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Stablecoins Are The CBDCs

[Mar 25 7:43 PM] Bitcoin Magazine Stablecoins Are The CBDCs People like to refer to Bitcoin as a trojan horse that we are going to smuggle into the legacy financial system and government. Stablecoins are a trojan horse into our system that has already been…

Democrats Propose More Bad Bitcoin And Crypto Regulation

[Mar 24 6:32 PM] Bitcoin Magazine Democrats Propose More Bad Bitcoin And Crypto Regulation On Friday, Maryland Delegate Adrian Boafo (D) and New York Assemblyman Clyde Vanel (D) sent a joint letter to Democratic Congressional leaders urging them to pass…

If Congress Wants To Be Pro Bitcoin, Then Act Like It

[Mar 19 7:52 PM] Bitcoin Magazine If Congress Wants To Be Pro Bitcoin, Then Act Like It It has recently come to my attention that multiple U.S. Congressmen who have taken very public pro-Bitcoin stances are not even aware of the currently unfolding prosecution of…

Bitcoin Is A Strategic Asset, Not XRP

[Mar 14 8:09 PM] Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Is A Strategic Asset, Not XRP A new proposal submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) newly-established Crypto Task Force by a Maximilian Staudinger makes the case for XRP as a “strategic financial…

Low Fees Are A Symptom Of Deeper Problems

[Mar 12 7:16 PM] Bitcoin Magazine Low Fees Are A Symptom Of Deeper Problems People tend to celebrate periods of low feerates. It’s time to clean house, consolidate any UTXOs you need to, open or close any Lightning channels you’ve been waiting on, and inscribe some…

The Clock Is Ticking While You Do Nothing

[Mar 7 2:15 PM] Bitcoin Magazine The Clock Is Ticking While You Do Nothing Bitcoin does not exist in a vacuum. It does not exist outside the flow of time. We cannot just sit on our hands and do nothing while chasing the perfect, flawless, no downside improvements…

I Still Don’t Like Tether (USDT) On Bitcoin And Lightning

[Feb 19 3:46 PM] Follow Frank on X. The news of USDT (Tether) coming to Bitcoin and Lightning via Taproot Assets has been met with various reactions.Some believe it’s good for Bitcoin (most, actually, based on a small survey I conducted on X; yes, I know the…

I Still Don’t Like Tether (USDT) On Bitcoin And Lightning

[Feb 19 3:46 PM] Bitcoin Magazine I Still Don’t Like Tether (USDT) On Bitcoin And Lightning The news of USDT (Tether) coming to Bitcoin and Lightning via Taproot Assets has been met with various reactions. Some believe it’s good for Bitcoin (most…

BitVM Just Got A Massive Upgrade

[Feb 14 3:00 AM] The introduction of BitVM smart contracts has marked a significant milestone in the path for scalability and programmability of Bitcoin. Rooted in the original BitVM protocol, Bitlayer's Finality Bridge introduces the first version of the protocol…

Bitcoin Banks: We Should Build Them Ourselves

[Feb 12 8:29 PM] Bitcoin banks are going to happen. We already have a few of them. We’re going to have more of them. Existing legacy banks are going to start offering services. New banks are going to be founded around Bitcoin. This is completely unavoidable at this…

El Salvador Is Still Bitcoin Country

[Feb 7 9:33 PM] Follow Frank on X. El Salvador is still Bitcoin country, despite the fact that bitcoin is no longer legal tender in the country — at least from where I’m sitting.Let’s start with some background on the matter.On January 29, 2025, the Legislative…

Here's The Secret To Investing In Bitcoin

[Feb 6 8:03 PM] Follow Frank on X. Over the course of the last week, we’ve seen reports of massive bitcoin liquidations.For those unfamiliar with the term “liquidation” as it applies to finance, it refers to when a trader is forced to close a leveraged trade…

Lightning Companies Are Raising Again: This Is Good for Bitcoin

[Feb 6 6:04 PM] Recently, Flashnet announced that it had raised a $4.5m seed round, led by Abstract Ventures with participation from UTXO Management and others. Follow GG on X Flashnet is a Bitcoin native DEX based on Spark (a Bitcoin L2 designed between the…

They Didn't Take The Orange Pill, They Threw It Out

[Feb 5 6:40 PM] The son of the current President two days ago on Twitter told people it's time to add Ethereum to their balance sheets. It is mind blowing to see this, given what this cycle represents for Ethereum. For years people have been predicting the outcome…

The Cowboy Is Off The Reservation

[Feb 3 8:32 PM] I just sat down and watched this debate between Jimmy Song and Jameson Lopp on Bitcoin ossification. I don’t even know where to start as far as the absurdity and broken “logic” in every argument Jimmy made in this debate. So I won’t try, I will…

Be A Bitcoin Bridge

[Jan 31 1:45 PM] Follow Frank on X. Often, when I speak with everyday Bitcoiners — plebs, if you will — they share with me that they’re torn between carrying on with their “fiat job” and getting more involved in the Bitcoin space on a professional level.I usuall

Forget the ECB — Czechia Should Embrace Bitcoin on Its Own Terms

[Jan 31 10:15 AM] The Czech National Bank (CNB) is considering adding Bitcoin to its national reserves, with Governor Aleš Michl proposing to allocate up to 5% of the country’s €140 billion reserves to the cryptocurrency. If approved, this move would make the CNB…

Bitcoin: What Went Wrong?

[Jan 29 6:10 PM] Something has fundamentally changed in this ecosystem. A big shift in the core ethos of things. Regardless of what you think about politics in the wider world, Bitcoin itself as a network and protocol was something explicitly designed to function…

What Goes Into A Reserve: Most People Won't See A Difference

[Jan 28 7:24 PM] Things have changed now, and I don’t think people have truly grasped the scope of that change. For all his flaws, and complete lack of personal care on the subject, a sitting President has made promises to act favorably towards this space from a…

The Cynics and Idealists of Bitcoin

[Jan 24 7:28 PM] There is something to the stereotype of naive dreamers and idealists, or cold hard realists and cynics. Stereotypes don’t just come into being baselessly, there is a kernel of truth to them, otherwise they would not have spread virally as an idea…

Dear President Trump: Bitcoin Reserve, Not Shitcoin Reserve

[Jan 24 6:01 PM] Yesterday, President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) entitled “Strengthening American Leadership In Digital Financial Technology.”The document outlines the ways in which the U.S. government will embrace “digital assets” and support the rights