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New Solana development just created the first SEC-registered bypass critical stock custody issue

By bypassing the central clearinghouse entirely, this new regulatory interpretation proves that your broker's settlement fees are now effectively a "convenience tax."

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Hacks

Binance CEO hacked by cell carrier exploit that likely leaves your own crypto exposed

While BNB remained flat, the heist exposes the "soft underbelly" of crypto market infrastructure: executive identities are becoming single points of failure.

1 week ago

Governance

Polymarket faces major credibility crisis after whales forced a “YES” UFO vote without evidence

Late-night traders bought odds at 99 cents just before a token-weighted vote overruled the public consensus, exposing a massive flaw in "truth" markets.

1 week ago

A hand holds a glowing Bitcoin coin as a stressed man stands in a neon city, illustrating time-locked Bitcoin incentives that reward behavior change for your future self.

Payments

Bitcoin’s new “self-bribe” code lets you build sobriety wallets that pay your enemies if you break a promise

Using Taproot updates, these wallets automatically route your locked funds to an anti-charity the moment a digital oracle detects a trigger.

1 week ago

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Analysis

Has Congress quietly forced the Department of War to use Bitcoin to bankrupt Chinese hackers?

The new defense bill avoids the word "crypto" entirely, yet Section 1543 creates a stealth mandate that could make Jason Lowery’s controversial SoftWar thesis the law of the land.

1 week ago

A towering futuristic AI places a Bitcoin coin as a frightened human looks on in a dark megacity, symbolizing how immortal AI saving could disrupt money built for mortal humans.

Culture

When immortal AIs start saving in Bitcoin forever, what happens to BTC built for humans?

Bitcoin mathematics assume users eventually die, and the network isn’t ready for an owner that never sells.

1 week ago

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Analysis

Tether just moved $4 billion Bitcoin for Twenty One, but the chain data reveals a deceptive liquidity trap

Traders mistaking this 43,033 BTC custody transfer for a fresh buy order risk misinterpreting the flow, as the coins were sourced and priced long before the alert.

1 week ago

A massive ocean wave crashes as large gold Bitcoin coins tumble through the water, symbolizing the severe outflows and volatility during a wipeout year for U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, which saw zero net inflows and a $49B decline since October.

ETF

How Bitcoin ETFs lost a whole year of inflows – now down $48B since October

Assets have crashed back to 2024 levels, wiping out a year of growth despite massive buy-side pressure.

2 weeks ago

Legal

Bitcoin is quietly becoming the ultimate expert witness, forcing judges to accept a new standard of truth

Learn how to leverage a Bitcoin transaction ID to prove ownership and secure a victory in the courtroom.

2 weeks ago

A portrait of a Coinbase advisor in a suit standing before large Coinbase and Bitcoin symbols, illustrating the news that he is a leading candidate for the next Federal Reserve Chair as Bitcoin surges.

Macro

New front runner for Fed chair is pro-crypto – violent dollar collapse needed for Bitcoin to rally

Bitcoin investors celebrating the $93,000 rebound may be ignoring a critical “sequencing” risk tied to liquidity.

2 weeks ago

A large human skull lies in a desolate desert landscape at sunset beside a stone marked with a glowing Bitcoin symbol and branching digital network lines.

Culture

When Aliens find BTC: After humanity’s extinction, Bitcoin will preserve our collapse

How a future alien archeologist reconstructed how long Earth’s machines ran, and how they failed, using only the Bitcoin blockchain and bare astronomical references.

3 weeks ago

A massive bear towers over a glowing gold Bitcoin coin during a storm, as a lone figure stands in front of it on a dark, rocky landscape.

Opinion

Akiba’s medium term $49k Bitcoin bear thesis – why this winter will be the shortest yet

Shorter bears, sharper floors: why $49k could print early, and what would flip the tape.

3 weeks ago

Bitcoin just flashed a rare capitulation signal that historically triggers a violent rally

JP Morgan’s move to Ethereum proves Wall Street is quietly hijacking the digital dollar from crypto natives

YouTube is now paying creators in crypto, offering a $100B path to finally exit banks

Bitcoin ETFs are 60% underwater, creating a $100 billion distressed house of cards

Crypto investors gain critical protection in bankruptcy, even as a “conservative” rule threatens liquidity

Over $17 trillion missing when on-chain “proof of reserve” standards are applied to Trump’s tariff data

Hyperliquid is erasing $1 billion in token supply, but the market is still punishing the wrong metric

Tokenized US Treasuries just broke DeFi’s most sacred rule, and the $9 billion consequence is irreversible

X claims the right to share your private AI chats with everyone under new rules – no opt out

Liam 'Akiba' Wright

New Solana development just created the first SEC-registered bypass critical stock custody issue

Binance CEO hacked by cell carrier exploit that likely leaves your own crypto exposed

Polymarket faces major credibility crisis after whales forced a “YES” UFO vote without evidence

Bitcoin’s new “self-bribe” code lets you build sobriety wallets that pay your enemies if you break a promise

Has Congress quietly forced the Department of War to use Bitcoin to bankrupt Chinese hackers?

When immortal AIs start saving in Bitcoin forever, what happens to BTC built for humans?

Tether just moved $4 billion Bitcoin for Twenty One, but the chain data reveals a deceptive liquidity trap

How Bitcoin ETFs lost a whole year of inflows – now down $48B since October

Bitcoin is quietly becoming the ultimate expert witness, forcing judges to accept a new standard of truth

New front runner for Fed chair is pro-crypto – violent dollar collapse needed for Bitcoin to rally

When Aliens find BTC: After humanity’s extinction, Bitcoin will preserve our collapse

Akiba’s medium term $49k Bitcoin bear thesis – why this winter will be the shortest yet

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Liam 'Akiba' Wright

New Solana development just created the first SEC-registered bypass critical stock custody issue

Binance CEO hacked by cell carrier exploit that likely leaves your own crypto exposed

Polymarket faces major credibility crisis after whales forced a “YES” UFO vote without evidence

Bitcoin’s new “self-bribe” code lets you build sobriety wallets that pay your enemies if you break a promise

Has Congress quietly forced the Department of War to use Bitcoin to bankrupt Chinese hackers?

When immortal AIs start saving in Bitcoin forever, what happens to BTC built for humans?

Tether just moved $4 billion Bitcoin for Twenty One, but the chain data reveals a deceptive liquidity trap

How Bitcoin ETFs lost a whole year of inflows – now down $48B since October

Bitcoin is quietly becoming the ultimate expert witness, forcing judges to accept a new standard of truth

New front runner for Fed chair is pro-crypto – violent dollar collapse needed for Bitcoin to rally

When Aliens find BTC: After humanity’s extinction, Bitcoin will preserve our collapse

Akiba’s medium term $49k Bitcoin bear thesis – why this winter will be the shortest yet

Bitcoin liquidity is drying up in specific regions as a new “pay-to-exit” model quietly takes over

Bitcoin is quietly becoming the ultimate expert witness, forcing judges to accept a new standard of truth

Polymarket faces major credibility crisis after whales forced a “YES” UFO vote without evidence

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