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Shanaka Anslem Perera, a prolific macro analyst, argues that BTC's price stillness at $70,500 reflects geopolitical 'compression before repricing,' as dollar dominance fractures, gold gets weaponized, and Bitcoin emerges as the only neutral, chokepoint-proof global settlement layer (Mar 26 | 3 min read).

Saini, in an article on 𝕏, explains how RGB protocol enables client-side validation and asset management on Bitcoin, and how Utexo leverages it to facilitate private, off-chain USDT transfers anchored to Bitcoin's UTXO model, enabling stablecoin payments without compromising privacy or altering Bitcoin's base layer (Mar 25 | 2 min read).

Chris Kuiper, VP of Research at Fidelity Digital Assets, argues that bitcoin's unmatched risk-adjusted returns, low correlation to traditional assets, and asymmetric upside make a zero-allocation stance increasingly difficult to justify for institutional investors navigating a challenging 60/40 outlook (Mar 25 | 35 min read).

Armin Sabouri, Bitcoin engineer and researcher, argues that wallet fingerprints, deterministic and probabilistic on-chain behavioral patterns, can undermine Payjoin's privacy model by allowing analysts to partition inputs and outputs by owner, effectively decomposing collaborative transactions into traceable individual ones (Mar 25 | 10 min read).

Frank Corva, in an article for Fedi, highlights how Motiv Perú, an NGO empowering unbanked communities across the Andes and Amazon, is leveraging Fedi's Bitcoin wallet, Communities feature, and Mini Apps to drive financial self-sovereignty and circular economies throughout Perú (Mar 25 | 7 min read).

Nick Giambruno, investor and macro analyst, argues that central bank 'independence' is a historic illusion, drawing parallels between Zimbabwe's hyperinflationary collapse under Gideon Gono and the Fed's escalating debt-driven currency debasement in the US (Mar 25 | 4 min read).

Juan Galt, writing for Bitcoin Magazine, profiles Chun Wang, f2pool co-founder and self-funded Fram2 mission commander, who made history orbiting Earth's poles, mined over 1.3M BTC, and continues pursuing his goal of visiting all 249 global territories (Mar 24 | 6 min read).

Mike Schmidt, co-founder and executive director of Brink, examines how Bitcoin Core's build system uses reproducible builds, dependency minimization, and manual updates to ensure verifiable, trustless software that resists supply-chain attacks and centralized control (Mar 24 | 7 min read).

Matt Howard, founder and CEO of Solo Satoshi, warns that Foundry USA's mining of seven consecutive blocks exposes critical centralization risks, urging every BTC holder to run a node and small miner to defend Bitcoin's censorship resistance before institutional hashpower concentration erodes the network's foundational integrity (Mar 24 | 16 min read).

Zachary Addair, writing for Bitcoin Well, argues that Iran's modern history, from the 1953 CIA coup to proxy wars and hyperinflation, is a direct consequence of fiat money's ability to fund state violence, and that Bitcoin offers the only structural escape from this cycle (Mar 23 | 8 min read).

Floppy, a Bitcoin developer, reveals how malicious Cashu mints can de-anonymize users by linking tokens to specific wallets using keyset IDs and browser ETags, and recommends wallets strip tracking headers and route traffic through Tor as a fix (Mar 22 | 2 min read).

Katie Mestre, a Bitcoin educator, argues that BTC should be viewed as a strategic, self-sovereign asset akin to productive land rather than a speculative financial instrument, offering censorship resistance, portability, and an exit option from an increasingly surveilled fiat system (Mar 25 | 11 min read).

Cody Ellingham, host of 'The Transformation of Value' podcast, explores whether Bitcoin represents a continuation of or a departure from neoliberalism, questioning if free markets truly underpin civilization or if society itself enables them (Mar 24 | 4 min read).

Michael Matulef, writing for the Mises Institute, argues that AI doesn't threaten human labor but reshapes it, urging workers to apply comparative advantage by delegating routine tasks to AI and focusing on judgment, creativity, and entrepreneurship where human value remains irreplaceable (Mar 23 | 6 min read).

Max Hillebrand, libertarian and privacy advocate, argues that cheap drone technology has exposed the fatal inefficiency of centralized state militaries, where concentrated capital and monopoly defense structures invite asymmetric destruction at a fraction of the cost to defend (Mar 21 | 6 min read).

Vinteum, a Bitcoin infrastructure support organization, details how its recent series of small in-person developer retreats covering DIY hardware wallets, Floresta, Stratum V2, and Bitcoin security, accelerates open-source collaboration, deepens technical alignment, and strengthens under-resourced teams building critical Bitcoin infrastructure (Mar 20 | 11 min read).

Bullish Dumpling, in an article on CoinDesk, argues that bitcoin's price discovery has structurally shifted away from spot demand, now driven by derivatives positioning, ETF options mechanics and institutional synthetics that amplify volatility and subordinate scarcity to liquidity dynamics (Mar 19 | 5 min read).

Stephane Bounmy, founder of BitcoinCompanies, in an interview with Chris of Bitcourier, explains how he built his tool, a visual, map-based Bitcoin treasury tracker using tiers and on-chain verification to make corporate BTC holdings transparent and accessible to everyone (Feb 17 | 5 min read).

21 Pulse, a Bitcoin-only app, offers live prices, Lightning maps, portfolio tracking, and curated news with account required.

402 Index, a new protocol-agnostic directory for paid APIs helps AI agents autonomously discover, evaluate, and pay for services using Lightning Network, crypto, or Stripe micropayments.

Bread is a self-custodial Bitcoin wallet app that aims to support instant cross-chain swaps, near-zero fee onramps, merchant spending and yield payouts.

Oracle Autopilot is a Node dot js client that enables AI trading agents to autonomously pay for BTC market data via Nostr Wallet Connect.

Stables dot rip is a real-time tracker that exposes every wallet freeze by stablecoin issuers Circle and Tether on Ethereum and Tron.

NUTbits, an open-source NWC wallet service, bridges Cashu ecash mints and Nostr Wallet Connect (NIP-47), letting any compatible app send and receive Lightning payments through a Cashu mint.

TxRush, a real-time Bitcoin transaction visualizer, displays live mempool activity as vehicles on a road, with size and color reflecting transaction value and fee priority.

Payinbtc, a Bitcoin invoice integration platform, lets businesses accept BTC payments through QuickBooks, Xero, and 7 other accounting tools without changing existing workflows.

Ibis Wallet, a self-custodial Bitcoin app, launches version v3.0-beta featuring modular Layer 2 integration, including Liquid network swaps, Lightning payments, and full coin control.

A new Cashu ecash mint auditing proposal introduces proof of liabilities using Merkle sum trees, epoch chaining, and OpenTimestamps to verify mints hold sufficient bitcoin reserves.

Debifi, a non-custodial Bitcoin-backed lending platform, launches its API in beta, enabling businesses to automate multi-sig escrow lending infrastructure without surrendering custody of keys.

Project N.O.M.A.D., an open-source offline survival computer featuring local AI, Wikipedia, and maps, is now freely available to anyone via a single install command on Debian-based machines.

Coldcard releases firmware update version 6.5.0X and 6.5.0QX adding MuSig2 multi-signature support, enabling lower fees and enhanced privacy.

MoonPay launches an open-source wallet standard enabling AI agents to securely manage funds and execute transactions across multiple blockchains.

Satoshi Dashboard, a free open-source Bitcoin metrics tracker, launches as a community-focused alternative to BTC Frame after it became closed-source and paid.

Breez SDK adds a contacts feature letting users save and manage frequently used Lightning addresses for faster, easier payments.