Last month, the Treasury lifted sanctions on Tornado Cash. In response, many rekindled their calls for the Trump administration to drop the charges against Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, the developers of Samourai Wallet who are currently being prosecuted in the Southern District of New York. What many appear to have missed is that […]

It is the prospect of the sovereign individual that seems to most trouble the nation-state today. This odd threat perception has been the outgrowth of a political genealogy that, in the generations since the American Revolution, has increasingly come to equate the state with society while constellating the individual as the enemy of both. This

At a recent keynote delivered at the MIT Bitcoin Expo, Phong Le, CEO of Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), made a bold case for Bitcoin as a core component of modern corporate treasury strategy. With over 528,000 BTC on its balance sheet, Strategy has become the most visible—and arguably the most successful—public company to adopt Bitcoin as

In a recent video interview by Bitcoin Magazine, Troy Cross, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Reed College, delves into the topic of his latest article for Bitcoin Magazine’s “The Mining Issue,” titled “Why the Future of Bitcoin Mining is Distributed.” Watch the full discussion here. In the interview, Troy explores the centralization vectors in

This is the second article in a series deep diving into individual covenant proposals that have reached a point of maturity meriting an in-depth breakdown.  CHECKSIGFROMSTACK (CSFS), put forward by Brandon Black and Jeremy Rubin with BIP 348, is not a covenant. As I said in the introductory article to this series, some of the

Bitcoin has seen an institutional capital influx on a scale previously unfathomable. Billions of Dollars are flowing into Bitcoin ETFs, reshaping the liquidity landscape, inflow-outflow dynamics, and investor psychology. While many interpret this movement as smart money executing complex strategies backed by proprietary analytics, a surprising reality surfaces: outperforming the institutions might not be as

Bitwise has introduced three new ETFs that provide yield-seeking investors with exposure to leading Bitcoin treasury companies, using a covered call strategy designed to capitalize on equity volatility while preserving Bitcoin-linked upside. The funds include: $IMST, tracking Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy, ticker: MSTR), which currently holds 528,185 BTC. $IMRA, focused on MARA Holdings (MARA), a top-tier

Builder: Stu Language(s): Rust Contributes To: CTV Prototypes, Char Network Work(s/ed) At: ZBD Before Bitcoin, Stu spent his days working as a Windows System Administrator and in IT Support. His routine consisted of long boring days of sitting in a chair engaging in monotonous maintenance work, reconfiguring systems, and resetting passwords for users who’d forgotten

As the Bitcoin Conference 2025 approaches, set for May 27-29th at the Venetian in Las Vegas, digital artist Post Wook—known for her surreal, psychedelic landscapes that merge cosmic and natural elements—is set to bring her latest series, “The Astronomer’s Daughter” to a large audience of bitcoiners. In tribute to her father, a long-time NASA employee,

New research from venture capital firm Trammell Venture Partners (TVP) highlights continued growth in bitcoin native startup activity, with nearly $1.2 billion raised by early-stage companies between 2021 and 2024. Despite a broader downturn in crypto and tech venture capital markets during 2023 and 2024, Bitcoin-specific startup formation and funding showed resilience, particularly at the