Blog Post Feb 1, 2024 HRFтАЩs Weekly Financial Freedom Report #9 This past week, Egyptians were told to put up with soaring inflation, while we saw KazakhstanтАЩs financial suppression of journalists and PakistanтАЩs continued rise in Bitcoin adoption.
Blog Post Jan 25, 2024 HRFтАЩs Weekly Financial Freedom Report #8 Today we bring you news of Chinese citizens trading cryptocurrency despite a state-imposed ban, RussiaтАЩs recent blockage of VPN services and privacy protocols ahead of next monthтАЩs presidential elections, and VenezuelaтАЩs attempt to pass legislation that takes aim at the funding of civil society organizations and human rights defenders.
Blog Post Jan 18, 2024 HRFтАЩs Weekly Financial Freedom Report #7 This week, we delve into censorship on the Indian app stores, protests in Papua New Guinea triggered by pay cuts to the police, Ghana borrowing another $600 million from the IMF, and a new Bitcoin circular economy in Zambia.
Blog Post Jan 11, 2024 HRFтАЩs Weekly Financial Freedom Report #6 This week, we brief you on ChinaтАЩs censorship of economic indicators, the freezing of bank accounts of indigenous activists in the Philippines, and the record inflation rate in Pakistan.
Blog Post Jan 4, 2024 HRFтАЩs Weekly Financial Freedom Report #5 We start 2024 with an exciting announcement: HRF granted $500,000 to 18 projects worldwide. Our Q4 gifts focused on global education, Bitcoin Core, mining decentralization, and projects that support freedom tech developers in closed societies.
Blog Post Dec 21, 2023 HRFтАЩs Weekly Financial Freedom Report #4 For this weekтАЩs Financial Freedom report, we cover currency devaluation in Argentina, Hong KongтАЩs National Police arresting individuals for donating to pro-democracy activists, and recent product launches helping make Bitcoin easy to send worldwide.
Blog Post Dec 14, 2023 HRFтАЩs Weekly Financial Freedom Report #3 This weekтАЩs Financial Freedom report covers everything from extreme inflation under regimes in Zimbabwe and Iran to a newly exposed vulnerability allowing tyrants to track mobile phone usage of their citizens to Bitcoin software updates putting more power in the hands of users worldwide.
Blog Post Nov 30, 2023 HRFтАЩs Weekly Financial Freedom Report #2 From Singapore pioneering the use of central bank digital currencies to staggering currency debasement in Cuba and Egypt, it is evident that governments worldwide continue to abuse their digital power.
Blog Post Nov 22, 2023 HRFтАЩs Weekly Financial Freedom Report #1 In this newsletter, HRF will provide useful stories and information to help us better understand the global impact of growing worldwide Bitcoin adoption.
Announcement Nov 21, 2023 Introducing HRFтАЩs Financial Freedom Newsletter IтАЩm Ayelen Osorio, and I recently joined the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) as a Financial Freedom specialist. With HRF, I look forward to exploring the various ways people living under authoritarian regimes are reclaiming their financial freedom with new technology.