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by Ram ben Ze'ev The Silent Seller: How Bitcoin ETFs Turn Fear into Forced Liquidation The greatest risk in Bitcoin today is not volatility. It is not regulation. It is not even leverage. The real danger sits quietly inside the structure of Bitcoin ETFs, largely unseen by retail investors and deliberately softened by institutional marketing. That danger is the absence of human judgment at the moment selling matters most. When Bitcoin is held directly, the decision to sell is personal. It...

by Ram ben Ze'ev The Illusion of Profit: Why Strategy’s Bitcoin ‘Gains’ Cannot Be Realised There is a dangerous misunderstanding spreading among retail investors, and it centres on one word: profit . In recent months, Strategy’s public filings and presentations have increasingly framed Bitcoin price movements in terms of operating income, net income, and earnings per share. To the untrained eye, this implies something intuitive and reassuring: that Strategy is generating profits when Bitcoin...

Owners of Bitcoin and other digital assets will benefit from greater legal protection thanks to an important clarification to the law UK Among First Countries to Recognise Cryptocurrency as Personal Property New law confirms digital assets like crypto tokens can be recognised as personal property Victims of digital theft and fraud gain stronger protections as legislation passes through the final stages of Parliament Part of Government’s Plan for Change for growth to boost the UK’s reputation...

by Ram ben Ze’ev The Illusion of Stability: Why Strategy’s Bitcoin Model Is Cracking What happens when a company becomes so deeply committed to its core asset that it can no longer step away from it without causing its own collapse? That is the question now facing Strategy, and the answer is neither flattering nor encouraging. The company has become synonymous with its Bitcoin reserves. As of this writing, Bitcoin is trading around $86,700 per coin, and Strategy sits on a massive holding of...

by Ram ben Ze’ev The New Fiat? How Tether May Be Recreating the Old Deception in Crypto The New Fiat Masked in Crypto When Bitcoin was born, it was supposed to be a revolt — a monetary system free from central banks, free from arbitrary inflation, a digital gold beyond manipulation. Yet today, we may be watching a new version of fiat currency emerge — not issued by Washington or Frankfurt, but by Tether. In early October, blockchain monitors observed the sudden minting of two billion dollars’...

SFO has frozen £10,865.76 in Bitcoin and £289.30 in USDC (value at the time of freezing) in cryptocurrency belonging to Arena TV's CEO,...

by Ram ben Ze’ev MicroStrategy Inc. (NASDAQ: MSTR) has become something of a poster child for Bitcoin fanaticism . Once known as a business intelligence firm, today it is better understood as a high-stakes proxy for digital gold speculation. The company no longer lives or dies by the merit of its software—it survives on the volatile tides of Bitcoin. Its CEO-turned-evangelist, Michael Saylor, has led this transformation by converting nearly the entire balance sheet into a bet on a digital...

Changes support innovation while cracking down on fraudsters Clear new rules to give investors confidence and protect consumers...

by Ram ben Ze'ev The High Cost of Hype: How Bitcoin Maximalists Leave the Poor Holding the Bag On 15 March 2025, Bitcoin hit an all-time high of $109,358.01. The headlines were predictable. Twitter (or X, as it now calls itself) erupted with laser-eyed avatars, "Buy the dip" chants, and the tired repetition of crypto cult dogma: Bitcoin fixes this . You’d think the world had discovered a new form of salvation. But now, a month later, Bitcoin struggles to remain above $85,000—and the silence...

Greater powers for the National Crime Agency and police to seize, freeze and destroy cryptoassets used by criminals have come into force...

Car parts uncovered in joint operation with Lincolnshire police Two people have been questioned as part of an investigation into...