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Jerome Powell Blinks at Jackson Hole: Bitcoin Price Rips Higher as Fed Signals Dovish Shift

Brandon Green -
Jerome Powell's Speech in Jackson Hole brings bullish tidings for Bitcoin's near-term future.
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Who Rugged Rogoff?

Joakim Book -
Kenneth Rogoff spoke, and the Bitcoin hornet’s nest awoke.  When the celebrated Harvard economist and former chief economist at the IMF yesterday publicly confessed that...
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Trump Admin Silent as Tornado Cash Verdict Threatens Bitcoin Privacy

Juan Galt -
Is the Trump administration actually interested in defending crypto in the U.S.? Tornado Cash questions remain unanswered.
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The Government Is Not Your Friend

Shinobi -
Bitcoiners need to stop begging the government for permission to exercise their rights. They are not our friends.
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Tornado Cash Jury Still Deliberating — Here’s Why That’s A Good Thing

Frank Corva -
After three days of deliberation, many, including myself, are anxious for a verdict in the Tornado Cash trial, but the fact that it’s taking so long for the members of the jury to arrive at one may be a good sign for the defense.
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A Bitcoiner’s Case for Progressives: Why We Were Right to Appraoch Trump

Di Lewis -
Progressive Bitcoiners are willfully blind about the persecution our industry faced during Biden. Siding with Trump, however distasteful that felt to progressives, was the right call.
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American Eagle Sells Jeans — Bitcoin Sells Freedom

Mark Mason -
American Eagle’s ad with Sydney Sweeney caused a stir — but Bitcoin’s digital "genes" offer real value and none of the controversy.
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The First Amendment: Bitcoin Shall Not Be Abridged

Shinobi -
The first amendment guarantees freedom of speech. Software is speech. Bitcoin is speech. So why is that being selectively criminalized?
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Samourai Wallet Gives In With Guilty Pleas, But It Was All Their Risk

Shinobi -
While the Samourai Wallet's guilty pleas could have implications for the wider ecosystem, ultimately it was just two men's risk.
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Tornado Cash, the Only Useful Ethereum Product, Is About To Be Made Illegal

Juan Galt -
The Tornado Cash trial of Roman Storm is taking place this week, a last stand of obsolete financial regulation.
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Cypherpunks Used To Dream of True Disruption

Shinobi -
Cypherpunks used to dream of true disruption to the whole world order, now they're mostly integrating with it. What happened?
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Senator Lummis’ New Bill Enables Tax-Exempt Bitcoin Spending — But Thresholds Are Too Low

Frank Corva -
Long-time Bitcoin advocate Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) has drafted a bill that allows Bitcoin enthusiasts to spend small amounts of bitcoin without incurring capital gains taxes (which is very cool), but many — including myself — feel that the spending limits in the bill are too low.
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