To much fanfare, European Union legislators and commissioners last year negotiated the final framework of the bloc’s cryptocurrency regulation, known as the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). On June 30 of this year, Titles III and IV…
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BTC Prague Panel: Investment in Over Regulated Environment
Our excellent panel from BTC Prague 2024 is now live on Youtube. Investment in Over Regulated Environment — lessons for bitcoiners from the EU, the US, and highly regulated industries that have persevered. Featuring Leon Wankum, James…
Open Source Arrests: US Officials Sour on Biden’s War on Privacy
Biden is waging war on financial privacy, and not everyone is happy. The last several weeks have weighed heavily on those in Bitcoin who use privacy tools and software. Between the ceremonious arrests across two…
The feds are trying to stifle Bitcoin and crypto with draconian new regulations
Should regulations aimed at halting the financial activity of alleged criminals and terrorists be vastly expanded to include cryptocurrencies and firms that use them? Could this potentially harm entrepreneurial spirit and consumer freedom to deal…
Bitcoin Policy Summit: Examining the Current Landscape of State and Local Digital Asset Policy
A video of my panel session at the 2024 Bitcoin Policy Summit on the current landscape of state and local bitcoin policies:
The Great Argentine Central Bank Smash
Latin America is a messy, culturally-rich, and prickly place. Though it is blessed with bountiful resources in its sprawling jungles, deserts, and jagged mountains, it has for most of its history been caught in the…
Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin & No-KYC Practices (BTC Prague 2023 Panel)
At BTC Prague in June 2023, I moderated a panel with Marek Palatinus of Satoshi Labs, Anna of Hodl Hodl, and cyberpunk author Juraj Bednar on peer-to-peer Bitcoin practices and no-KYC practices.
What Is CBDC – Niko Jilch, Bill Wirtz & Yaël Ossowski (BTCPrague 2023)
At BTCPrague in June 2023, I was able to moderate a discussion with my friends Niko Jilch and Bill Wirtz on the future of Central Bank Digital Currencies. Check it out here:
RFK Jr. is batshit insane, but happens to get Bitcoin
The modern Kennedy has some pretty whacko authoritarian anti-prosperity ideas, but he somehow gets why Bitcoin matters. Historically, we all know cypherpunk Bitcoin, nerd Bitcoin, lambo Bitcoin, and finance Bitcoin. Now, we’re in the age…
Hey bro, get your hands off my hardware wallet
The razor-thin balance between seeking mass adoption of Bitcoin and keeping it a tool of sovereignty is now playing out among hardware wallet producers. Conjuring complicated threat scenarios and thought experiments of hypothetical attacks on…