April 15, 2015
• Bitcoin: will 2015 be a make-or-break year?, The Guardian, February 3, 2015
• Introducing the Bitcoin Lobby, New York Magazine, January 12, 2015
• Bitcoin gets an industry-backed advocacy group, Washington Post, September 18, 2014
• Academics Call for Revisions to New York’s BitLicense Proposal, CoinDesk, August 18, 2014
• Bitcoin ATM builder takes aim at traditional financial services, Los Angeles Times, July 8, 2014
• Bitcoin Evangelist Is Bound but Not Out, Wall Street Journal, June 30, 2014
• Who created Bitcoin? Regulators don't care, Politico, March 7, 2014
• Newly Revealed, Could Satoshi Nakamoto, Worth $400M In Bitcoin, Be In Danger?, Forbes, March 6, 2014.
• Bitcoin backers unfazed by more setbacks, The Hill, March 1, 2014
• Bitcoin Forever!, Daily Beast, February 27, 2014
• Legal Troubles Barely Subdue a Bitcoin Evangelist’s Sermons, New York Times, February 6, 2014
• Bitcoin — boom or bubble?, Washington Post, January 19, 2014
• The mystery of Bitcoin is how it keeps users’ trust, Financial Times, November 22, 2013
• Five years of Bitcoin in one post, Washington Post, January 3, 2014
• Here’s how Bitcoin charmed Washington, Washington Post, November 21, 2013
• Bitcoin Gaining Validity Fuels Rally in Virtual Currency, Bloomberg, Nov. 19, 2013
• U.S. Agencies to Say Bitcoins Offer Legitimate Benefits, Businessweek, November 18, 2013
• Bitcoin hits $700 high as Senate stages hearing on virtual currency, The Guardian, November 18, 2013
• Arrests a breakthrough in global battle against secretive 'hacktivist' movement, Chicago Tribune, November 14, 2013
• How FBI brought down cyber-underworld site Silk Road, USA Today, October 22, 2013.
• Study Suggests Studios Aren’t Offering Enough Online Legal Options to Counter Movie Piracy, Variety, October 15, 2013
• Many of the most-pirated movies aren’t available for legitimate online purchase, Washington Post, October 15, 2013
• Can digital rentals block piracy? New site gathers the data, Ars Technica, October 15, 2013
• Who Should Be Blamed for Facilitating Online Piracy?, Adweek, October 15, 2013
• The Magic of Bitcoin Turns FBI’s Seized Booty Into Government Protest, WIRED, October 4, 2013
• Bitcoin value drops after FBI shuts Silk Road drugs site, BBC, October 3, 2013
• The End of the Internet's Biggest Black Market Is Good for Bitcoin, Businessweek, October 2, 2013
• Cyber security: The new arms race for a new front line, Christian Science Monitor, September 15, 2013
• Inside the Bitcoin advocates’ closed-door meeting with federal regulators, Washington Post, August 27, 2013
• Bitcoin: Tax haven of the future, Politico, August 9, 2013
• The Bitcoin drug business is getting more competitive, Washington Post, June 28, 2013
• Digital currency firms rush to adopt anti-money laundering rules amid global crackdown, Reuters, June 4, 2013
• Seven men charged in Liberty Reserve global money-laundering operation, Washington Post, May 28, 2013
• The coming political battle over Bitcoin, Washington Post, May 15, 2013
• Is the Drone's Potential Being Shot Down Too Fast?, Harvard Business Review, April 23, 2013
• In Bitcoin we cannot trust, CBS News, April 17, 2013.
• Yes, Bitcoin is volatile. But it’s still got defenders., Washington Post, April 11, 2013
• A Six-Strike Rule for Internet Piracy, Wall Street Journal, March 3, 2013
• Internet Turns UN Telecoms Talks Into Reality Show, Reuters, December 14, 2012
• Editorial: Global Internet Diplomacy, New York Times, December 12, 2012
• GOP sides with Mickey Mouse on copyright reform, Washington Examiner, December 5, 2012
• A Free-Market Fix for the Copyright Racket, Bloomberg, November 29, 2012
• The U.N.’s Internet Power Grab, Wall Street Journal, June 18, 2012
• Shedding Light on the UN’s Internet Plans, WikiLeaks-Style, Mashable, June 12, 2012
• Porn, gambling, and malware: Bitcoin as the ‘Net’s Wild West, Ars Technica, June 8, 2012
• Curtain of mystery partially pulled back on computer hacker groups, Chicago Tribune, March 7, 2012
• Why the cyber security bill in Congress is getting big push from Pentagon, Christian Science Monitor, March 7, 2012
• ‘Mega’-Indictment Shows U.S. Already Has International Piracy Chops, National Journal, January 20, 2012
• Google Speaks Truth to Power, Wall Street Journal, October 24, 2011
• Taming and Reining in Cyberspace., National Journal, September 15, 2011
• Speed Bumps on the Road to Virtual Cash, New York Times, July 4, 2011
• Stealing "entertainment services" now a crime in Tennessee, Ars Technica, June 3, 2011
• USA erklären das Netz zum Kriegsschauplatz, Der Spiegel, June 1, 2011
• The rise of the cybersecurity-industrial complex, Washington Examiner, April 27, 2011
• Two Fascinating Exhibits on Data Security, The Atlantic, April 26, 2011
• Take $787 Billion. Now Show Where It's Going., New York Times, March 21, 2010
• Eye Opener: What to watch with the stimulus, Washington Post, October 20, 2009
• Contract to Upgrade Recovery.gov Stimulates Criticism, Wall Street Journal, July 9, 2009
• Web Users Offer Their Two Cents On How to Spend Stimulus Billions, Wall Street Journal, April 10, 2009
• Could Crowdsourcing Help Control the Stimulus?, Washington Post, March 18, 2009
• A Zealous Watchman to Follow the Money, New York Times, March 9, 2009
• Some Agencies Are Slow in Handing Out Stimulus Grants, Wall Street Journal, March 2, 2009
• See-Through Stimulus, Columbia Journalism Review, February 6, 2009
• Tracking Stimulus Funds Presents Daunting Task, NPR, February 4, 2009
• Everything You Need to Know About the Stimulus Is Online, Fast Company, February 3, 2009
• Dems eye midnight regulations reversal, Politico, November 12, 2008
• Dear Mr. President, Popular Science, October 2008
• Outdated Radios Fail Capitol Police, Washington Post, June 2, 2008
• Flying Blind in a Red-Tape Blizzard, The Atlantic, July 2007

