Had an amazing time in Prague and got to visit SatoshiLabs, home of Trezor and . Recorded a brilliant pod with Marcel about Bitcoin Dada, Grafton about Vexl, and Efrat about her ‘You’re The Voice’ podcast. Always great hanging out with Isabella, a phenomenal freedom fighter and educator for Get Based, as dedicated as ever. It was a lovely surprise bumping into Nick Anthony from the Cato Institute. All these incredible people had one thing in common: Bitcoin as freedom money. Thank you to the Trezor team for being so welcoming and awesome.

In 1994, Rwanda descended into one of the darkest chapters in modern history. Over a million people were killed while the world looked away. Anaïse Kanimba lost her biological parents in that genocide and was later adopted by Paul and Tatiana Rusesabagina, whose story inspired Hotel Rwanda. Her life is a living reminder of survival, silence, and the fight for freedom. In our conversation, she shares how in times of collapse money becomes a weapon and how Bitcoin can serve as a tool for freedom. You can watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/0e6Lz7IjacA

Simon Dixon says we’re now in the “Wall Street Attack Phase”, a period where traditional finance will do whatever it takes to get our bitcoin. The history of bitcoin has always been one of counterattacks, and this is just another chapter. Hal Finney imagined a future where banks would hold bitcoin as reserves and settle with each other using it, integrating rather than replacing the financial system. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t stay alert to how easily integration can become capture. In this podcast, Simon issues a series of serious warnings: - Many underestimate what Wall Street is willing to do to take your bitcoin. Everyone’s going to go through some really hard lessons in the coordinated, engineered process to teach people they should have bitcoin in self custody. - People come in for Number Go Up technology and until they go through a disaster, they don’t realise that money you can own and money you can spend is the real utility. - The true utility of bitcoin is self custody. - There’s a crucial distinction between bitcoin in custody, bitcoin in self custody, and everything else in crypto. If you don’t figure that out over the next five years, you’ll end up in a Universal Basic Income surveillance state, an Orwellian nightmare where you get the vaccine or you get negative interest rates. Which side of that are you going to be on? Simon predicts that anyone who does it through Wall Street via ETFs, pensions or bitcoin backed loans will see a repeat of 2021. They will live through another elaborate scheme that ends with your bitcoin in their wallets and under their control. We will live in a two tier bitcoin system with Wall Street instruments on one side and bitcoin in self custody on the other. Self custody is ultra ultra important for people to figure out. My takeaway: This podcast with could be one of the most important podcasts you listen to. Please don’t lose your way. Remember why bitcoin is special, it’s freedom money, not a Wall Street instrument. As Simon says, bitcoin is the opt out. It’s an exit from the system. Watch here: https://youtu.be/U8iQmr80HPM

The UK holds £5 billion in bitcoin, yet pushes digital IDs instead of considering a strategic bitcoin reserve. The divide isn’t left vs right, it’s freedom vs control. Read my latest Forbes article . https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/10/03/bitcoin-and-digital-id-show-the-uks-fight-over-freedom/