Bitcoin & Finance

Trump-Backed Crypto Smells Like A Rug-Pull

If this is real, there’s a serious glitch in the matrix… Sometime on September 11th I started noticing that there were tweets showing up in my timeline referencing some “Trump Crypto”, called “World Liberty Financial”, but I didn’t recognize any of the handles and didn’t really spend any time on them, mentally dismissing them as […]

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Is this America or Venezuela?

Simply Bitcoin: Google’s Latest Victim of Targeted Censorship and Deplatforming “I was in the middle of a stream when YouTube deleted our account,” Nico Moran told me in an interview about the recent deplatforming of his company, Simply Bitcoin, by YouTube. “I don’t get into the crazy stuff we see online; my content and my […]

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It hasn’t worked once, so why would a politician go all-in on price controls now?

August 15th was the anniversary of the infamous “Nixon Shock”, when excessive spending and trade deficits had governments on the ropes, as prices climbed relentlessly, inflation soared into the double digits, while economic growth stalled. In 1971 of that year, Nixon “temporarily” suspended convertibility of the US dollar for gold (still in effect), while simultaneously […]

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Bitcoin Trump

Wartime Bitcoin Becomes Political Wartime Bitcoin In 2022, after the Freedom Convoy, I was invited to be a speaker and panelist at Bitcoin Miami ’22. I participated in a panel called Wartime Bitcoin alongside Luke Rudkowski, Alex Svetski, and Giacomo. Much has changed in just two years. I was invited because of the key role […]

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Second Annual Canadian Bitcoin Conference Focus on Freedom

By Neil McKenzie-Sutter Following the success of the 1st Canadian Bitcoin Conference hosted in Toronto in 2023, the second legacy event took place this past weekend, May 16-18, this time in Montreal. The organizers have the numbers, and compared to last year, the 2024 conference demonstrated noteworthy growth and success. “It really worked well this […]

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RCMP Report Questions Bitcoin as Destabilizing

Despite conflicting research and reports on the health of the global economy, a significant concern now stems from a recently declassified RCMP report. The report predicts a potential for dire economic and social destabilization in the coming years, focusing on several looming challenges that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) anticipates will herald this destabilization. […]

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The Canadian Bitcoin Conference: An Excellent Opportunity for New Bitcoiners

The first Canadian Bitcoin conference has officially been announced and is scheduled for the June 17th-18th weekend of 2023 at the Chelsea Hotel in Toronto.

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Bukkele’s Bitcoin Bet Pays Off As El Salvador Meets IMF Loan Payment

In 2021, when Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele recognized Bitcoin as legal tender, the President drew much criticism, arguing El Salvador had doomed its economy. Now, with El Salvador having paid this debt, the Bitcoin detractors might have to eat their words.

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New York Federal Reserve Introduced Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Pilot

One story that escaped most headlines last month was that the Federal Reserve, New York Branch started a 12-week CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) pilot project on Nov. 15th, 2022. This story is both significant and not that significant for a variety of reasons that need to be delved into. 

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Canada’s Central Bank Rolls Out Plan For A Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)

What is most glaring about the report is just how open the Central Bank is about valuing a CBDC for the ability to centralize power over the currency, and economy, around the government. Although the report still uses soft-sounding language to make the idea of effectively making the government the gatekeeper of every Canadian money not sound like a massive overstepping of power. 

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