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.
[Updated July 27, 2026, 2:16 UTC: Revised to reflect clarifications from a Garden Finance spokesperson.]Garden Finance said an independent solver’s…
Decentralized cloud storage provider Storj Labs has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company said it plans to keep…
POSCO International, South Korea’s largest trading company, has begun tokenizing trade receivables on blockchain in a test that could speed…
Clarity may get a vote, but don’t get your hopes up yetDespite wealthy memecoin entrepreneur Donald Trump agreeing to an…
WEMIX suspended bridges, liquidity-pool trading and several services after an attacker compromised a WEMIX$-linked contract and moved 724,198 USDC.e. Read…
The crypto industry, naturally, is urging passage. The common refrain online is that Clarity includes some investor protection rules and…
For the second time this year, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a warning to prediction markets operators…
Sberbank, Russia’s biggest bank, plans to build cryptocurrency trading infrastructure including a digital depository no later than Dec. 1 as…
Dormant Bitcoin activity fell to its lowest level since Q3 2022, suggesting long-term holders have slowed distribution after heavy profit-taking.…
In brief Thinking Machines Lab released Inkling on July 15—a 975-billion-parameter open-source model trained entirely from scratch. It’s the first…
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which has claimed a role as the leading regulator of prediction markets firms run…
South Korea’s largest lender will use JPMorgan’s blockchain platform to support US dollar cross-border payments for import and export businesses…