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Alex Gladstein

What's Next For Bitcoin After Core Developer Marco Falke Plans to Step Down
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What's Next For Bitcoin After Core Developer Marco Falke Plans to Step Down
Alex Gladstein, Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation, discusses his reactions to Bitcoin Core developer Marco Falke stepping down from his maintainer role thi...
What's Next For Bitcoin After Core Developer Marco Falke Plans to Step Down
By CoinDesk Inc
Feb 22, 2023 at 8:56 p.m. UTC
Feb 22, 2023
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Bitcoin and Opting Out of the IMF and World Bank
How the IMF and World Bank funnel resources from poor countries to rich ones.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Dec 4, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 4, 2022
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Iranian Security Forces Arrested Bitcoin Advocate Ziya Sadr, Sources Say
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Iranian Security Forces Arrested Bitcoin Advocate Ziya Sadr, Sources Say
Ziya Sadr, an Iranian Bitcoin advocate, was arrested by Iranian security forces last month, according to multiple sources. Human Rights Foundation Chief Strategy Officer Alex...
Iranian Security Forces Arrested Bitcoin Advocate Ziya Sadr, Sources Say
By CoinDesk Staff
Oct 10, 2022 at 7:47 p.m. UTC
Oct 10, 2022
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The breakdown
Oslo Freedom Forum and Why Bitcoin Matters
The annual conference showcases people and ideas working to increase freedom throughout the world.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
May 24, 2022 at 8:19 p.m. UTC
May 24, 2022
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Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation at 2019 Consensus (CoinDesk archives)
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Book Excerpt: 3 Stories of Bitcoin Changing Lives Outside the 'Dollar Bubble'
Alex Gladstein describes how Bitcoin offered entrepreneurs in Nigeria, Sudan and Ethiopia a much-needed, financial resource for helping their families and communities througho...
Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation at 2019 Consensus (CoinDesk archives)
By Alex Gladstein
Mar 28, 2022 at 11:50 p.m. UTC
Mar 28, 2022
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Bitcoin as an Economic Lifeline Amid Russia-Ukraine War
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Bitcoin as an Economic Lifeline Amid Russia-Ukraine War
Human Rights Foundation’s Alex Gladstein explains the crucial role of cryptocurrency in the Ukraine war as displaced Ukrainians turn to digital assets for storage of funds.
Bitcoin as an Economic Lifeline Amid Russia-Ukraine War
By CoinDesk Staff
Mar 23, 2022 at 11:06 p.m. UTC
Mar 23, 2022
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The breakdown
The Transformation of Money
Summaries of two major conversations around the history and future of money.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Mar 20, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 20, 2022
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'Bitcoin Is the Revolution': An Interview With Alex Gladstein
Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation says Bitcoin can support the cause of freedom around the world. Here's how to get involved.
The image originally appeared in December in "Bitcoin Dissidents: Those Who Need It Most."
By Sophia Zaller
Jun 24, 2021 at 8:02 p.m. UTC
Jun 24, 2021
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Bitcoin
Is Bitcoin a Trojan Horse for Freedom?
A reading of Alex Gladstein’s recent essay.
Photo of a wooden “trojan horse,” as NWL read’s Alex Gladstein’s “Bitcoin Is a Trojan Horse for Freedom.”
By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jun 13, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Jun 13, 2021
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Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation at Consensus 2019
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The Node: Bitcoin, Warts and All
If mass adoption is the aim, we might as well tell the truth about what that world looks like. The whole truth.
Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation at Consensus 2019
By Daniel Kuhn
Apr 9, 2021 at 5:56 p.m. UTC
Apr 9, 2021
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