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Tomorrowโ€™s newsletter: ๐ŸŒ Every #Bitcoin law & regulation move, US and worldwide โš–๏ธ Your legal question of the week, answered ๐Ÿ“Š What prediction markets say about Bitcoin law right now The full picture, every Tuesday. ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ“ฉ ๐Ÿ‘‰ Drops in less than 24h ๐Ÿ‘‰ Open early, earn your 21 sats ๐Ÿ‘‰ If you're not subscribed already, fix that now: ๐Ÿ‘€ Got a specific news you want covered? Reply & tell me. ๐Ÿ‘‡
โšก๏ธ Issue #48 of The Bitcoin Act newsletter is live! ๐Ÿ‘€ Dive into sharp opinion & analysis, today's key numbers, and the biggest #Bitcoin law & market moves shaking things up. ๐Ÿ‘‰ For subscribers, donโ€™t forget to check and claim your free sats! ๐Ÿ‘‰ Full issue here:
The #Bitcoin law project ARMA is decisive. Tomorrow I break it down with legal experts and lawmakers, no noise, just the sharpest takes. Donโ€™t miss this one. โšก Plus: ๐Ÿ“Š Numbers of the week ๐Ÿ“… Every legal & regulatory Bitcoin event to watch next week ๐Ÿ‘‰ Drops in 24h ๐Ÿ‘‰ Open early, earn your 21 sats ๐Ÿ‘‰ If you're not subscribed already, fix that now: ๐Ÿ‘€ Got a specific news you want covered? Reply & tell me. ๐Ÿ‘‡
Most founders build in silence. I used to. Then my subscribers started talking. And everything changed. ๐Ÿงต Bitcoiners don't give fake feedback. No fluff. No politeness. Just brutal, honest signal. When a stacker tells you something isn't working, you listen. Immediately. ๐Ÿ’ฅ The feedback I got in the last few weeks reshaped The Bitcoin Act. New sections added. New formats tested. New features incoming. None of it would exist without the people reading every issue and telling me exactly what they needed. Here's what most founders get wrong: They treat feedback as criticism. The best founders treat it as free product development. Your most engaged users are your best engineers. You're just not asking them. #Bitcoin taught us to verify, not trust. Same applies to building. Don't assume your product is good. Verify it. Ask. Listen. Rebuild. The market never lies. Neither do Bitcoiners. What's coming to The Bitcoin Act because of your feedback: I won't spoil everything. But if you think the newsletter is good now, you haven't seen anything yet. The best issues are ahead. ๐Ÿงกโšก If you're not subscribed yet, now is the perfect time. You'll shape what The Bitcoin Act becomes. Subscribe free โ†’ get the Legal Shield Checklist instantly + 21 sats every issue you open early. Then hit reply and tell me exactly what you think. ๐Ÿ‘‰ thebitcoinact.xyz/subscribe โšก
๐Ÿงต Legal thread of the week: #CLARITY Act Explained Simply: What It Actually Means for Bitcoin Self-Custody The Senate Banking Committee just advanced a major bill on Bitcoin. ๐Ÿ‘€ If you hold your own keys, most of it wonโ€™t change your daily life. But two specific parts give Bitcoin self-custody real, long-term legal ground it didnโ€™t have before. Hereโ€™s exactly what they are. Current status, plain and simple: ๐Ÿ‘‡ The bill cleared the Senate Banking Committee on May 14 with bipartisan support. It is not law yet. It still needs the full Senate, the House, and the Presidentโ€™s signature. If it passes, most rules start 360 days later. โœ… What โ€œBitcoin as a commodityโ€ actually means: The bill officially treats Bitcoin like a commodity (similar to gold or oil), not like a stock or investment contract. This puts spot Bitcoin trading under the Commodity Futures Trading Commission instead of the SEC. Exchanges get one main regulator with clearer commodity-style rules instead of securities rules. It reduces confusion and overlapping demands on platforms that handle Bitcoin. The Keep Your Coins protection (Section 605): ๐Ÿ‘‡ This part says federal agencies cannot prohibit, restrict, or impair your ability to use a self-hosted wallet to hold your own Bitcoin. It is the first time Congress has written this kind of explicit protection into law. It still allows normal enforcement against money laundering and sanctions, it just stops regulators from going after regular self-custody itself. What happens if a platform fails (Title VII): ๐Ÿšจ If you keep Bitcoin on an exchange or custodian and that company goes bankrupt, the bill treats your #Bitcoin as customer