George Saoulidis
George Saoulidis is your new favourite bitcoin writer. Find all his stuff at https://georgesaoulidis.com/links
A BITCOIN DEVELOPER WANTS TO TAX EVERY ADDRESS 0.1% A YEAR — NO CONSENSUS, NO VOTE, NO EXCEPTIONS
A Bitcoin protocol developer proposed a 0.1% annual tax on every address — as a soft fork that can be activated...
THE ‘WHITE HATS’ NOW WANT A 10% RANSOM — PAY UP OR EVERY LIQUID HOLDER EATS A 15% LOSS
They took $320 million, "generously" gave 85% back, and now they're demanding a 10% bounty "using your own money" — or...
THE IMF TOOK EL SALVADOR’S BITCOIN WALLET, BANNED NEW BUYS, AND NOW CLAIMS 1,540 BTC WERE ‘DONATIONS’ FROM NOBODY
The people who printed the dollars you’re fleeing just reached into the world’s first Bitcoin nation — and took the wallet....
GERMANY JUST KILLED THE TAX-FREE HODL — DECEMBER 31 IS THE LAST DAY YOUR BITCOIN WILL EVER BE FREE
Germany’s draft bill nukes the one-year tax-free rule. Buy before December 31, 2026 or the state taxes your hodl forever — 25% withholding from 2028.
OIL IS ALMOST $100, IRAN IS THREATENING AMERICAN TANKERS, AND THE FED IS ABOUT TO MAKE BITCOIN PAY FOR THE WAR
Oil is back near $100 because the U.S. and Iran are shooting at each other's tankers in the Strait of Hormuz....
THE FED WHIPSAWED BITCOIN ACROSS $80K THREE TIMES IN 72 HOURS — ONE SPEECH, ONE JOBS NUMBER, ZERO ESCAPE
A Fed governor said 'give disinflation a chance' and Bitcoin soared to $82,240. A jobs number triple the estimate crashed it...
WALL STREET’S ‘BEST BUYING STREAK OF 2026’ IS STILL $1 BILLION IN THE RED — THE ETFS CAN’T EVEN BREAK EVEN
Three straight weeks of buying. $3.8 billion shoved into Bitcoin ETFs. And the funds are STILL a billion dollars underwater for...
SAYLOR’S BITCOIN COMEBACK LASTED EXACTLY ONE WEEK – HE SKIPPED THE BUY TO SPEND $176 MILLION ON HIS OWN STOCK
Strategy skipped its weekly Bitcoin buy to repurchase $176 million of its own STRC preferred stock and doubled its buyback program...
THE ‘WHITE HATS’ RETURNED 3,400 BTC AND KEPT $47 MILLION — THE LIQUID NETWORK IS STILL FROZEN, AND YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO THANK THEM
They took $320 million, "fixed the bug," sent 85% back — and kept $47 million with no contract, no bounty terms,...
THE ‘LOST’ 2010 COINS JUST WOKE UP WITH $48 MILLION — 16 YEARS, FOUR HALVINGS, AND NO EXCHANGE TOUCHED THEM
Somebody just produced the oldest receipt in Bitcoin — and it’s worth $48 million. On Saturday, 600 Bitcoin mined back in...
Quick Reads
WASHINGTON SPENT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS AND STILL COULDN’T BUY A CRYPTO BILL. THE UNPAID DEVELOPERS JUST SHIPPED BITCOIN CORE 32 ANYWAY.
The Senate killed CLARITY 49-50. The Fed hiked. And while Washington argued, unpaid developers tagged Bitcoin Core 32.0 RC1 - a...
The Senate Just Killed the CLARITY Act 49-50 — And Proved Nobody In Washington Fights For You
49 to 50. That’s how close Washington came to giving the crypto industry a single, clear rule of law. Then the...