Keonne Rodriguez explains why he built a bitcoin privacy tool, discusses the federal charges that sent him to prison this week, and warns that his case could redefine the legal boundaries of financial privacy.
If fairness in the justice system depends on wealth or political value, we’ve missed the point of justice entirely.
Author Benjamin Wallace explores several possibilities but admits the mystery remains unsolved.
Two technologists argue that Web3 will allow new forms of organization to supplant traditional governments.
He’s the stablecoin president, seeking to expand the monetary power and borrowing capacity of the U.S. government.
Technologist Pablos Holman warns that slowing AI progress cedes the future to gatekeepers and explains how open competition can unlock breakthroughs in energy, health, and innovation on a massive scale.
Trump’s executive order directs the Labor Department to loosen rules on retirement accounts, potentially shifting trillions in savings toward higher-return, but riskier assets like bitcoin.
Vance says "you've gotta let these people make decisions on their own." He should try that approach more generally.
A Supreme Court case could determine whether Americans own their digital data—or whether the government can take that information without a warrant.
Economic historian Phil Magness on the real history of tariffs and why Trump is so wrong about them.
If the government wants to encourage cryptocurrency innovation, "buying coins is actually a pretty lousy way of doing that," says one economist.
President Donald Trump's pardon of the Silk Road creator is a rare moment of reprieve in an era of relentless government expansion.
After promoting a crypto token that collapsed in hours, Argentina’s president claims he was deceived.
The film exemplifies the new age of mainstream respectability the token has entered.
But it's also investing more in the cryptocurrency.
Fulfilling a campaign promise to libertarians and the bitcoin community, the Silk Road founder's life sentence without parole is now over.
A second chance for the creator of the dark web drug site the Silk Road might be coming…from an unlikely savior.
In a federal lawsuit, artists say their nonfungible tokens should be treated like physical art.
An Italian bitcoin enthusiast pays homage to the person or people who started the cryptocurrency revolution.
Surely 2025 will be a freewheeling romp, right?…Right? Happy New Year!
Finance and tech writer Byrne Hobart discusses how bubbles are a good thing, overcoming stagnation, and the religiosity of space exploration.
In exchange, the government is getting a $1.4 billion loan.
Government-controlled digital money could mean the end of financial privacy and independence.
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Crypto podcaster, writer, and infrastructure investor Nic Carter discusses the role digital assets played in Trump's election, the persecution of Polymarket, and the "enormous spiritual chasm between the right and the left."
Despite its enormous budget and vast regulatory powers, the agency has failed to detect major frauds while wasting time and money on relatively useless disclosures.
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The country claims to be a leader in crypto transactions. But you can't force people to take a currency they don't want.
In 2021 Trump called bitcoin a "scam" but he seems to have realized his political coalition includes cryptocurrency enthusiasts.
What if there was a social media platform owned not by Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, or the Chinese Communist Party, but by everybody and nobody all at once?
Twitter's founder says Nostr is “100 percent what we wanted”—an open, ownerless network.
A formal partnership between Argentina and El Salvador could signal a major shift in Latin America's approach to digital assets.
Decades of legislation have chipped away at the financial privacy Americans believe they still have.
The Department of Justice indicted the creators of Samourai Wallet, an application that helps people spend their bitcoins anonymously.
The government always has seemingly good reasons to sidestep people’s rights.
Economist Friedrich Hayek inspired an early foray into electronic cash.
Netflix's Bitconned explores Centra Tech's scammy business dealings.
The author discusses how cryptocurrencies are helping people like her build the Africa—and the world—they want.
Author Magatte Wade discusses how cryptocurrencies are helping people like her build the Africa—and the world—they want.
Plus: State officials attempt to ban Donald Trump from 2024 election ballots.
A new Reason documentary explores why, for some, bitcoin is the 'real Green New Deal.'
"At its core, money is a ledger," writes the investment analyst in her new book, Broken Money.
Plus: House GOP defies White House on Israel funding, Gaza City surrounded, SBF guilty, Republican under indictment seeks reelection
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