George Saoulidis
George Saoulidis is your new favourite bitcoin writer. Find all his stuff at https://georgesaoulidis.com/links
$15 TRILLION BLACKROCK SAYS ROBOTS WILL SAVE IN BITCOIN – AND THE ROBOTS WILL HOLD THEIR OWN KEYS. YOU STILL WON’T.
BlackRock's new 'Machine-Native Economy' report says the next big source of crypto demand is software, not people - stablecoins for spending,...
CONGRESS FAILED TO PASS THE CLARITY ACT — SO THE CFTC JUST LEGALIZED LEVERAGED CRYPTO TRADING FOR RETAIL AND ADMITTED IT CANNOT MAKE ANYONE USE IT
The Senate couldn't pass the CLARITY Act, so the CFTC wrote the rules itself: Regulation CTX and Regulation CAM would let...
A MAN WAS BEATEN WITH HAMMERS FOR 45 MINUTES UNTIL HE SENT HIS BITCOIN — AND THE ‘EXPERTS’ ARE BLAMING HIS SELF-CUSTODY WALLET
Three masked men, a fourth on FaceTime, 45 minutes of hammers, and a threat to stab a seven-months-pregnant woman. Chainalysis says...
CHINA BANNED CRYPTO FOR 13 YEARS — CHAINALYSIS SAYS SELF-CUSTODY WALLETS GREW 43X ANYWAY
Chainalysis found unique peer-to-peer stablecoin wallets in China grew 43-fold in two years and now drive 59.1% of a $176 billion...
FINCEN JUST KILLED THE DRAGNET FOR YOUR SELF-CUSTODY WALLET — AND TOLD YOU IN WRITING IT’S COMING BACK
FinCEN quietly withdrew its 2020 unhosted-wallet reporting rule and its 2023 “primary money laundering concern” finding on crypto mixing. Coin Center...
GITHUB DELETED BITCOIN DEVELOPERS’ CODE ON A GOVERNMENT’S ORDERS. NOW THE EXIT RAMP IS A PROTOCOL NOBODY OWNS.
India ordered GitHub to geoblock an open-source repository and reportedly gave it three hours. A month earlier GitHub deleted rust-lightning contributors'...
BITCOIN ETFs JUST POSTED THEIR BEST QUARTER OF 2026 — AND BITCOIN IS STILL DOWN ON THE YEAR. HERE IS THE MATH WALL STREET BURIED.
Bitcoin ETFs took in $6.3 billion in Q3 while the year-to-date net is $985 million. A $5.4 billion first-half hole is...
BLOCK JUST SPENT MILLIONS TELLING 60 MILLION AMERICANS BITCOIN IS MONEY — WHILE ITS OWN APP HOLDS THE KEYS
Block's "Bitcoin Does" campaign launched Oct 1 to sell bitcoin as everyday money to 60 million Americans. Then there's the fine...
THE SEC JUST APPROVED 3X LEVERAGED BITCOIN — THE SAME MEN WHO BLEW UP 96% OF YOUR NEIGHBOR’S MONEY ARE BACK FOR MORE
The SEC just cleared six triple-leveraged ETPs from Volatility Shares. Their existing 2x crypto funds are down up to 96.15% annualized...
THEY SOLD YOU ‘MINERS SECURE THE NETWORK.’ THEN THEY WROTE OFF $1.5 BILLION OF THE MACHINES AND RENTED YOUR BACKBONE TO THE AI BUBBLE
Public bitcoin miners shed 75 EH/s in H1 2026, about $1.5 billion of mining hardware at $20/TH, while booking roughly $1.1...
Quick Reads
THEY TOLD YOU YOUR COINS WERE SAFE. ROBINHOOD IS 100% EXPOSED, REVOLUT 99%, BINANCE 83% – AND THE FIX IS CALLED ‘BUNKER MODE’
Justin Drake says move your Bitcoin to fresh addresses. Glassnode: 6M BTC sit behind exposed public keys. Robinhood 100%, Revolut 99%,...
BRUSSELS JUST GAVE YOU 90 DAYS TO DUMP THE DOLLAR TOKENS IT DOESN’T LIKE — AND YOUR EXCHANGE WILL DO IT FOR YOU
ESMA told every MiCA-licensed EU crypto firm to stop servicing non-compliant stablecoins by Jan 8, 2027. Your exit is "temporary and closely supervised."