Good morning, friends!

This week's Financial Freedom Report #102 is out and features the following in global news:

-Venezuela | María Corina Machado Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
-Russia | Increased Cash Use Amid Internet Outages and Financial Controls
-Cuba | Former Economy Minister Sentenced to Life in Espionage Case

In #Bitcoin and Freedom Tech News:

-Save the Children | Bitcoin Fund Launched
-MetaMask | Bitcoin Support Added
-PlebQR | Pay in Bitcoin in Thailand

We end with the livestreams of the 2025 Africa Bitcoin Conference!

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Good morning!

Financial Freedom Report #101 is live and features the following in global news:

-India | NPCI Confirms CBDC is Live With Spending Controls
-Russia | New Tax Hike Deepens Financial Pressure on Households and Small Businesses
-Tunisia | Top Human Rights Advocate Arrested Amid Financial Repression of Civil Society

In #Bitcoin and Freedom Tech News:

-DMND Pool | Full Public Launch
-BULL Wallet | New Update Brings Blockstream Jade Support and Greater Privacy
-bitcoin++ | Open Source Edition Announced in Kenya

We include an episode of What Bitcoin Did, where Bitcoin educator Ben Perrin (BTC Sessions) explains what secure Bitcoin self-custody looks like.

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Good morning, friends!

Today, we celebrate 100 editions of HRF's Financial Freedom Report.

What started as an effort to track how authoritarian regimes use money as a tool of repression has evolved into THE weekly newsletter covering the global state of financial freedom.

From frozen bank accounts, currency collapse, and CBDCs to resisting with Bitcoin and freedom tech, we are grateful to all our readers who have joined us on this journey.

Onward to the next 100!

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Happy Thanksgiving, friends!

This week's Financial Freedom Report #99 was just published and features the following in global news:

-Belarus | Law Enforcement Empowered to Block Financial Transactions
-Tunisia | Financial Repression of Human Rights Organizations
-United Arab Emirates | New Law Passed to Regulate Self-Custody Tools

In #Bitcoin and Freedom Tech News:

-Blue Wallet | Lightning Network Support Added via Arkade
-Bitcoin | Home Miner Finds Solo Block
-BULL Wallet | Support for Krux Added

We end with a narrated edition of Alex Gladstein’s Journal of Democracy essay “Why Bitcoin is Freedom Money,” where Guy Swann guides listeners through how financial repression has become a core tool of modern authoritarianism and why Bitcoin is emerging as a lifeline for those targeted.

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Good evening, friends!

This week's Financial Freedom Report #98 is live and features the following in global news:

-Indonesia | Government Plans Rupiah Redenomination Bill
-Tanzania | Bitcoin Becomes a Bridge During Internet Blackout
-United Arab Emirates | First CBDC Transaction Completed

In #Bitcoin and Freedom Tech News:

-BULL Wallet | SeedSigner Support Added
-Lightning Dev Kit | Splicing and Asynchronous Payments Added
-Breez | Spark Supports Privacy Mode and Nostr Zaps

We end with the latest installment of the HRF x PubKey Freedom Tech Series, where HRF’s Femi Longe and Christian Keroles explain how the Bitcoin Development Fund (BDF) helps sustain the global builders creating the permissionless and privacy-preserving tools on which dissidents increasingly depend.

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HRF is a proud supporter of free and open source Nostr development and we are happy to be here!