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Arthur Hayes's Bitcoin 'Debasement' Thesis, Explained (Not Advice)

Arthur Hayes argues you should buy Bitcoin dips and hold to protect against currency debasement. A neutral, no-hype explainer of what he actually argues — and why to treat it as one strong opinion, not a green light.

Sam Okafor · 2d ago · 8 min

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Bitcoin Runes & the Asia-Institutional Thesis: Did It Play Out?

Runes ate 90% of Bitcoin's fees at launch, then crashed. Could Asian institutional money revive it? What Runes are, the boom-bust, and the honest scorecard on the revival thesis.

Sam Okafor · 2d ago · 8 min

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bitcoin erased three months of losses in one week — and it's still 30% below its record high

BTC crossed $80,000 for the first time since May on a Treasury bond-buyback surprise and a Trump-Coinbase meeting — but the rally hasn't undone a brutal year.

Sam Okafor · Aug 25 · 6 min

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your 'safest' Bitcoin wallet had a broken lock since 2021 — and hackers just found it

A five-year-old firmware bug in Coldcard hardware wallets let attackers drain $116 million in Bitcoin this summer — and if you generated a seed on one between 2021 and July 2026, your coins might still be exposed.

Sam Okafor · Aug 16 · 7 min