'bitcoin' Tag
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A new paradigm for radical transparency
February 4, 2024Tip of the cap to Bitwise. Last month following the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s approval of its spot Bitcoin ETF, the asset management firm disclosed its bitcoin wallet address publicly. This sets a new threshold for transparency in financial markets. The Bitcoin holdings in Bitwise’s Bitcoin spot ETF (ticker: BITB) can now be viewed […]
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Electrifying Africa
January 28, 2024I found this clip about bringing electricity to remote parts of Africa inspiring and thought that you might too. It is an extract from an upcoming film by Bitcoin Shooter.
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Financial exclusion
November 8, 2023Yesterday’s New York Times humanizes the plight of victims of banking algorithm punishment in the world’s largest economy. [read: Why Banks Are Suddenly Closing Down Customer Accounts] I, and probably many readers of this blog, have experienced our own frustrating incidents of unexpectedly frozen or closed bank accounts. In my own personal experience, the damage […]
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Bitcoin: Which sovereign nation will be the first ?
March 28, 2021A fun parlour game these days is to speculate on which major developed country will be the first to announce that it is storing a significant portion of its treasury reserves in Bitcoin. I’ve noticed that not only Bitcoin maximalists enjoy playing this game; even crypto-skeptics will usually indulge too. All but the most ardent […]
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Crypto merchant acceptance
June 8, 2018As I argued in Japan Bitcoin #1, the Japanese government’s designation of bitcoin as legal tender in April 2017 unleashed dramatic consumer adoption as well as cryptocurrency merchant acceptance. Today, over 50% of the world’s bitcoin trading volume occurs in Japanese yen and nearly 20,000 retail and online merchants in Japan accept bitcoin as payment. […]
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Bitcoin forecasting
December 15, 2017Would somebody please build a blockchain which immutably tracks the forecasts for the year-end bitcoin price from all these self-annointed pundits ?
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Japan: Bitcoin #1 now in paperback
October 28, 2017For those of you who prefer paperbacks over e-books (like me), Japan: Bitcoin #1 is now available on Amazon in paperback form in most major markets. Profits from the sale of this book are directed to rebuilding efforts in Japan’s Tohoku region. I’d like to reiterate my appreciation to the numerous people who helped make […]
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Will Japan ban ICOs ? Constructive regulation more likely.
October 14, 2017A lot of people have been asking my opinion on whether Japan will ban ICOs. China and South Korea have essentially implemented full-on bans of cryptocurrency and ICOs. A Siberian winter for cryptocurrencies also appears imminent in Russia. So will Japan follow suit ? The short answer is: I really don’t know, but I think […]
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Japan: Bitcoin #1
October 7, 2017Despite Japan’s accounting for half of the worldwide bitcoin trading volume daily (yes, half !), I could not locate any substantial research on this fascinating phenomenon. Frustrated by this absence, I decided to write a book about it. A primer on the world’s leading country for bitcoin and blockchain adoption Japan, the world’s third largest […]
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Interview from Japan’s Cryptocurrency Conference
September 8, 2017Here’s the English version of the interview I gave at this week’s Japan Cryptocurrency Conference in Tokyo. You mentioned that you believe Japan is taking a leadership role in cryptocurrency. What did you mean by that? I was referring to both the government and the consumer. As another speaker explained, earlier this year the Japanese […]