Freedom IndexCryptocurrency & Free Speech Finance
Cryptocurrency & Free Speech Finance explores the role of digital currencies in protecting expression and enabling financial freedom. From Bitcoin and blockchain-based payment systems to tokenized support for creators and censorship-resistant transactions, this category covers how crypto empowers individuals and movements to bypass centralized control. Stay updated on the tools, platforms, and policies shaping the future of money and free speech.
Austria’s Financial Market Authority fined Bitpanda GmbH 70,000 euros ($81,150) for breaches of the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA)…
In brief OpenAI President Greg Brockman published “The Defender’s Window” on August 17, The essay urges companies to deploy AI…
Bitcoin’s BTC$64,435.66 price has been eerily calm for weeks, locked in a narrow range below $65,000. Options, or derivative contracts…
In brief Minnesota is fighting xAI’s attempt to block the state’s first-of-its-kind law targeting AI-generated sexual images. xAI says the…
AI is also emerging as a growing threat to crypto companies, giving attackers tools to find vulnerabilities faster, automate attacks…
In brief Kraken parent Payward has joined Anthropic’s Project Glasswing and is using Claude Mythos 5 for cybersecurity. The company…
Cryptocurrency broker Bits of Gold said personal data belonging to roughly 200,000 customers was stolen by hackers, the company reported.The…
Amid scrutiny and accusations of conflicts of interest from many lawmakers, the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency…
In brief Polymarket is pricing in a 74% chance of no change at the next Fed meeting, and just 25%…
Hardware wallets are somewhere in between a paper wallet and a browser-based hot wallet. They’re harder to hack than software,…
Tom Lee’s Bitmine Immersion Technologies, an Ethereum treasury company, resumed its Ether purchases last week, bringing it closer to a…
In brief Treasury proposed rules defining when stablecoins are issued, offered, or sold in the US under the GENIUS Act.…