Opinion
After a 200-year hiatus, a modern privateer program would protect American entrepreneurs, enhance national security interests and play an essential role in reasserting American leadership in technology and innovation.
Christopher Perkins is President of CoinFund, an investment firm focused on decentralized technologies. He currently serves as co-chair of the Blockchain Association’s National Security Committee.
J. Christopher Giancarlo is Senior Counsel to the International law firm Willkie Farr and Gallagher and previously served as the 13th Chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
After a 200-year hiatus, a modern privateer program would protect American entrepreneurs, enhance national security interests and play an essential role in reasserting American leadership in technology and innovation.