Category Cryptocurrency

In his take from this Monday, Nikolaus argued that Donald Trump is heavily pro-Bitcoin. I beg to differ. Yes, Trump is providing lip service to Bitcoiners, which is more than we can say of Kamala Harris. The fact that he spoke…

Nothing stops this train. No, I’m not talking about the Federal Reserve money printer, I’m talking about the string of ETF announcements from Wall Street and the related crypto firms servicing it this week. I’m talking about today’s hybrid Ethereum-Bitcoin…

Rene Pickhardt recently kicked off a thread discussing the differences between two party and multiparty (more than two participants) payment channels as it relates to his research work around payment reliability on the Lightning Network. He voices a growing skepticism…

What We’re Reading: Bitcoin: A Global Liquidity Barometer I have been intrigued by the significant increase in global liquidity during 2024, driven by extensive money printing and debt expansion, and how it impacts Bitcoin’s price.  Bitcoin is an expression against the…

WHERE WE’RE SHOPPING: SLNT If you’re like me (and you’ve been stacking Bitcoin relentlessly), you’ve probably looked for ways to improve your privacy.  I’ll admit, it’s a bit of a battle for me. As someone who had a public presence from…

What We’re Reading: HODL15Capital Follow Nikolaus On X Here For the past few weeks I have been keeping up with HODL15Capital on X, who has done a tremendous job at posting some of the quickest incoming market data regarding the U.S.…

WHO WE’RE FOLLOWING: Wicked Bitcoin It’s 2024 and there’s a new mystery surfacing around Bitcoin’s creator Satoshi Nakamoto. In this case, discussion of a new enigma first surfaced on X, where everyone’s favorite ch-artist Wicked Bitcoin posted the discovery. Essentially,…

Follow Nikolaus on X Business Insider published a new report today on where Bitcoin currently stands in regards to the upcoming U.S. presidential election, with exactly what you would expect from a left leaning mainstream media outlet. The article states…

Follow Aaron on Nostr or X. It’s difficult to find a more fundamental threat to Bitcoin’s continued existence than mining centralization. If —say— there are only a few mining pools, there is a very real possibility that these organizations face…

Maximizing Bitcoin Gains with ETF Data Since the introduction of Bitcoin Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in early 2024, Bitcoin has reached new all-time highs, with multiple months of double-digit gains. However, as impressive as this performance is, there’s a way…

Mircea Popescu is a mostly forgotten figure in this space, but he was once a very impactful cultural figure early on before he slowly faded out of the wider public sphere to eventually “accidentally” drown off the coast of Costa…