Archive - The Held Report

When will BTC DeFi TVL topple ETH?

[Guest post by Alexei Zamyatin, co-founder of BOB, the Hybrid L2.

Apr 29 •

December 2024

Stacks gets a big upgrade: Nakamoto and sBTC

Nakamoto improves speed and reliability, while sBTC finally bridges Bitcoin into Stacks in a more secure manner

Dec 14, 2024 •

October 2024

Bitcoin Whitepaper Day: a bold new world.

An old system crumbles

Oct 31, 2024 •

September 2024

Spiderchain: A New Approach to Scaling Bitcoin

In the middle of a new era of Bitcoin innovations comes a unique approach to expanding the size, depth, and security of Bitcoin’s native economy, called…

Sep 12, 2024 •

July 2024

Mezo: A New Bitcoin Economic Layer

Bitcoin DeFi is one of the greatest opportunities in crypto. Mezo was one of my first Bitcoin L2/Economic layer investments. This is a primer on how…

Jul 24, 2024 •

April 2024

Bitcoin Runes Explainer

I will occasionally have knowledgeable folks in the Bitcoin DeFi space write guest posts on the topic.

Apr 2, 2024 •

February 2024

I'm joining Asymmetric to invest in Bitcoin DeFi

My new chapter as a Bitcoin VC

Feb 27, 2024 •

January 2024

Why the Bitcoin ETF is important

Today is the day.

Jan 10, 2024 •

A new era for Bitcoin.

2024 is the year of defi on Bitcoin.

Jan 3, 2024 •

October 2022

We Must Reject CBDCs

What are Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), and what threat do they pose to our freedom? In this newsletter I dive into why CBDCs are not the…

Oct 10, 2022 •

September 2022

NFTs on Bitcoin

Background Ethereum generally dominates the conversation when it comes to discussing platforms for launching an NFT. However, NFTs started on Bitcoin…

Sep 2, 2022 •

August 2022

Bitcoin Beyond The First World

It’s for rich folks with names like Brian Armstrong and Ray Dalio. But it’s just as much for Mama Rosa, the El Salvadoran beachside snack vendor who has…

Aug 4, 2022 •

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