Alexey Borovets
100 posts
In 2025 USD saw the worst performance since 1973. What challenges does the American dollar face these days?
The dollar had the worst start of the year since 1973, analysts say. Its value against other fiat…
Socialist Zohran Mamdani may become a New York mayor. Why does crypto X push against him?
33-year-old socialist Zohran Mamdani became a surprise favorite among the NYC mayoral candidates from the Democratic Party and…
‘Bitcoin is the hurdle rate’: What does it mean in the age of crypto?
Phrases like “Bitcoin is the hurdle rate” and “Bitcoin is the new hurdle rate” frequently re-occur in the…
Bitcoin did go to $1,000,000 this cycle, according to crypto sleuth Pledditor. What does it mean?
On June 24, 2025, a blogger using the Pledditor handle published an X post that kicks off like…
IRS warning letters to crypto investors are on the rise: what do they really mean?
Lately, the Internal Revenue Service has ramped up the frequency of warning letters sent to cryptocurrency investors. Reports…
In 2010, Hal Finney described the Bitcoin banks of the future. What did he say, and do we have such banks today?
In a 2010 Bitcointalk forum post, Hal Finney, a cypherpunk involved in Bitcoin from day one, described the…
COIN Act: a new turn in the Democrats battle v Trump’s cryptocurrency business?
Sen. Adam Schiff from the Democratic Party introduced a new bill, the COIN Act, aimed at blocking U.S.…
Corporations continue to spawn Bitcoin treasuries— What’s good about them?
For several years, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) was the sole public company whose modus operandi was buying millions of…
$8.2 million company with stock down 99.8% to invest $500 million in crypto, 50% down since Jan. What could possibly go wrong?
Nasdaq-traded company from Austin, Texas, Interactive Strength, made headlines by betting big on AI tokens. It announced setting…
Devs accuse colleagues from Bitcoin Core of being rogue over the plans to remove the spam filter from Bitcoin
The validity of most blocks is confirmed using the Bitcoin Core client. No wonder developers working on Bitcoin…