Tag: financial independence

Trade War's Silver Lining? Why Bitcoin Could Be Switzerland's Economic Freedom

Trade War's Silver Lining? Why Bitcoin Could Be Switzerland's Economic Freedom

The trade war isn’t just cartoonish bluster about tariffs and trade deficits. It’s the equivalent of a huge, flashing neon sign. It cautions us against the risks of over-dependence on a single currency or economic area. What we’re witnessing now is in many respects the unprecedentedly easy weaponizing of economic...

Bitcoin's Fed Fight: The Dawn of Decentralized Finance or False Hope?

Bitcoin's Fed Fight: The Dawn of Decentralized Finance or False Hope?

Is Bitcoin’s meteorological rise a final flourish of cultural opposition, or are we really just on the brink of a financial revolution? No doubt the headlines are screaming about Bitcoin reaching $87,200, about the dollar collapsing, and about Trump’s unprecedentedly public spat with Fed Chair Powell. As always, like what...

Big Tech to Bitcoin Exodus: Freedom's Price, or a Necessary Risk?

Big Tech to Bitcoin Exodus: Freedom's Price, or a Necessary Risk?

The headlines scream: Big Tech is bleeding talent to Bitcoin! Recently former employees from Apple, Google, and Cash App all made the move to Austin’s Bitcoin Commons. They’re pumped up by new venture capital financing combined with a friendly political climate for Bitcoin. Trump’s back, the pardons are coming fast...