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Oct
08
An AI processor chip with a glowing orange core sits beside a row of blank price tags that shrink from left to right, showing AI pushing prices down.

AI Deflation: Why Cheaper Everything Collides With Debt

AI keeps making intelligence cheaper, yet prices still rise. Why AI deflation collides with a debt-based system and what it means for Bitcoin.
11 min read
Oct
08
A crane lowers a Bitcoin mining container bearing the Simple Mining logo onto its pad as two workers guide it, shown as line art with an orange glow on the container.

Simple Mining Acquires Sphere 3D's Iowa Bitcoin Mining Site

Simple Mining now owns the 8 MW Iowa site it built for Sphere 3D. Room for about 2,200 miners, and an Iowa platform close to 160 MW.
3 min read
Oct
02
Monthly Bitcoin Report cover for September 2026: a hydro-cooled and an air-cooled Bitcoin miner in white line art flank a rising candlestick chart ending in one glowing orange candle.

September 2026 Bitcoin Market Report: Price, ETF Flows and Mining

September 2026 in one report: Bitcoin up 6.4%, $2.65B of spot ETF inflows, a Fed hike, and what the month paid hosted miners by machine.
11 min read
Sep
30
Robots on an assembly line feed a machine that sends streams of dollar bills to a grid of houses, illustrating AI output paid out as a universal basic income.

Universal Basic Income and AI: Will AI Bring UBI?

AI could displace millions of jobs. Here is what tech leaders, economists and real UBI pilots say about whether AI will bring universal basic income, how it could be funded, and the alternatives on the table.
13 min read
Sep
25
QE vs QT illustration: a money printing press fans blank banknotes into the air on one side and shreds them into a pile on the other, with a glowing orange lever setting its direction.

QE vs QT: Quantitative Easing vs Tightening Explained

The Fed spent 17 years growing and shrinking its balance sheet. What QE and QT actually do, and why Bitcoin traders watch every move.
10 min read
Sep
25
Debasement trade illustration: a stack of silver coins cracks apart from the top, and the fragments stream across a dark grid into a single glowing orange Bitcoin coin on a plinth.

Debasement Trade: What Dollar Debasement Means for Bitcoin

The dollar keeps losing purchasing power. What the debasement trade is, why investors rotate into scarce assets, and where Bitcoin fits.
10 min read
Sep
24
Isometric illustration of a central bank pouring glowing orange money into channels that flood nearby banks and a rising stock chart, while channels reaching distant homes run nearly dry.

Cantillon Effect: Definition, Examples and Who Benefits First

New money never reaches everyone at once. Who gets it first, who pays for it, and where Bitcoin fits.
12 min read
Sep
23
Steel vault with a glowing orange Bitcoin inside sends fund shares along a conveyor to a trading screen, with a hardware wallet and key in front: Bitcoin ETF vs owning.

What Is a Bitcoin ETF? How It Works vs Owning Bitcoin

How a Bitcoin ETF works, what the twelve US spot funds charge, and what you give up compared with owning Bitcoin directly.
13 min read
Aug
26
Descending bar chart built from 1040 tax forms with an orange arrow curving down and scissors cutting a card labeled TAXES, illustrating strategies that reduce taxable income.

How to Reduce Taxable Income in 2026: 12 Strategies for High Earners

High earners face bracket creep, phase-outs, and a tougher AMT in 2026. These 12 strategies cut taxable income while building assets.
13 min read
Aug
20
Two overlapping metal discs on black, one embossed with the Bitcoin symbol and one with a glowing orange lightning bolt, representing the Lightning Network as Bitcoin's Layer 2.

What Is the Lightning Network? Bitcoin's Layer 2 Explained

The Lightning Network moves Bitcoin payments off-chain through channels. See how it works, what it costs, and why it depends on Bitcoin miners.
8 min read