Zimbabwe is reviving gold coins to support its embattled currency, as earlier efforts with gold-backed digital tokens failed to curb economic instability. Zimbabwe is yet again turning to gold to defend its embattled currency, as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, the country’s central bank, has revived sales of physical gold coins just 10 months after […]
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On Apr. 21, 2025, gold reached a new all-time high for the third time in April. This time, the price per troy ounce of gold neared the $3,400 mark for the first time. Increased demand for gold reflects the economic turmoil intensified by the trade war deployed by the U.S. However, financial uncertainty is not […]
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The Wolf of All Streets: “Michael Saylor might be one of the worst traders in modern history.” Is he serious?
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On Apr 8, 2025, Scott Melker, a host of the podcast The Wolf of All Streets, made a bold claim in his daily newsletter called The Wolf Den. He called the co-founder of Strategy, Michael Saylor, known for his multi-million Bitcoin purchases, one of the worst traders in modern history. Melker provided reasoning for this, […]
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The US must use budget-neutral ways to increase its BTC reserve. Which ways are already on the table?
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On Mar. 6, 2025, an executive order set up the U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. The order prohibits the government from selling bitcoins or buying more using taxpayers’ money. Since then, it has been unclear how the U.S. is going to acquire more bitcoins, although several options have been named. In a recent interview with Professional […]
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Ray Dalio, who predicted the 2008 crisis, says the US is on the brink of something worse than a recession. Is Bitcoin reserve a solution?
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Ray Dalio, who predicted the 2008 crisis, says the US is on the brink of something worse than a recession. Is Bitcoin reserve a solution? On Apr. 13, 2025, a U.S. billionaire and founder of the biggest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, Ray Dalio, told NBC’s Meet the Press reporter that “right now we are at […]
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Project 11 challenges everyone to crack the Bitcoin key using a quantum computer. The reward is 1 BTC
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Project 11, a quantum computing research company, announced a competition titled the Q-Day Prize on April 16, 2025. To win, participants must break the largest portion of a toy version of Bitcoin’s ECC key using Shor’s algorithm on a quantum computer. The deadline is April 5, 2026. The prize: 1 BTC. The mission behind the […]
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‘One of important challenges of our time’: Ethereum’s Buterin calls for greater crypto privacy amid AI, govt risks
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‘One of important challenges of our time’: Ethereum’s Buterin calls for greater crypto privacy amid AI, govt risks Amid the rise of AI and surveillance technologies, Ethereum’s co-founder Vitalik Buterin advocates for enhanced privacy measures to ensure decentralization remains intact. The world’s changing at a dizzying pace. Artificial intelligence is advancing faster than most of […]
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Japan’s GameStop? Metaplanet rides Bitcoin and bear bait into stock market mayhem On May 23, Metaplanet pulled off a rare trifecta: it was the most traded stock in Japan, the day’s biggest loser, and still—somehow—remained one of the country’s top-performing equities. Once a modest hotel operator, the company is now a headline-grabbing Bitcoin accumulator, drawing […]
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When Federal Reserve official Neel Kashkari appeared on CNBC and said the Fed has “tools to provide more liquidity to the market,” Crypto X instantly interpreted this statement as a vow to print dollars. If it happens, what are the implications for Bitcoin? It is not clear if the Fed will use its tools to […]
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Donald Trump’s second presidency may play a major role in the reshaping of international relationships. The partnership between the European Union and the United States of America has been challenged by a trade war, disagreement over the vision of the future of the Russian-Ukrainian military conflict, and other critical questions. Differences in the approach to […]
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