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Hunter Biden Accepts Bitcoin for His Artwork, and It Matters More Than You Think
# Hunter Biden Accepts Bitcoin for His Artwork, and It Matters More Than You Think
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Property Rights, Not Zoning, Should Settle the Data Center Debate
# Property Rights, Not Zoning, Should Settle the Data Center Debate
11 min read·opinion, analysis
Opinion
History Rhymes on AI, But the Smart Money Holds Steady
The Pomp Letter thesis is well-known: AI shows bubble characteristics historically, but top allocators remain committed.
8 min read·opinion, analysis
Bitcoin
Bitcoin slid to $78,300 on May 17, shedding 3
Bitcoin slid to $78,300 on May 17, shedding 3.8% over the week as rising U.S. Treasury yields and renewed fears of prolonged Federal Reserve tightening drained risk appetite across digital asset markets. Spot Bitcoin ETF
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Bitcoin
Roundhill DRAM ETF Breaks Bitcoin Spot ETF Inflow Record
The Roundhill Memory ETF (DRAM) pulled in $10 billion within six weeks of its April 2026 launch, shattering the fastest-asset-accumulation record set by Bitcoin spot ETFs in 2024.
8 min read·bitcoin
Bitcoin
Gemini Stock Jumps After Winklevoss Twins Make $100M Bitcoin Bet on Company Future
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss announced on May 15, 2026, that they would pour $100 million of their personal Bitcoin holdings into Gemini, the cryptocurrency exchange they founded in 2014. The move came alongside a Q1 202
10 min read·bitcoin
Opinion
$500K Damages for False Report of Assault to Police
A New York appellate court upheld $500,000 in damages against a defendant who filed a false report of assault with police, marking one of the largest civil penalties for fabricated criminal accusations in recent New York
10 min read·opinion, analysis
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Strategy (MSTR) Buys $43 Million More Bitcoin After Saylor Defends Potential BTC Sales
Strategy, the company formerly known as MicroStrategy, disclosed a purchase of 535 bitcoin for approximately $43 million during the week ending May 11, 2026. The buy came just days after co-founder and executive chairman
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Bitcoin
Agentic commerce will run on crypto rails, PayPal and Google reps tell Consensus Miami
At Consensus Miami on May 10, 2026, senior representatives from PayPal and Google Cloud made a claim that would have sounded absurd five years ago: autonomous AI agents will conduct commerce on cryptocurrency rails, not
9 min read·bitcoin, technology
Bitcoin
Finance's Banana Album: BlockMedia's Warhol Analogy for Crypto
Korean financial outlet BlockMedia compares blockchain's current position in global finance to Andy Warhol's banana album cover for The Velvet Underground & Nico. The polished interfaces of modern fintech may be concealing something far more radical underneath.
9 min read·bitcoin, analysis
Bitcoin
Kraken and MoonPay Buy Payment Rails as Crypto VC Pivots to Infrastructure
Ten notable venture rounds the week of May 3 through May 9, 2026 were dominated by M&A and payment infrastructure. Kraken and MoonPay led the pivot from speculative token plays to revenue-generating plumbing.
9 min read·bitcoin, analysis
Opinion
Alligator Alcatraz Costs $1M a Day. Hard Money Would Have Stopped It.
DHS is reportedly weighing whether to shut down the Florida Everglades immigration detention facility known informally as Alligator Alcatraz because it costs more than $1 million a day to run. The story will be filed as a fiscal squabble between agencies. The deeper story is what happens when a government can spend without natural constraint, and how a hard money standard would have killed the project before the first contract was signed. Fiat is not the neutral medium people imagine. It is the silent subsidy that funds the indefensible.
8 min read·politics, macro, fiscal-policy
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Crypto’s mainstream moment has arrived, say industry leaders speaking at Consensus Miami
At Consensus Miami on May 6, 2026, executives from Binance, Revolut, and Circle took the stage to declare that crypto has crossed into the mainstream. Their claim: digital assets are no longer a speculative sideshow but
10 min read·bitcoin, technology