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Bitcoin Soars To New All Time Highs In 30+ Currencies
The bitcoin price action headed into the halving is unprecedented. Weaker currencies are getting absolutely exposed right now.
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Riot Wins Order Blocking Department of Energy's Survey Request
Riot and the Texas Blockchain Council have been granted a temporary restraining order against the EIA and Department of Energy.
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Bitcoin Is Scaling
When you compare the activity happening at bitcoin's base layer to Fedwire you'll notice that bitcoin is scaling just fine.
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Boris Johnson Wanted Tucker Carlson To Pay Him $1 Million In Bitcoin For An Interview
Boris Johnson wants to get paid in bitcoin.
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Personal Interest Payments Surpass $550 Billion
Central planning has put the American economy between a rock and a hard place. Americans are paying more than they ever have to cover the interest expense on their debt as the jobs…
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Bitcoin Mining Conditions Heading Into The Halving
If the price keeps pumping, how will that affect the bitcoin mining industry heading into the next block subsidy halving?
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"We Print Money And People Believe It" | The Central Bankers Are Bragging
The Finance and Expenditure Committee of the New Zealand government held a meeting with the nation's central bank governors yesterday during which the country's central bankers adm…
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Are Your Tax Dollars Being Allocated Efficiently?
At what point do tax paying American citizens begin to push back against this overt theft and money laundering into unproductive endeavors by the government?
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Bitcoin Pumps As Biden Dumps
In a world in which bitcoin exists, you are not powerless against the whims of a central government that has lost control.
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Consumer Credit Hits The Wall
Earlier today the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a report on the state of consumer credit. Dissecting data across student, auto, mortgage credit card, and other similar…
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Bank Runs Are Back On The Menu
The sector of the economy that seems to be on the top of everyone's mind is commercial real estate. The combination of economic lockdowns driving people out of their expensive offi…
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The Biden Administration Wants To Create A Registry Of Bitcoin Miners
Earlier today, the Biden Administration announced an emergency data collection initiative targeted at bitcoin mining operations in the US via the US Energy Information Administrati…
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The EU Is Attacking Proof of Work
It is important to be clear here. The only thing these requirements will accomplish if they are written into law is the prevention of European citizens from reaping the benefits of…
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Texas Takes A Stand
Many will view the move by Governor Abbot, and now 25 other governors, as a move to undermine the union, but nothing could be further from the truth.
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Energy & Mining Summit Reflections
There is no stopping an idea whose time has come.
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WEF Goes Full Throttle on Totalitarianism
Klaus Schwabb and his team at the World Economic Forum are hosting a meeting of the most corrupt and delusional of minds to brainstorm about how they can con the global public into…
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The Next Wave Of Adoption Will Be Nation States
If you freaks think BlackRock and other titans of Wall Street getting into bitcoin is bullish for the price, just wait until a string of nation states declare that they deem bitcoi…
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Major Milestone For The Fedimint Protocol
Last week marked a pivotal moment for the Fedimint open-source protocol with the launch of Fedimint v 0.2.1. Over two-and-a-half years ago, bitcoin developer Eric Sirion released a…
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Prepare For Number And Noise To Go Up
Bitcoin's purpose is much higher than increasing the net worth of those who hold it (or hold exposure to it). Bitcoin is freedom money and the siren calls of wealth and convenience…
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New IRS Reporting Requirement Just Went Into Effect
One story line that has been swept under the rug in the midst of the excitement over the seemingly imminent spot bitcoin ETF approvals is the fact that a new IRS reporting requirem…
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