Secondary liability for crypto-asset wallets
Explore how copyright secondary-liability doctrines offer a flexible framework to regulate non-custodial crypto wallets without mass surveillance.
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Privacy
Analysis of Bitcoin privacy, surveillance, wallet and transaction risks, and the institutional conditions for financial privacy
Technocratic Surveillance and Decentralized Financial Defenses
In the August 19, 2026, broadcast of You're The Voice, Freddie New argues that the UK government is deploying child safety pretexts to construct a pervasive surveillance and financial repression apparatus.
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Bitcoin Sovereignty, AI Surveillance, and Political Realignment
The February 16, 2026 episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast features Erik Cason arguing that Bitcoin and open-source AI are converging tools for personal sovereignty amid institutional distrust and expanding surveillance.
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Bitcoin’s Next Era: Digital Gold, Stablecoins, and Freedom Tech
The February 03, 2026 episode of the ARK Invest podcast features a multi-guest panel discussing Bitcoin’s evolving role alongside stablecoins and a broader class of “freedom technologies.”
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Jeff Booth on Bitcoin, Debt, the Politics of Control (Bitcoin as a Freedom Protocol)
The January 02, 2026 episode of You’re The Voice features Jeff Booth arguing that technology-driven deflation collides with debt-based money, pushing institutions toward coercion, surveillance, and narrative control.
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Ecash Mints on Bitcoin: Privacy Gains, Trust Costs
The December 27, 2025 episode of The Transformation of Value features Erik Cativo explaining why Bitcoin-denominated ecash mints can make everyday payments feel like sending a message while restoring cash-like privacy.
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When Bitcoin Privacy Becomes a Crime: The Samurai Wallet Prosecution
The December 09, 2025 episode of TFTC features Keonne Rodriguez explaining how the Samurai Wallet prosecution reframes U.S. attitudes toward non-custodial Bitcoin privacy tools.
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Escaping Fiat Thinking: The Big Bitcoin Measurement Error
The December 01, 2025 episode of The Bitcoin Edge with Paula features Jeff Booth explaining why most people, including many Bitcoin holders, remain trapped in fiat thinking by measuring everything in dollars.
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Privacy, Decentralization, and Federated E-Cash
The November 20, 2025 episode of the Isabel Foxen Duke podcast features Obi Nwosu explaining why privacy is essential to Bitcoin’s cypherpunk foundations and how federated e-cash mints operationalize that principle.
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America’s Bitcoin Strategy, Surveillance, and Non-Custodial Freedom
The November 19, 2025 episode of TFTC features Kyle Olney outlining how U.S. financial surveillance and bank fragility are shaping America’s emerging Bitcoin strategy.
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Bitcoin, Financial Repression, and Permissionless Payments
The October 27, 2025 episode of What Bitcoin Did features Alex Gladstein examining where banking access and monetary stability break down. Gladstein argues that permissionless payments enable activists, merchants, and households to operate beyond censorship and debasement.
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Permissionless Money, Custody Risk, and the Economics of Control
The October 08, 2025 episode of You’re the Voice features Knut Svanholm arguing that Bitcoin restores property rights by removing permissioned chokepoints.
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