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At the BTC Prague conference this week, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) co-founder Michael Saylor stated that Bitcoin treasury companies can grow as quickly as they can issue equity and credit to purchase Bitcoin.
Delving into the business model of Bitcoin treasury companies like Strategy, Saylor explained how corporate investment in BTC can far outpace individual investments.
Business model of...
The following is a guest post and opinion from Adrian Brink, Co-Founder of Anoma and Namada.
Decentralization is the most misunderstood word in the blockchain industry. It’s become a dogma, a checkbox, and a marketing slogan. But decentralization is not the prize; it’s just a tool. The real goal is not decentralization; it’s sovereignty—the practical ability for individuals and communities to...
I had to hold two separate interviews with Sentient to sit with the information, digest it, and follow up. AI is not my area of expertise, and it’s a topic I’m wary of, given that I struggle to see favorable outcomes (and being labeled an “AI doomer” in this industry is enough to get you canceled).
But ever since I listened to AI alignment and safety researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky on Bankless in...
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin believes that one-per-person digital ID systems, despite using zero-knowledge proofs (ZK proofs), carry risks to privacy. ZK proof wrapped IDs offered by World ID (formerly Worldcoin) using biometric data and ZK proofs have been gaining traction, recently crossing 10 million users.
Therefore, in his blog on Saturday, Buterin suggested ‘pluralistic identity’ as...
Financial advisors should be recommending clients to allocate between 10% to 40% of their portfolio to crypto, influential investment manager Ric Edelman told CNBC on Friday.
According to Edelman, founder of the Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals, the percentage of allocation to crypto should be decided based on the client’s risk appetite. Therefore, he recommended a minimum of 10...
In the latest development for the ongoing LIBRA coin legal saga, Argentinian newspaper La Nacion reports that Hayden Mark Davis, CEO of Kelsier Ventures, submitted a voluntary statement last Monday to a federal court in New York. The case centers on a class action lawsuit brought by U.S. investors who suffered losses following the rapid rise and subsequent collapse of the controversial LIBRA...
The following is a guest post and analysis from Shane Neagle, Editor In Chief fromThe Tokenist.
On June 13th, Charles Hoskinson, the co-founder of Ethereum (ETH) and founder of Cardano (ADA), made a bold proposition. In order to put Cardano on the decentralized finance (DeFi) map, the blockchain ecosystem should establish a sovereign wealth fund.
Specifically, to convert 5–10% of the ADA treasury...
The following is a guest post and opinion of Rob Viglione, CEO of Horizen Labs.
In 2009, Bitcoin was born from a radical vision: a decentralized, transparent financial system designed to empower individuals over institutions.
Yet somewhere along the way, that vision was clouded by short-term profiteering, insider deals, and misaligned incentives.
To reclaim its transformative potential, crypto...
From Michael Saylor to David Bailey, Anthony Pompliano to Jack Mallers, and everyone in between, there’s a rising tide of executives buying bitcoin for their corporate treasuries. Large companies and Wall Street are vacuuming up billions of dollars’ worth of BTC every week, yet its price remains relatively untouched. One Bitcoiner took to Twitter to ask why and received more than 1.3K replies....
Crypto exchange Gemini has launched tokenized Strategy (MSTR) shares for customers in the EU, marking the beginning of its rollout of tokenized U.S. equities on blockchain networks.
The offering, enabled through a partnership with tokenization platform Dinari, allows Gemini users to buy fractional shares of Strategy as on-chain tokens backed by real securities.
MSTR tokens will initially be...