FEATURED VIDEO: An Update on How the White House is Thinking About Bitcoin @Btcpolicyorg Director of Government Affairs Bayman11771 sits down with Deputy Director of the President’s Council on Digital Assets Patrick Witt for a fireside chat. 🔗 youtu.be/0nAfATDfLGc

"'It was a tactical mistake to put all these bills together,' said Zack Shapiro , the head of policy at the Bitcoin Policy Institute . 'That was more about optics than about good policy and politics.'" The New York Times nytimes.com/2025/07/16/tec…

Bitcoin was under $4,000 when this came out. If you had modest retirement savings of, say $400k at the time, and actually put them into bitcoin like the sketch suggested, you’d have about $12M worth of Bitcoin today. Her “smarter” friends who listened to their financial advisors

Bitcoin may be for anyone, but it isn’t being adopted by everyone. Across 25 countries, we asked: Who’s actually using bitcoin? This week we explore WHO and WHERE people own bitcoin and HOW ownership compares to other assets. - Owners are more likely to be men, aged 30–44,

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13 of the top 25 banks in the US are building bitcoin products for their customers. First they ignore it. Then they fight it. Now they’re starting to embrace Bitcoin.

I’d be lying if I said that this bitcoin cycle has been kind of depressing at times. But today’s Bitcoin Policy Institute undergraduate research colloquium really reminded me of how magical this space can be. Thank you to everyone at BPI for making today’s event possible. Our students went

For anyone curious about Patrick Witt, the incoming Executive Director of the White House Crypto Counsel (replacing Bo Hines), here’s a video of his panel at Bitcoin Policy Institute’s policy summit this summer with Bayman11771. I think this may be the only public conference appearance

This is the only known talk by the new Executive Crypto Director for the Trump Administration Bitcoin Policy Institute as usual ahead of the curve Shout out Zack Shapiro for finding this

New episode! Will Luther and Josh Hendrickson on the Future of Bitcoin Will (𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕒𝕞 𝕁. 𝕃𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣), Josh (Josh Hendrickson), and David Beckworth contend with George Selgin’s pessimistic take on the idea of a strategic Bitcoin reserve.

🎙️New Macro Musings!🎙️ 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕒𝕞 𝕁. 𝕃𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 and Josh Hendrickson return to explore Bitcoin’s evolving role in global finance, the rise of neutral reserve assets, and the potential for declining Bitcoin volatility, and how it could shape its future. Matthew Pines

Smart and nuanced analysis here: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

“It’s for criminals.” “It’s bad for the environment.” “It’s too complicated.” These are the lines one might think keep people from owning bitcoin. But when we asked 25,000 people across 25 countries, the most common answers didn’t match the usual headlines. The real top

National Interest Article: The Technology Behind Financial Freedom — Evidence from a 25-Country Bitcoin Study by BPI Senior Fellow Sarah Kreps and Ella Hough 👇 nationalinterest.org/blog/techland/…

Honored to join Sarah Kreps on a piece for @TheNatInterest’s Techland! This article is a synthesis of the past 6 weeks of data releases from Cornell Brooks Tech Policy Institute (BTPI)’s Bitcoin Research Project (via Cornell Bitcoin Club), funded by Human Rights Foundation (HRF) & The Reynolds Foundation. H/t Renee & Emily Day for

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In Week 8, we looked at perceptions of bitcoin’s future. This week, we focus on how people see bitcoin today: its accessibility, security, and readiness. Across 25 countries, the data paints a picture of hesitation, uncertainty, and opportunity. Here’s what we found. 👇

Nation-state Bitcoin adoption isn’t a rumor anymore. From reserves to legislation, governments are moving — and our new report ‘Nation State Adoption: How and Why Countries Are Gaining Exposure to Bitcoin’ by Renee & Jacob Langenkamp breaks it down. btcpolicy.org/articles/natio…