Newsletter Apr 28, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #21 Last week, on halving day, the Human Rights Foundation launched the Finney Freedom Prize to honor the legacy of Hal Finney and inspire others to follow in his footsteps. As the world becomes increasingly digital, the fight for electronic privacy and cash becomes more and more important.
Newsletter Apr 18, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #20 Depending on your time zone, Bitcoin’s fourth halving will take place tomorrow or Saturday at block height of 840,000. Here’s a great 101 from Andreas Antonopolous on the basics of the halving, why it is important, and what he expects to happen as a result of Bitcoin issuance being cut in half.
Newsletter Mar 14, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #15 This past week, BRICS — an intergovernmental organization led by the Russian and Chinese dictatorships — explored the development of an independent payment system that aims to use digital currencies and potentially central bank digital currencies.
Newsletter Mar 7, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #14 This week’s news focuses on the growing interest in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) from governments. Turkey concluded its initial research phase, while Ghana revealed ambitious plans to launch its own CBDC.
Newsletter Feb 23, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #12 Over the last week, we mourned the murder of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny by Vladimir Putin’s regime.
Newsletter Jan 4, 2024 HRF’s 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.
Newsletter Dec 21, 2023 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #4 For this week’s Financial Freedom report, we cover currency devaluation in Argentina, Hong Kong’s National Police arresting individuals for donating to pro-democracy activists, and recent product launches helping make Bitcoin easy to send worldwide.
Newsletter Dec 14, 2023 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #3 This week’s 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 HRF’s 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.
Newsletter Nov 22, 2023 HRF’s 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 HRF’s Financial Freedom Newsletter I’m 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.
