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RegulationA US election is a vote, not a protocol upgrade
On 5 November 2024 Donald Trump won the US presidential election after a campaign that talked about crypto. A vote is personnel and statutes later. It is not a patch.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
SecurityDMM Bitcoin’s theft is Japan’s custody lesson, again
On 31 May 2024 DMM Bitcoin reported an unauthorised outflow of 4,502.9 BTC. A company wallet was emptied. Bitcoin’s rules were not.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
RegulationSamourai Wallet’s arrests are a legal theory about mixing as a service
On 24 April 2024 the US charged Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill over Samourai Wallet. Privacy software and a business that takes a fee are being argued in court, not on a mailing list.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
BitcoinBitcoin’s fourth halving is the same schedule with new wrappers around it
On 20 April 2024 Bitcoin’s block subsidy halved again, as the code said it would. Spot ETPs were already trading. Those are two facts, not one destiny.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
RegulationUS spot bitcoin ETFs are a wrapper, not a new Bitcoin
BlackRock, Fidelity, Grayscale and others got to list products that hold bitcoin. You buy a share. A custodian holds coins. That is the product.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
SecurityA hacked SEC account is not an ETF approval
Someone took the phone number behind the SEC’s X login and announced ETF approval a day early. Social media is not the Federal Register.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min readRegulationA court rebuked the SEC on Grayscale. That is not an ETF.
Judges said the SEC treated similar bitcoin products differently without a coherent explanation. Shares of a trust still are not bitcoin in your wallet.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min readCompaniesBlackRock filed for a spot bitcoin ETP. That is an application.
The world’s largest asset manager asked to list a product that would hold bitcoin. A filing is not a listing. A listing is not a new bitcoin.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min readMarketsWhy bitcoin’s weekend move is not a strategy
Bitcoin can lurch while desks are empty. This weekend that lurch had a company behind it. The useful question is still whether anything changed for you — not whether the candle was red.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min readBitcoinTaproot is a script upgrade, not a Bitcoin rebrand
A soft fork locked in over the summer and activated on schedule. Complex spends can look ordinary on-chain. That is capability, not a new coin and not a price law.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min readMarkets