Blog Post Jul 24, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #82 The Hungarian government has enacted one of the most repressive digital asset laws in Europe. As of July 1, trading Bitcoin on an unauthorized platform could…
Blog Post Jul 17, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #81 In Venezuela, the bolívar is depreciating by 13% each month, rapidly eroding the wages and savings of Venezuelans
Announcement Jul 17, 2025 HRF AI program in Business Insider In just eight minutes, Twitter and Square founder Jack Dorsey and HRF technical lead Justin Moon vibe coded a cutting-edge website for a human rights organization using only voice commands.
Blog Post Mar 6, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #64 In Nicaragua, the regime is increasingly cracking down on civil society, imposing new financial regulations on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that require them to disclose donors and report all financial transactions — further restricting their ability to operate independently.
Blog Post Feb 13, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #61 This week, we highlight how authoritarian regimes are manipulating digital assets. The Central African Republic launched a government-backed meme coin that crashed spectacularly within a day of launch as regime insiders cashed out for profits, leaving the public with worthless tokens.
Blog Post Jan 30, 2025 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #59 This week, authoritarian regimes augmented their control and monitoring of online spaces in an attempt to suppress the dissenting voices of those they have financially repressed.
Blog Post Aug 19, 2024 The Role of Freedom Tech in Venezuela Venezuela grapples with fraudulent presidential elections, economic and financial collapse, widespread repression, and severe human rights abuses under dictator Nicolás Maduro, its brave activists continue searching for uncensorable solutions to combat systemic repression.
Blog Post Jul 25, 2024 HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #33 Across the world this week, authoritarian regimes predictably continue leveraging centralized technologies and top-down policies to tighten their grip on power. In Russia, Vladimir Putin pushes for harsh regulations on Bitcoin mining, citing fears of potential power outages.
