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The second annual Bitcoin Policy Summit by the Bitcoin Policy Institute begins today in Washington, DC and features leading bipartisan lawmakers, Bitcoin experts and human rights advocates.  Congressional representatives include…

Introduction Ninety-one years ago today, President Franklin D. Roosevelt pulled off the greatest heist in American history. Unlike most robberies, this one was entirely legal. No safe-cracking was required; no…

Some Nigerians were shocked when crypto exchange Binance announced they would discontinue all services in Nigeria by March 8. Despite facing scrutiny from regulators before the announcement, many people still…

In December, I had the privilege of attending the Africa Bitcoin Conference (ABC) in Accra, Ghana. As a public health professor with a background in health education and community health,…

In the wake of ongoing peer-to-peer (P2P) clampdowns in Nigeria, the country’s Bitcoin community took a remarkable step towards empowerment by dedicating International Women’s Day to educating and uplifting women…

How will governments function in a world that has transitioned from fiat to hyperbitcoinization? This is a question that I have thought about recently, and I wanted to think through…

The cornerstone of the modern approach to money laundering is to prevent illicit funds from entering the financial system. The rationale is understandable: if criminals won’t be able to use…

For the past decade, the abbreviations AML and KYC have become an inextricable part of our lives. To help law enforcement track illegal funds, an increasingly constraining set of anti-money-laundering…

You may have seen that picture of Michael Saylor in a bitcoin-branded van, with a cheerful guy right next to the car door. This one: Ariel Aguilar and La Bitcoineta…