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.
Bitcoin mining firm AntPool mined the first non-signaling block, which the rest of the network accepted and BIP-110 nodes rejected,…
BTCPay Server has temporarily restricted public remote connections to Lightning Network nodes running Lightning Network Daemon (LND) software after attackers…
Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 110 entered its mandatory-signaling phase at block 961,632 on Saturday, with miners signaling support in just 51…
Bitcoin has reached block 961,632, triggering the long-awaited mandatory signaling period for BIP-110, a controversial proposal designed to temporarily curb…
Russian consumers’ demand for hardware crypto wallets more than doubled in the first half of 2026, according to data from…
In brief The Senate took its first formal step toward voting on the Clarity Act, with Thune filing the motion…
In brief The initiative says it has scanned about 150 Bitcoin repositories and made more than a dozen vulnerability disclosures.…
Demand for US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) rebounded sharply this week, signaling renewed investor appetite after months of uneven…
Brazil’s central bank will require crypto exchanges to delay some customer transfers to foreign platforms and self-custody wallets for up…
US Senate Majority Leader John Thune has filed cloture on a motion to take up the Digital Asset Market Clarity…
Bitcoin will draw trillions of dollars from institutional investors over the next decade as financial advisers, family offices, pension plans…
Crypto is finally shaking off the “get rich quick” reputation that has defined the industry for more than a decade…