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The '''Chamber of Digital Commerce''' is an [[United States|American]] [[advocacy group]] that promotes the emerging industry behind [[blockchain]] technology, [[bitcoin]], [[digital currency]] and [[digital asset]]s.

==History==
Headquartered in [[Washington, D.C.]], the organization was founded in July 2014 by Perianne Boring. In October 2014, the chamber received [[501(c) organization#501.28c.29.286.29|501(c)(6)]] non-profit status from the [[Internal Revenue Service]]. In 2015, economist and former [[JPMorgan Chase]] executive [[Blythe Masters]] was appointed to the advisory board.

In 2017, internet pioneer and [[Transmission Control Protocol]] (TCP) inventor [[Bob Kahn]] keynoted the DC Blockchain Summit at [[Georgetown University]].
Beginning in 2017, several [[multinational corporation|multinational corporations]] and international [[Bank holding company|financial services holding companies]] announced their intentions to join the Chamber of Digital Commerce including [[The Bank of New York Mellon|BNY Mellon]], [[BNP Paribas]], [[Accenture]], [[IHS Markit]], [[Cisco]], and [[Intuit]].In October 2017, Chamber Of Digital Commerce along with U.S. Department Of Commerce lead The First Blockchain Certified Trade Mission To The United Arab Emirates.

== PAC ==
In August 2014, political news site ''[[The Hill (newspaper)|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.”

To date, however, the PAC has only raised $10,000 of which only $2,700 have been contributed to a candidate.

==Source==

[http://wikipedia.org/ http://wikipedia.org/]
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