Opinion

Operating a Lightning node remotely can be incredibly rewarding — but only if approached with the same seriousness you’d apply to running a financial service. Because in many ways, that’s exactly what it is: Running a Lightning node is hard, but becoming a node runner is worth it.

Eric Trump said that crypto is set to revolutionize finance, calling bitcoin “digital gold." He predicted it could eventually hit $1 million. 

The “world’s highest IQ record holder” says he has converted all of his assets into bitcoin.

Companies across the planet are vacuuming up every bitcoin they can get their hands on by financially engineering stocks and securities in a grand speculative attack. A bitcoin treasury companies is the natural outcome to a problem not many people understand: Cash is trash — for a company, holding cash is now a liability.

As the Genius Act solidifies a Treasury-backed stablecoin world, Bitcoin's decentralized network positions it as the superior blockchain for global adoption, countering declining demand for U.S. bonds in a multipolar world.

Harnessing Lightning reshapes you, just like lifting weights sculpts muscles: The value-for-value revolution will fundamentally change how we work, produce, consume and live on a bitcoin standard.

With bitcoin treasury company mNAVs collapsing below 1, it made perfect sense for Strive to gobble up Semler Scientific in an all-stock deal. Also: bitcoin price falls from $116,000 to $112,000 on crypto liquidation scare; Metaplanet, Saylor and Capital B stack more bitcoin.

Tim Berners-Lee suggests the web’s flaws requires regulation to fix. But the problem doesn't lie in design alone: The entire fiat-based monetary system exerts pressure that distorts incentives and has shaped the web’s trajectory in ways Berners-Lee may not fully appreciate.

Bitcoin price is nearing $117,000 — but treasury stocks like MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) and KindlyMD (NASDAQ: NAKA) are collapsing as dilution floods the market. The “paper bitcoin” era is officially over.

Nostr has the potential to become the social layer of the internet and beat the incumbents at their own game. Despite early momentum from figures like Jack Dorsey, Nostr usage is flatlining in 2025. What's the killer app?