Category Cryptocurrency

Follow Nikolaus On X Here Ever since BlackRock filed for its spot Bitcoin ETF last year, Bloomberg ETF analysts Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart have been providing valuable insights and data regarding everything Bitcoin ETFs. If you’re not already following…

Follow Vivek on X. I recently stumbled upon a fantastic report from 1A1z on “Funding Bitcoin.” I was surprised to learn that Jack Dorsey funds over 60% of Bitcoin Core’s development via different organizations: over $5 million annually, out of…

Follow Aaron on Nostr or X. Perhaps the biggest cultural shift in my eleven years in Bitcoin has been the transition from tinkering techies emphasizing “don’t invest more than you are willing to lose”, to the Michael Saylors of this…

Follow Mark on X. In the heart of London, amidst the smog and the burgeoning industrial age, a story unfolds that is as relevant today as it was over half a century ago. Mary Poppins, a tale woven with magic,…

Follow Nikolaus On X Here Earlier today, Vivek discussed why he thinks crypto native Polymarket, the world’s largest prediction market, is biased towards Trump in this upcoming U.S. presidential election. While it is plausible given the arguments he laid out,…

The Lightning Network is a revolutionary scaling solution for Bitcoin, enabling fast and inexpensive payments that make everyday transactions with Bitcoin possible. As the network grows, it’s essential to measure its health and efficiency accurately, so we can unlock its…

This space is suffering from a problem of inverted perceptions. What makes Bitcoin valuable in the first place is its decentralized nature. The fact that it is a distributed system, with no central point of control, no central point of…

Follow Frank on X. Last week, Ulrich Bindseil and Jürgen Schaaf of the European Central Bank (ECB) published a paper entitled “The distributional consequences of Bitcoin” in which they made a host of dubious claims about Bitcoin. The notions that…

Follow Nikolaus On X Here El Salvador’s misguided critics got some new ammunition this week. A recent survey revealed just 7.5% of Salvadorans use Bitcoin for transactions, and that 92% of Salvadorans do not. But while some (cue: Steve Hanke)…

Bitcoin has been steadily climbing since crossing the $60,000 mark and is currently hovering closer to the $70,000 level, a price it hasn’t reached in months. With the market sentiment heating up, investors are wondering whether Bitcoin has the strength…

The Ford Model T has been invented, the automobile has arrived and nothing else must be done! A hand crank start motor, rear wheel drive only, wooden wheels, and transmission based braking system with no wheel brakes. Why would anyone…

Too much of this space, and things being built around it, is centered around essentially mimicking the legacy financial system. There is not much being built trying to blaze new grounds. Micropayments, while admittedly something I’ve been very critical of…

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…

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…

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…

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,”…

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…