Januar 2026

Kjedebrev januar 2026

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Tollef Hovig: Finansåret 2025, Steigan, 2026-01-01

“The sense of responsibility in the financial community for the community as a whole is not small. It is nearly nil.”
― John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006)

Privacy trends for 2026, A16z Crypto, 2026-01-06

“Data is the pollution problem of the information age, and protecting privacy is the environmental challenge.”
— Bruce Schneier

Türkiye to end cash transactions in gold trade under new tracking system, Hürriyet Daily News, 2026-01-08

“When technology is mobile, and transactions occur in cyberspace, as they increasingly will do, governments will no longer be able to charge more for their services than they are worth to the people who pay for them.”
― James Dale Davidson

Can We Get Paid in Crypto? Russians Bombard Social Fund with Digital Currency Questions, Blockonomi, 2026-01-11

"There is no quantum world. There is only an abstract quantum description"
― Niels Bohr (1885-1962)

A Satoshi-Era Bitcoin Miner Just Moved For The First Time Since 2024: Here’s How Much, Bitcoinist, 2026-01-11

"The root problem with conventional currency is all the trust that's required to make it work. The central bank must be trusted not to debase the currency, but the history of fiat currencies is full of breaches of that trust."
—Satoshi Nakamoto

Inside Iran’s Growing $7.8 Billion Crypto Ecosystem: IRGC Dominance and a Flight to Bitcoin Reflect Geopolitical Tensions and Domestic Unrest, Chainalysis, 2026-01-15

“Cryptocurrency is such a powerful concept that it can almost overturn governments”
— Charles Lee

Jefferies’ Analyst Dumps Bitcoin Over Quantum Computing Fears, Buys Gold, Bitcoin Magazine, 2026-01-16

"Governments lie; bankers lie; even auditors sometimes lie: gold tells the truth."
—William Rees-Mogg (1928-2012)

BRICS Nations China and India Dump $10,300,000,000 in US Treasuries in One Month, The Daily Hodl, 2026-01-22

“Man's real treasure is the treasure of his mistakes, piled up stone by stone through thousands of years.”
―  José Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955)

Oklahoma Introduces Bill Allowing State Employees and Vendors to Be Paid in Bitcoin, Bitcoin Magazine, 2026-01-23

“The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Sumayya Ismail: US dollar: ‘Wounded hegemon’ or secure as most powerful currency on earth?, Al Jazeera, 2026-01-27

"For want of a dollar the bus ride was lost.

For want of a bus ride the job was lost.

For want of a job the paycheck was lost.

For want of a paycheck the housing was lost.

And all for want of goddamn dollar."

—Scott Santens

Jan R. Steinholt: Flukten fra dollar gir gullfeber, TrønderRød, 2026-01-29

"Governments lie; bankers lie; even auditors sometimes lie: gold tells the truth."
—William Rees-Mogg (1928-2012)

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