Political theatrics over the internecine debt ceiling debate on the U.S. Capitol Hill risks the international economy. Bitcoin could ascend as a global reserve and trade asset if the U.S. dollar loses status. (Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York/U.S. Library of Congress)
U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-NY)(Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, D.C. (AgnosticPreachersKid/Wikimedia)
BRC-20 is a new proposed standard for minting tokens on Bitcoin. But the standard‘s author has warned against speculating in the new kind of coin. (Andre Taissin/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
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The European Union is set to become the first major economic region to pass comprehensive crypto rules. (Juliana Kozoski/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
How valuable will crypto be, if crypto exploits keep happening? (Tim Scalzo/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C.(Andy Feliciotti/Unsplash)
Eliezer Yudkowsky‘s "AI Safety" movement has gazed into the distant future - and decided you shouldn‘t be allowed to have privacy in the present. (Wikimedia Commons)
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Aspen Creek is just one bitcoin mining facility that tapped Texas‘ cheap, but atypical, electricity grid. (Aspen Creek)
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A new research report alleges widespread illicit misuse of the Cash App payments platform. The bigger risk may be centralized, politicized payments services themselves. (Shutterstock)
If the world is thrust into hyperbitcoinization – as Balaji Srinivasan predicts – before the ecosystem is ready, then even bitcoiners might not be in a position to use bitcoin.