Radio & Podcasts

• FinCEN’s Discriminatory Rulemaking, What Bitcon Did, December 27, 2020.
• Financial Privacy, Digital Currency and Stablecoin Payments, The Money Movement with Jeremy Allaire, July 23, 2020.
• How is Bitcoin Legal, What Bitcoin Did, January 28, 2020.
• The Case for Electronic Cash in an Open and Free Society, Epicenter Podcast, July 19, 2019.
• Backed by Silicon Valley Cash, Bitcoin Begins to Mature, California Report, KQED, April 17, 2015.
• How cash is like Bitcoin. And how Bitcoin is like Kim Kardashian., Marketplace, American Public Media, January 29, 2014.
• Bitcoin Rides High on the Hill, Cato Daily Podcast, November 19, 2013.
• FBI Shuts Down Silk Road, but the 'Deep Web' Lives On, Forum, KQED, October 4, 2013.
• Regulation and Bitcoin, Cato Daily Podcast, August 27, 2013.
• Lawmakers, Banking Regulators Take On Bitcoin, All Things Considered, NPR, August 13, 2013.
• Bitcoin blow: U.S. government freezes funds to trade the digital currency, Marketplace, American Public Media, May 16, 2013.
• Bitcoin 101, Davis & Emmer, KTCN, April 25, 2013.
• World Conference on International Telecommunication, Federal News Radio, December 4, 2012.
• Is international cyber warfare a real threat?, On the Media, WNYC, December 2, 2011.
• Skeptics Question AT&T's Logic In T-Mobile Deal, All Things Considered, NPR, June 20, 2011.
• Podcast: Jerry Brito on a Career in Ideas, Kosmos, September 10, 2010.
• Watching the Stimulus, Cato Daily Podcast, December 9, 2009.
• A look at where stimulus spending is going, Kojo Nnamdi Show, WAMU, December 7, 2009.
• New Features on Stimulus Watch 2.0, Federal News Radio, November 25, 2009.
• $9.5 million contract to redesign Recovery.gov, Federal News Radio, July 10, 2009.
• Making Stimulus Spending Transparent, All Things Considered, NPR, April 20, 2009.
• Online transparency and future of local news, Kojo Nnamdi Show, WAMU, March 23, 2009.
• A More Transparent Federal Government, Cato Daily Podcast, March 11, 2009.
• Sunshine Week and Government Data, Cato Daily Podcast, March 21, 2008.

Television

• Coin Center's Brito skeptical about Bitcoin creator claims, Reuters, May 2, 2016.
• Do digital currencies make it easier for terrorists to move money?, Fox News, November 20, 2015.
• Professor Bitcoin, VICE, January 8, 2014.
• Grieving father sees some relief in Silk Road closure, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, October 7, 2013.
• The Bitcoin Revolution, Stossel, Fox Business, September 19, 2013.
• Why Bitcoin is Here to Stay: Q&A with Jerry Brito, Reason TV, April 17, 2013.
• Bitcoin Goes Big, Huffington Post Live, April 12, 2013.
• Fears About A New Copyright Alert, Huffington Post Live, January 9, 2013.
• Why Copyright Law is so Mickey Mouse - And How to Fix It, Reason TV, December 13, 2012.
• Who Rules The Internet?, Huffington Post Live, December 4, 2012.
• Should the UN regulate the internet?, Al Jazeera's The Stream, November 29, 2012.
• Why Bitcoin Could Change the Shape of Currency, Freedom Watch, Fox Business, November 22, 2012.
• Bitcoin virtual currency, Al Jazeera's The Stream, June 16, 2011.
• Bitcoin & the End of State-Controlled Money: Q&A with Jerry Brito, Reason.tv, June 1, 2011.
• Tumbleroo for the iPad, TWiT's iPad Today, August 28 2010.
• Online earmark transparency, Federal News Tonight, NewsChannel 8, March 18, 2010.
• Stimulus spending transparency, Channel 9 News, November 17, 2009.
• Inside OpenRegs.com, Federal News Tonight, NewsChannel 8, July 21, 2009.
• Redesigning Recovery.gov, Fox and Friends, Fox News, July 10, 2009.
• House Testimony: Preventing Stimulus Waste and Fraud, C-SPAN, March 19, 2009.
• Bush's Midnight Regulations, NBC Nightly News, December 4, 2008.
• Lame Duck on the Clock, CNN American Morning, November 20, 2008.