Headlines this week include the latest CPI print, SEC Chairman Gary Gensler’s recent commentary on the cryptocurrency industry and classification of tokens as securities, Russia potentially accepting Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as payment in international trade, Pierre Poilievre’s election as leader of Canada’s conservative party, the Ethereum Merge, Fidelity’s plans to allow trading on its platform, Bitcoin spot ETFs, insider trading at Coinbase, Michael Saylor and Microstrategy making moves to buy even more Bitcoin, Craig Wright and Hodlonaut’s court case in Norway, and Swan Bitcoin launching Swan Advisor Services.
This week’s guest commentator is Alyse Killeen, Founder and General Partner at Stillmark. For this week’s Hard Money Report we take a closer look at the food industry, the harm that industrial farming and “Fiat foods” are causing to society, as well as the way some Bitcoiners are trying to change things for the better with regenerative farming and organizations like The Beef Initiative.