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Good morning, friends! Today, we celebrate 100 editions of HRF's Financial Freedom Report. What started as an effort to track how authoritarian regimes use money as a tool of repression has evolved into THE weekly newsletter covering the global state of financial freedom. From frozen bank accounts, currency collapse, and CBDCs to resisting with Bitcoin and freedom tech, we are grateful to all our readers who have joined us on this journey. Onward to the next 100! View Article →

Good morning, readers! This week's Financial Freedom Report #96 is published and features the following global strories: -Cuba | Independent Media Outlet Blamed for Inflation -Indonesia | Central Bank Expands Oversight with New CBDC-Linked Stablecoin -Tanzania | Internet Blackout and Curfew Follow Unfree and Unfair Elections In #Bitcoin and Freedom Tech News: -Phoenix | Phoenix Wallet Launches Taproot Channels and Multi-Wallet Support -Bitkey | Introduces Chain Code Delegation for Enhanced Privacy -Cashu | Update Adds Mint Discovery and Web-of-Trust Ratings We end with a new episode of the “What Bitcoin Did” podcast, where HRF’s Chief Strategy Officer Alex Gladstein explains how Bitcoin protects civil society from dictators who devalue currencies, freeze bank accounts, monitor financial activity, and employ myriad other forms of financial repression. View Article →

Good morning, nostr! This week's Financial Freedom Report #93 is live and features the following in global news: -China | Opens International Operations Center for Digital Yuan -Nicaragua | Human Rights Guarantees Eliminated -World | SWIFT Eyes Blockchain Payment System Overhaul In #Bitcoin and Freedom Tech News: -Sparrow Wallet | Implements Send to Silent Payments -Breez | Shares Q3 Lightning Integrations -Bitcoin Babies | Releases “The Sovereign Mother” Book We end with an essay from HRF’s chief strategy officer, Alex Gladstein, who explains in the Journal of Democracy why Bitcoin is best thought of as freedom money. He traces how governments have used modern financial systems to surveil and repress, and how Bitcoin provides an alternative. View Article →