BTC For Palestine is the perfect example of an endeavor powered by Bitcoin that strikes right to the heart of what Bitcoin is supposed to be all about. Money functioning without trusted intermediaries. The entire point of Bitcoin was to…
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Elizabeth Warren Proves Democrats Are Still Against Bitcoin
Follow Nikolaus On X Here If you were tuned into the Massachusetts Senate debate last night, you would have noticed a key exchange between pro-Bitcoin candidate John Deaton and his rival Elizabeth Warren, leader of Washington D.C.’s “anti-crypto army.” When…
Bitcoin’s False Dichotomy between SoV and MoE
This post is long overdue. I talk about Bitcoin a lot. In any given week, I’ll have dozens of conversations about bitcoin with various people across different sectors. And like a pendulum oscillating every other year, the narrative of bitcoin…
Art Under Surveillance: Ripcache’s Radical Take at Bitcoin Amsterdam
Ripcache, a pseudonymous artist, explores themes of surveillance and privacy through a 1-bit pixelated aesthetic. By examining the impact of modern surveillance in centralized and decentralized systems, Ripcache’s work examines trade-offs of the advancing digital age. Their recent series, “Hyperscalers,”…
Blackrock CEO Is Right: Trump and Kamala Can’t Stop Bitcoin
I’ll admit – just a few years ago, I’d be shocked to hear myself say that the CEO of BlackRock is making good points about Bitcoin. As head of the world’s largest asset manager, I assumed Larry Fink would be…
President Harris Should Buy Bitcoin to Pay Black Americans Reparations
Not so fast. Let’s take this one seriously. Vice President Kamala Harris went live with her first crypto-specific policy yesterday, vowing to help protect Black Americans who invest in cryptocurrency. This is standard issue stuff for the Democratic Party in…
CORVA: Bitcoin Can Reduce Racism
Follow Frank on X. At face value, the statement “Bitcoin can reduce racism” seems silly, if not downright offensive to those who have been the victims of racism. And it presupposes that an open-source protocol, which is completely indifferent to…
CORVA: Welcome To The Empowerment Epoch — Bitcoin As The People’s Money
Follow Frank on X. At this year’s Oslo Freedom Forum, gigabrain Lyn Alden made the case that bitcoin is now liquid enough to be used in a human rights context, a compelling argument and one with which I agree. Bitcoin,…
Kamala Harris Proves She’s the Worst Candidate for Bitcoin Ownership and Adoption
Follow Nikolaus On X Here Kamala Harris announced today she is “supporting a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency and other digital assets so Black men who invest in and own these assets are protected.” Nope, that’s not clickbait: Harris’s first specific…
I Bought MicroStrategy (MSTR) Stock For No Real Reason
The price of MicroStrategy stock surging above $200, the MSTR bulls were out in force last week, insufferably posting about how Michael Saylor’s tech firm, a once dead tech company from the dot-com era, will outperform everything again this cycle.…