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.
A Bitcoin security researcher says he has been forced to go back to using open-source Chinese AI models after finding…
Payments-focused cryptocurrency XRP dropped about 5% to $1.03 last week, even as bitcoin BTC$64,992.63, ether ETH$1,918.56, and solana (SOL) each…
The first sign that quantum computing has broken modern cryptography probably won’t be a splashy theft of Satoshi Nakamoto’s dormant…
Former US Defense Secretary Mark Esper says the CLARITY Act is not merely a financial services bill, its a national…
Bitcoin ‘anti-spam’ BIP goes nowhere fastSupporters of the BIP-110 soft fork hoped to eradicate spam from the blockchain, but after…
In brief Supporters of BIP-110 split off into a minority Bitcoin chain on Saturday at block 961,632, but it mined…
The crypto industry is angry and disappointed that the Senate is not holding a procedural vote on the Clarity Act…
Bitcoin BTC$65,182.59 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) pulled in $853.54 million in net inflows for the week ended Aug. 7, the largest…
At the start of 2026 these builder-deployed markets were about 2% of Hyperliquid’s perp volume. They are now roughly half…
“There were way too many general-purpose layer twos, which frankly don’t make sense as a product, because there’s no reason…
Bitcoin’s BIP-110-enforcing branch stalled at block 961,633 on Sunday after producing only two blocks, while the non-enforcing chain advanced to…
Latest NewsPublishedAug 9, 2026The rules, effective Jan. 1, 2027, cover transactions above $10,000 sent to overseas providers or self-custody wallets,…