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…
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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…
Kibbe on Liberty: Congress Is Using Kids to Impose Online Censorship
While I was in Washington, D.C., I spoke to freedom maximalist and “Don’t Hurt People and Don’t Take Their Stuff” author Matt Kibbe about online privacy and the Internet, the Kids Online Safety Act, Bitcoin…
How politicians are using fake news to crack down on digital currency
Elizabeth Warren and other critics seized on the October 7 Hamas attacks to crack down on Bitcoin. But the terrorists use cash, not crypto. In war, the Greek poet Aeschylus said, the first casualty is…
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…
Yaël on the Steve Gruber Show: Why we should care about CBDCs in Russia, the US, and beyond
CCC Deputy Yaël Ossowski is invited on the Steve Gruber Show to discuss the launch of the central bank digital currency in Russia, similar plans in the US, and why CBDCs would be harmful to…
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.
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…
Rabbit Hole Stories
Had a great time discussing my own Bitcoin origin story with the fellows from Rabbit Hole Stories in the UK. check it!