On February 24th, according to Theblock, American producer and rapper Ye (Kanye West, Kanye) has made several posts about cryptocurrency in the past few hours and hinted that a token called "Swasticoin" will be launched next week.
Bloomberg columnists Marcus Ashworth and Mark Gilbert have a key message for 2025: Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a roller coaster ride. On the question of where Bitcoin lies in the future, they point to Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, who posted on the Bluesky social platform last month that while Bitcoin has broken through $100,000, there is still no legitimate use case even after 15 years. The recent bitcoin price jump has at least one recognizable...
Psychologist and author Jordan Peterson told the X Space show "No Bias, No Echochambers" that former President Donald Trump has assembled a group of entrepreneurs who are more creative, similar to Elon Musk. "It would be very exciting for me to imagine a Department of Government Effectiveness (DOGE) led by Musk," Peterson said. "Musk has repeatedly demonstrated his ability to restructure dysfunctional organisations." Pete...
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) editorial board has written that former President Donald Trump's alleged plans to turn bitcoin into a strategic reserve asset are inconsistent with the value of cryptocurrencies. WSJ wrote that Trump said at a bitcoin conference in Nashville last week that bitcoin represents freedom and independence from government, among other things, but this view is consistent with his election in November...
At the 2024 Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, writer Jimmy Song sharply criticized the first day's agenda, arguing that discussions of the increasingly pervasive banking industry, institutional investments, and US exchange traded funds strayed from Bitcoin's core values. He emphasized the greatness of Bitcoin in terms of freedom, independence, and self-sovereignty, and condemned the involvement of Financial Institutions Groups such as BlackRock. Song stressed that Bitcoin should be kept away from...