property. This means your coins should stay separate and return to you, instead of becoming general assets that other creditors can claim. It gives Bitcoin the same basic customer protection that already exists for traditional commodities and securities. โ“ What this could mean for future tools and services: Developers building non-custodial Bitcoin software and protocols get clearer safe harbors, as long as they never take custody of user funds. This survived the committee vote. It may make it easier for more non-custodial wallets, tools, and services to exist without facing heavy licensing or securities burdens. Exact next steps before the CLARITY Act can become law: ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘€ It must still pass the full Senate (needs 60 votes to overcome a filibuster). Then it goes to reconciliation with the House version. Finally, the President must sign it. Only after signature does the 360-day clock start before most rules take effect. ๐Ÿ›๏ธ In todayโ€™s world, knowing #Bitcoin law isnโ€™t optional, itโ€™s essential for staying free and safe. ๐Ÿ’ฅ Subscribe to my weekly newsletter and get the sharpest breakdowns delivered straight to you:
โšก๏ธ Issue #47 of The Bitcoin Act newsletter is live! ๐Ÿงก Dive into the latest global moves reshaping #Bitcoin regulation and adoption. ๐Ÿ‘‰ For subscribers, donโ€™t forget to check and claim your free sats! ๐Ÿ‘‰ Full issue here: thebitcoinact.xyz
๐Ÿ‘€ This week, 3 governments moved Bitcoin one step closer to the real world! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran reportedly launched a Bitcoin-based system tied to one of the worldโ€™s most critical shipping routes ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ U.S. lawmakers are racing to shape who controls Bitcoin market regulation ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง The UK is debating whether spending Bitcoin should still be taxed at all Tomorrowโ€™s issue of The Bitcoin Act breaks down why all 3 stories point to the same thing: #Bitcoin is slowly leaving the โ€œspeculative assetโ€ categoryโ€ฆ and entering infrastructure. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Drops in less than 24h ๐Ÿ‘‰ Open early, earn your 21 sats ๐Ÿ‘‰ If you're not subscribed already, fix that now: ๐Ÿ‘€ Got a specific news you want covered? Reply & tell me. ๐Ÿ‘‡
โšก๏ธ Issue #46 of The Bitcoin Act newsletter is live! ๐Ÿ‘€ Dive into sharp opinion & analysis, today's key numbers, and the biggest #Bitcoin law & market moves shaking things up. ๐Ÿ‘‰ For subscribers, donโ€™t forget to check and claim your free sats! ๐Ÿ‘‰ Full issue here: thebitcoinact.xyz
Police unions fighting Bitcoin developers. The Clarity Act markup passed โ€” and nobody agrees on what comes next. Poland just rushed a Bitcoin regulation bill after their biggest exchange collapsed. This week was LOUD. You've seen the headlines. Tomorrow I give you what comes after the headlines. The sharpest lawyers, Bitcoin advocates, analysts, researchers, and policy experts all weighed in this week. I read everything. I filtered the noise. I kept only what actually matters for your stack. Tomorrow's issue is 100% expert analysis. No recap. No fluff. โš–๏ธ CLARITY ACT MARKUP โ€” What lawyers and policy analysts actually think comes next. The takes are all over the place. I sort them out. ๐Ÿ‘ฎ COP UNION VS BITCOIN DEVS โ€” 382,000 officers fighting to regulate non-controlling Bitcoin developers. The legal reaction is already coming in. ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ POLAND โ€” Their biggest exchange just collapsed. Now they're rushing to align with MiCA before the July deadline. What does this mean for the global regulatory domino effect? This is the issue you'll want to have read before everyone else starts talking about it Monday morning. Plus: ๐Ÿ“Š Numbers of the week ๐Ÿ“… Every legal & regulatory Bitcoin event to watch next week I got flooded with questions this week. Drop yours in the comments, I pick one every issue. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Drops in less than 24h ๐Ÿ‘‰ Open early, earn your 21 sats ๐Ÿ‘‰ If you're not subscribed already, fix that now: ๐Ÿ‘€ Got a specific news you want covered? Reply & tell me. ๐Ÿ‘‡
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