Follow Nikolaus On X Here Kamala Harris announced today she is “supporting a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency and other digital assets so Black men who invest in and own these assets are protected.” Nope, that’s not clickbait: Harris’s first specific crypto policy is here, and it’s race-based. As a Bitcoiner,Continue Reading
Follow Frank on X. At this year’s Oslo Freedom Forum, gigabrain Lyn Alden made the case that bitcoin is now liquid enough to be used in a human rights context, a compelling argument and one with which I agree. Bitcoin, which now has a market cap of over $1.2 trillion,Continue Reading
The price of MicroStrategy stock surging above $200, the MSTR bulls were out in force last week, insufferably posting about how Michael Saylor’s tech firm, a once dead tech company from the dot-com era, will outperform everything again this cycle. Look, I’m not going to even start parsing the hokum.Continue Reading
Bitcoin miners have always been a reliable indicator of the overall sentiment within the market. By tracking their earnings and actions, we can get a sense of where the price of BTC might head next. In this article, we’ll explore the latest trends in Bitcoin mining, how miners are reactingContinue Reading
Follow Nikolaus On X Here What We’re Watching: Polymarket According to the world’s largest prediction market, Polymarket, the pro-Bitcoin candidate for the upcoming presidential election, Donald Trump has taken a 13% lead over Kamala Harris. There are huge stakes on the line here this election regarding Bitcoin. Trump is promisingContinue Reading
Murad Mahmudov is back igniting our X timelines, but you may have noticed these days the “former” Bitcoin maximalist isn’t posting much about Bitcoin. For the uninitiated, Murad is a Bitcoin maximalist, albeit one who has run the ire of the culture for taboo ideas: see his 2021-2022 embrace ofContinue Reading
CAUTION: SPOILERS AHEAD. Some say we live in the golden age of documentaries – certainly they are being created at a volume far higher than at any point in history, but for every “My Octopus Teacher,” a genuinely inspiring and unusual human story, there’s the opposite: cynical trash like “MoneyContinue Reading
WHAT WE’RE READING: Blockspace Media A recent Blockspace article deeply resonated with me as someone who’s lived in Asia and the West. It examined how Asia-based Bitcoiners are mostly profit maximalists, not philosophically driven Bitcoin maxis. This rang true from my experience. When I meet Asian Bitcoiners, money and profitContinue Reading
The world’s biggest Bitcoin event, the Bitcoin 2024 Conference, is kicking off today in Amsterdam. Following the massive conference in Miami earlier this year, Bitcoin leaders are converging in Europe for two days of discussions about the future of Bitcoin. Bitcoin 2024 Amsterdam is expected to draw over 5,000 attendeesContinue Reading
Follow Nikolaus On X Here When I first came onto the Bitcoin scene in 2017, I had changed my Twitter (now X) handle to “@nikcantmine.” (It was a joke I thought was funny at the time since I didn’t have the resources to mine BTC in high school.) But today,Continue Reading
