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Check your Financial Priviledge
While those comfortable in the dollar bubble deride Bitcoin, the stories of three emerging market users demonstrate why it is so important.
Bitcoin Is Protecting Human Rights Around the World
“It’s an escape hatch from tyranny,” writes the Human Rights Foundation’s Alex Gladstein. “It’s nothing less than freedom money.”
The Hidden Costs of the Petrodollar
The world’s reserve currency relies on oil, dictators, inequality and the military-industrial complex. But a Bitcoin standard could change this.
Bitcoin’s International Impact (Podcast)
Preston Pysh talks with Alex Gladstein who’s a humanitarian expert with the Human Rights Foundation. Alex talks about the global impact Bitcoin is having on initiatives to remove tyranny and protect individual rights.
Bitcoin is a Trojan Horse for Freedom
While bitcoin is powerful Number Go Up technology that appeals to self interest, it’s also creating fortresses against authority in cyberspace
Bitcoin as a Tool for Liberation | Bronwyn Williams & Alex Gladstein [The Small Print]
In this episode of The Small Print, Brownyn is joined by the CSO of the Human Rights Foundation, Alex Gladstein. They talk about Bitcoin’s impact on human rights and private wealth in politically totalitarian and economically fragile nation-states, the resilience of Bitcoin when it comes to political and economic threats, how it creates opportunities forContinue reading “Bitcoin as a Tool for Liberation | Bronwyn Williams & Alex Gladstein [The Small Print]”
What is Bitcoin, Really?
Is bitcoin an inflation hedge or a monetary system? Is it both or neither? Human Rights Foundation’s Alex Gladstein and journalist Brett Scott debate what bitcoin is.
Can Governments Stop Bitcoin?
Since its creation more than 12 years ago, Bitcoin is undefeated. Its price has leaped from $5 to $50 to $500 to $5,000 to now past $50,000. The number of global users has eclipsed 100 million. The system’s network security, number of developers, and new applications are at all-time highs. Dozens of companies including Tesla and Square have started toContinue reading “Can Governments Stop Bitcoin?”
In the Fight Against Extremism, Don’t Demonize Surveillance-Busting Tools like Signal and Bitcoin
Secure messaging app Signal is one of the top downloads on Apple Store and Google Play platforms in several countries.
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