Bitcoin

The full version of this newsletter was originally published on lynalden.com, an invaluable source for Bitcoin and macro analysis. This newsletter issue analyzes the shifting...

From violence and migration to hope and innovation, discover how El Zonte, El Salvador became the birthplace of the world’s first Bitcoin circular economy and a model for community transformation.

Trump has been far from a ”bitcoin-friendly” president. While the SEC has dropped some of its most aggressive cases, it’s still legally risky to build noncustodial and privacy-enhancing tech in America. You may build services here in the “crypto capital of the world,” but you might only see that world from the inside of a prison cell.

The bitcoin price is yo-yoing around like a piñata. What is going on? Who shoved it? And what’s it to do with Powell, the Fed, the bitcoin treasury companies and, uh, just ordinary markets doing markets-y things?

An extract from the newly released book "Bitcoin Circular Economies," the Costa Rica chapter discusses Bitcoin Jungle, a circular economy in Uvita, Costa Rica, and Bitcoin as a spiritual path. Like all the stories in this book, it’s a story of hope built on the sovereign money of the future.

Bitcoin has recently set new all-time highs, yet many of the leading Bitcoin treasury companies have been underperforming significantly.

The weekly bitcoin price overview from your glorified price therapist, I’m here to remind you again that market prices move for reasons nobody can point to. Whatever bitcoin's price does means absolutely nothing for the broader reasons why we’re here.

To anyone stuck thinking bitcoin is only for speculators or tech bros: come to Peru. The real Bitcoin story isn’t only written in conference halls — it’s unfolding in circular economies forgotten by the banks, but now remembered by Bitcoin.

Bitcoin treasury companies can no longer rely on holdings alone to stand out. Jurisdiction, capital strategy, and leadership now define shareholder trust and mNAV.

From Costa Rica to Kenya to Ghana, it’s becoming easier than ever to live on a bitcoin standard thanks to homegrown apps that allow users to settle fiat mobile money bills with bitcoin over Lightning.