image This week, Thai authorities launched a crackdown on “mule accounts” linked to scams and fraud. 3 million accounts frozen, new transfer limits imposed on all users and funds suspended for up to 7 days Bank accounts are not your money. They’re promises, controlled by institutions and subject to policy decisions If you think this is just a Thailand problem… think again. 🇨🇦 Canada’s convoy freeze 🇳🇬 Nigeria’s withdrawal limits 🇱🇧 Lebanon’s capital controls You don’t own what you can’t access. It’s one reason why many are starting to reconsider the role of self-custody in their financial lives. Bitcoin in self custody fixes this ⚡️
image In 2017, Bulgaria seized 213,519 bitcoin A few months later, they sold it. Today, that stash would be worth over $22 billion For context: Bulgaria’s entire national debt is around $24 billion. Let that sink in. They had, in their possession a debt-free future and they let it go before most understood what bitcoin even was. This isn’t a criticism of Bulgaria, back then most governments, institutions, and investors viewed bitcoin as a gamble But stories like this highlight the cost of short-term thinking Bitcoin punishes those who treat it like a trade, and rewards those who understand its principles and adopt a low time preference Bitcoin rewards patience!
image Over 50 companies hold 1,000+ bitcoin on their balance sheets, worth over $100 million at today's price And yet… Most financial advisors still dismiss bitcoin without reading the whitepaper
image If you’ve ever run a business, you know how expensive it is to get paid Payment processors like Visa, Mastercard, and Stripe take a cut of every transaction. That cost gets passed on to consumers, squeezed out of merchants, and baked into every product you buy 2-4% fees plus flat charges per transaction is insane! The Lightning Network is a "layer 2" payment protocol built on top of Bitcoin. Transaction fees are extremely low, often a fraction of a cent and are settled instantly Study Bitcoin, study the Lightning Network
image We're proud to support the next wave of financial leadership in Bitcoin ⚡ This October, we're sponsoring the Bitcoin Financial Services Summit, a gathering of forward-thinking professionals shaping how wealth is managed, secured, and moved in a Bitcoin-native world. Our very own Chantel Lillycrop-Kostiuk , VP of Operations, will join a panel of industry experts to highlight the full lifecycle of bitcoin in financial services and how professionals can guide clients every step of the way. She’ll be joined by Reilly Combs, Executive Bitcoin Advisor, bringing even more insight from the frontlines of Bitcoin adoption. Let’s build the future of finance and enable independence with Bitcoin at the core!
image What does the Nigerian Naira, Argentine Peso, South Korean Won and the Chilean Peso have in common? One satoshi is now worth more than a unit of their national currency, let that sink in! This a reminder of how fast fiat currencies can lose purchasing power and how steadily bitcoin has strengthened over time! If your unit of account can be overtaken by a fraction of a bitcoin… what exactly are you saving in?
image The first standardized gold coins began circulation at around 550 BC in the Lydian empire. Coins incurred minimal design changes until Sir Isaac Newton reimagined sovereign currency using science and philosophy For over 2000 years before Newton, precious metal coins incurred theft known as coin clipping A thief takes a pair of clippers and clips the edges of a few dozen coins The clippings can then be melted down to form new coins Eventually, most of the coins became clipped, their value diminished and their function in trade lessened It’s a challenge to find an ancient coin without evidence of clipping Newton discovered an elegant solution: the coin ridge Instead of trusting in the value of the coin received, anyone could now verify that the coin was legitimate and untampered with because a clip on a ridged coin would be very noticeable Mints around the world began implementing Newton’s design Newton essentially invented an instant and zero cost tool for validating the legitimacy of currency used in peer to peer transactions. And we see this design philosophy also present in bitcoin! Bitcoin recipients need a way to validate transactions at low cost Instead of a few dozen ridges encircling a coin, bitcoiners have tens of thousands of nodes continuously monitoring the legitimacy of every transaction and minting of new bitcoin In many ways, Sir Isaac Newton is the great godfather of bitcoin He was the first person to use logic, math and philosophy to reapproach sovereign currency, leading to England’s gold standard’s development, eventually leading to a global gold standard Although he isn’t referenced in The Bitcoin White Paper, we thank Newton because his invention of low cost currency security measures and the gold standard helped lay the foundation and inspiration for the bitcoin standard that we are all working towards
image 1 bitcoin = 100,000,000 sats But here’s the kicker: the protocol doesn’t even recognize “bitcoin” as a unit, it tracks balances entirely in sats! There is no such thing as “a bitcoin” in the protocol. It’s all satoshis, the smallest unit of measurement in the Bitcoin network This matters, especially for people still thinking of Bitcoin as a stock or price-per-coin asset You’re gaining access to a distributed, mathematically enforced ledger, one that keeps track of exactly how many sats you can verify and control. Under the hood, there are 2.1 quadrillion sats, When you shift from “I can’t afford a whole bitcoin” to “I can secure x sats” everything changes!
image Here’s what average 2-bedroom rents looked like in Q1 2019 vs. Q1 2025: Vancouver: $2,490 → $3,170 (+27%) Toronto: $2,560 → $2,690 (+5%) Ottawa (Ontario part): $1,710 → $2,490 (+46%) Calgary: $1,360 → $1,920 (+41%) Montréal: $1,130 → $1,930 (+71%) Ottawa (Quebec part): $980 → $1,680 (+71%) Over 6 years, salaries haven’t doubled, but living costs in Canadian cities have risen sharply.
image M2 supply just hit an ATH and every time the supply expands, your purchasing power contracts. Over $21.8 trillion! The largest U.S. dollar supply ever If money can be created infinitely, its ability to store value becomes finite.