https://fixthemoney.substack.com/p/ftm2-bitcoin-is-the-internets-native?sd=pf It’s January 3rd, Happy Birthday Bitcoin! 🎉 Today we open a new chapter on this newsletter/podcast. I sit down with my good friend Yaël Ossowski who has been the second author on “Fix the…
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If you think of Bitcoin as an “alternative investment,” you already lost
Bitcoin is a savings technology. The paradigm shift afforded by Satoshi’s innovation was the ability to claim absolute and sovereign ownership. A major cryptocurrency exchange on the brink. Another shuttered after outright fraud, deception, and…
Yaël on WRNN 99.5FM: Krampus, FTX Fraud, and Why Bitcoin Will Be Fine
CCC Deputy Director Yaël Ossowski interviewed on Hot Talk 99.5FM (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina) by host Joe Catenacci. -The story of Krampus and other fun Christmas traditions -The FTX fraud and fractional reserve banking -Bitcoin…
After the FTX Fraud, It’s Time to Be Even More Bullish on Bitcoin and Crypto
When the Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried this week, it ended a nearly 2-month-long drama. Bankman-Fried’s unethical business setup between his hedge fund Alameda Research and crypto exchange FTX…
Real Progressives Would Support Bitcoin and the Crypto Economy, Not Regulate It Away
When political progressives address topics like inflation, taxes, or corporate wrongdoing, they claim to speak for the people. Whether it’s the working class or minorities, progressives aim to shape government policy to protect those at…
What the collapse of FTX means for crypto in Europe
Just a few days ago, FTX was the second-largest crypto exchange in the world with a significant user base across the European Union. Now, after revelations of the company’s finances and opaque dealings by CEO…
The Sam Bankman-Fried Hold on the Trillion-Dollar Crypto Trade Leaves It Vulnerable
Throughout the cascading cryptocurrency collapses and bankruptcies this summer, one name rose to the top: Sam Bankman-Fried, also known as SBF. The Bahamas-based American billionaire entrepreneur heads FTX, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange. This year,…
Canada’s shaky rules on cryptocurrencies have their root in Ontario
The notoriously volatile cryptocurrency market has seen more downs than ups, lately. But for Canadians curious about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency — which, notwithstanding the crash of earlier this year is now once again a $1 trillion global…
Not your keys, not your coins: Claiming better ownership of your stack with Bitcoin privacy
The tools to be a better sovereign Bitcoin user are at your disposal – and recent developments suggest you should use them When significant consolidations happen in the cryptocurrency market, Bitcoiners have a habit of…
New York lawmakers just killed Bitcoin and crypto mining and consumers will suffer
Albany, NY – Early this morning, the New York State Senate joined with the State Assembly to pass a moratorium on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining, issuing yet another reminder that state lawmakers want to deny their residents from interacting…