CRYPTO
The Secrets Behind Matt Odell’s Bitcoin Empire
Matt Odell’s vision to make open source freedom money profitable, might just work… Matt Odell, Bitcoin entrepreneur, podcaster and venture capitalist, sat down with Bitcoin Magazine for an exclusive interview to discuss the future of the industry and the insights behind his success. Famous for having deleted his Twitter account […]
U.S. Federal Reserve’s New Supervision Chief Sold on Bringing Crypto to Finance
The Fed vice chair who leads banking oversight, Michelle Bowman, comes across as a crypto evangelist as she echoes industry views on its regulatory needs. What to know: The U.S. Federal Reserve’s newest vice chair who supervises Wall Street banking, Michelle Bowman, made a crypto speech on Tuesday that could have been […]
Adam Back’s $2.1B Bitcoin Treasury Play Set to Challenge MARA in BTC Holdings
Bitcoin Standard Treasury Co.’s SPAC deal combines fiat financing and a bitcoin-denominated PIPE, aiming to debut on the Nasdaq with over 30,000 BTC and an aggressive growth plan. What to know: Bitcoin Standard Treasury Co. (BSTR), a bitcoin treasury vehicle led by cryptography pioneer Adam Back, sees itself as a company with a […]
10 Ways Gov’t-Compliant Stablecoins Are Functionally No Different Than CBDCs
Some celebrate Washington’s embrace of stablecoins. In practice, it builds a switch to seize, block, and track. This is CBDC behavior with corporate branding. There’s a better path. Some folks in the libertarian crowd are seeing the GENIUS Act as a win—a sign that the government finally gets crypto, fostering innovation under […]
Metaplanet to Launch Preferred Shares, Bitcoin-Backed Yield Curve Plan
Japan’s largest public bitcoin holder aims to expand its treasury operations and integrate BTC into the country’s fixed income markets. What to know: Tokyo-based investment firm Metaplanet (3350) has unveiled two major strategic initiatives aimed at deepening its integration of bitcoin. The announcements came as the company posted strong second-quarter results, with revenue […]
Trump Admin Silent as Tornado Cash Verdict Threatens Bitcoin Privacy
Is the Trump administration actually interested in defending crypto in the U.S.? The result from the Tornado Cash trial, and the Samourai Wallet plea deal means questions remain unanswered. If prison time is what faces developers of privacy software, how is America to become the “crypto capital of the world?” […]
How Jack Dorsey’s Block Inc Is Reinventing Finance With Bitcoin
Block, Inc., founded by Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and ex-CEO of Twitter, is a financial technology company with a deepening full-stack connection to the Bitcoin industry through its subsidiaries. Its companies span payments apps and merchant tooling with Bitcoin integration, the development of bitcoin mining hardware, open source software development, […]
How Companies Are Adding Bitcoin Art to Their Corporate Collections
Art has always symbolized values: Bitcoin and Bitcoin art is the next form of that. From Medieval times to modern corporations, companies supporting and collecting art can contribute to cultural capital and leverage art as an asset. Bitcoin art and Bitcoin corporations don’t seem to mix. But for decades — […]
Engage: We’re in an Information War
What a time to be alive. Marty’s Bent Some of you may be aware of the fact that we’ve been leaning into AI tools here at TFTC to automate some mindless tasks so that we can make our operations more efficient. As we’ve leaned into leveraging AI to make our […]
Monero’s 51% Attack Problem: Inside Qubic’s Controversial Network Takeover
Qubic says it has achieved hashrate dominance over Monero, sparking concerns over the future of the network’s decentralization. What to know: Monero, the leading privacy-focused cryptocurrency, is facing one of the most serious security challenges in its history. Qubic, a project led by IOTA co-founder Sergey Ivancheglo, says it now controls […]
