Low fees are a symptom of deeper problems

Low fees are a symptom of deeper problems

People have a tendency to celebrate periods of low feerates. It’s time to clean the house, consolidate all UTXOs you need, open or close any lightning channels you’ve been waiting for, and write some stupid 8-bit JPEG for Blockchain. They are perceived as a positive time. They are not. We have seen explosive award assessment … Read more

A Performance of Bitcoin to America

A Performance of Bitcoin to America

Earlier today, the Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI), a Washington, DC-based think tank, hosted the Summit “Bitcoin for America”. The event took place in the wake of President Trump’s signing of a executive order (EO) to establish a strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR) and the White House hosting his first cryptop building. One could have expected jingoist … Read more

Where global liquidity fuel bitcoin price growth

Matt Crosby

Bitcoin price fluctuations are often evaluated using on-chain metrics, technical indicators and macroeconomic trends. However, one of the most underrated, yet significant factors in Bitcoin’s award action is global liquidity. Many investors may have under -utilized this metric or even misunderstanding of how it affects BTC’s cyclic trends. Influence on Bitcoin With increasing discussions on … Read more

The clock is ticking while you do nothing

Shinobi

Bitcoin is not found in a vacuum. It is not found outside the flow of time. We can’t just sit on our hands and do nothing while chasing the perfect, flawless, no downward improvements to this network and protocol. The real world does not stop. Yesterday, the most powerful nation state on the planet officially … Read more

Ownership in a digital age

Will Jager

Amazon has updated its buying conditions for Kindle-E-books in the US to clarify that customers are granted a license for the content, not ownership. The new statement reads: “By submitting your order, you buy a license for the content and accept the Kindle Store use conditions.“This update is specific to American customers; International users continue … Read more

The White House draws line between Bitcoin and digital assets at its first crypto -summit, in eo

Frank Corva

“From this day America will follow the rule that everyone in Bitcoin knows very well – never sell your Bitcoin.” -President Donald Trump, 3/7/25 on opening the white house Crypto Summit The president of the United States now recites popular Bitcoin Maxims when they relate to America’s Bitcoin stack. Wild. Obviously, he has been told … Read more

Why not strategic beef reserve?

Why not strategic beef reserve?

South Africa Reserve Bank (Sarb) Governor’s question, “Why not strategic beef reserve?” At the 2025 World Economic Forum in Davos may have been rhetorical, but Lesetja Kganyago’s apparent sarcastic remark on “strategic bitcoinreserver” inadvertently emphasized the need for Africa to reconsider its economic strategies in the light of global economic shifts. In a world that … Read more