#Human Rights Foundation

News.Bitcoin / Speechwriter for Former US President George Bush Says BTC Rally Driven by ‘Historically Low Interest Rates’

February 23, 2021 / newsbitcoin

A speechwriter for former U.S. President George W. Bush and a bitcoin critic, David Frum has claimed that the low-interest rates are fueling the crypto asset’s rally. Frum suggests that…

News.Bitcoin / Human Rights Foundation’s Alex Gladstein Calls Bitcoin ‘An Escape Hatch From Tyranny’

February 8, 2021 / newsbitcoin

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF)’s Alex Gladstein has heaped praise on bitcoin saying it’s an escape hatch from tyranny and that there is more to it than its price. In…

Bitcoin Magazine / Human Rights Foundation Provides Grants To Specter, Lot49

January 12, 2021 / bitcoinmagazine

Listen To This Episode: The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has announced the latest beneficiaries of its ongoing Bitcoin Development Fund: Bitcoin developer Ben Kaufman and the team at Global Mesh…

Coindesk / Gemini Donates $50K to HRF to Help Fund Another Round of Bitcoin Developers in 2021

December 1, 2020 / coindesk

The Human Rights Foundation has secured donations to fund even more Bitcoin developers in 2021, and it’s capping off 2020 by adding another beneficiary to its grant program. Shared exclusively…

Bitcoin Magazine / As Governments Seek Encryption Backdoors, Bitcoin Becomes Critical

November 12, 2020 / bitcoinmagazine

On November 6, 2020, the Council of the European Union released a “Draft Council Resolution on Encryption.” The document is supposed to serve as a precursor to a final text…