Alex Gladstein

Fighting Monetary Colonialism With Open-Source Code

France still uses monetary colonialism to exploit 15 African nations. Could Bitcoin be a way out?

Inside Cuba’s Bitcoin Revolution

As political demonstrations show the world that Cubans are tired of dictatorship, Bitcoin is providing an option to peacefully protest and opt out of a broken system.

Can Bitcoin Be Palestine’s Currency Of Freedom?

Bitcoin gives Palestinians a powerful avenue for peaceful protest, and the opportunity to find sovereignty among oppressive economic policies.

The Village and the Strongman: the Unlikely Story of Bitcoin and El Salvador

Tracing Bitcoin’s journey in El Salvador, from new hope in a small village to a new law by an increasingly authoritarian government.

Finding Financial Freedom In Afghanistan

A pioneering female CEO has been promoting Bitcoin in Afghanistan since 2013 and sees it needed in her home country now more than ever.

Macron Isn’t So Post-Colonial After All

Emmanuel Macron is the first French president born after the end of colonialism, and in many ways, he personifies this generational break through his forward-looking approach to Africa. In 2017, he famously called French colonialism “truly barbarous” and a “crime against humanity” while on a visit to Algeria. Yet, he has done little to abolish the most enduring vestige of French colonialism: Paris’s continued monetary control over 14 sub-Saharan African countries.

Alex Gladstein, Lyn Alden, and Mark Moss at Bitcoin 2021 Miami

In this talk from the Bitcoin 2021 Conference in Miami, Brady sat down with Alex Gladstein, Lyn Alden, and Mark Moss.

Citadel Dispatch e0.2.8 – el salvador, china, and bitcoin with @gladstein

TOPICS: el salvador, china, CFA franc, 51% attacks and difficulty adjustment

Bitcoin is The Only Way Out: The Jack Dorsey Interview

On Friday, June 4, at Bitcoin 2021 in Miami, Alex Gladstein had the opportunity to interview Square and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on the global adoption of Bitcoin and the future of money and social media.

From the Petrodollar to a Bitcoin Standard with Alex Gladstein & Nic Carter (Podcast)

this interview, Peter McCormack talks to Alex Gladstein, the Chief Strategy Officer at The Human Rights Foundation and Nic Carter, a Partner at Castle Island Ventures. We discuss the petrodollar system, moving to a bitcoin standard and the benefits that it would have on society.