Insights
Analysis and commentary on structural resilience, jurisdictional strategy, and cross-border wealth from Steffen Feike.
The SEC's repeal of SAB 121 removes a major accounting obstacle to bank-held crypto custody. The consequences are not confined to the United States.
Read more →The concept of a national strategic reserve is extending from gold and petroleum to Bitcoin. The arguments for and against are more substantive than the debate usually acknowledges.
Read more →Trump's pardon of Ross Ulbricht, combined with the Fifth Circuit's Tornado Cash ruling, marks a meaningful shift in how US law is beginning to treat the distinction between building a tool and using it for criminal purposes.
Read more →Crypto has become a serious asset class for institutional investors. The regulatory environment in 2025 is more developed — and more demanding — than it has ever been. Here is what decision-makers need to understand.
Read more →The Los Angeles wildfires destroyed homes, memories, and — for some — irreplaceable private keys. The lesson is not that Bitcoin is unsafe. It is that single points of failure are.
Read more →Gold, cash, real estate, and stocks have served as wealth stores for generations. A closer examination reveals structural vulnerabilities that are increasingly difficult to ignore — and a Bitcoin-based alternative that addresses most of them.
Read more →Maria's parents saved in US dollars to protect themselves from boliviano instability. In early 2024, their bank closed and the dollars became inaccessible. This is what currency collapse looks like from inside it.
Read more →Economic collapse rarely arrives without warning. The pattern — gradual erosion followed by sudden rupture — has repeated across centuries. The present-day parallels are not difficult to find.
Read more →A satirical guide to the lifecycle of borrowed trust — from the initial handshake to the Bahamas. The numbers beneath the jokes are real.
Read more →A waiter from Myanmar. An engineer by training. A currency that has been inflated into worthlessness by a military junta. And a technology that may be doing more for human welfare than sanctions or aid programmes.
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