🎓 The First Mover

Happy Friday, In A Nutshell this week:

• 🎓 The First Mover

• 🧠 Bitcoin, Bedford & Human Rights

• 🧾 Corporate Bitcoin Buying Hits New Highs

• 🇬🇧 The MicroStrategy of Britain

• 🚀 Asymmetric Opportunity

• …and much more

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 🚀⏰ Today’s news should be a ~4.01-minute read (580 words).

🧠 Quote Of The Week

“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.”

– Henry Ford

🎓 The First Mover

Lomond School in Scotland will become the first UK school to accept Bitcoin for tuition starting in autumn 2025.

They’ll convert the payments to pounds for now, but are exploring a Bitcoin treasury.

They’re also working with Saifedean Ammous to introduce Bitcoin and Austrian economics into the curriculum.

🧠 Bitcoin, Bedford & Human Rights

The CheatCode conference, hosted by Peter McCormack, shifted perspectives for skeptics.

Paul Hutchinson at the Bedford Independent expected hype and price talk, but instead found stories from activists using Bitcoin to resist authoritarian regimes, deliver aid, and protect basic freedoms.

Sometimes it takes hearing how Bitcoin is being used in other places to see what it’s really about.

🧾 Corporate Bitcoin Buying Hits New Highs

Bitwise’s Q1 2025 report is in, and companies are stacking harder than ever.

• 688,000 BTC now held by public companies (up 16% QoQ)

• $57B in total value

• 95,431 BTC bought just last quarter

• 79 public companies now hold Bitcoin (12 added in Q1)

🇬🇧 UK Firm Aims to Be the 'MicroStrategy of Britain'

The Smarter Web Company, a UK-based digital services firm, is set to go public on the Aquis Stock Exchange on April 25, 2025, through a reverse takeover.

As it prepares to go public, the company is implementing a Bitcoin Treasury Strategy that includes allocating a portion of reserves to Bitcoin.

The company’s leadership views Bitcoin not as a speculative play, but as a deliberate reserve asset. It is, in their words, a hedge against inflation and a forward-looking mechanism to preserve value over time.

The UK is making moves!

🚀 Asymmetric Opportunity

This episode is a solo episode and a little different.

Recently, some ideas I’ve shared about Bitcoin on social media have started gaining traction. So I wanted to bring those thoughts together and put them into a dedicated episode.

It’s just me, Jordan, sharing what I see happening, where the world might be heading, and why I’ve never been more bullish on Bitcoin.

We have some amazing guests lined up for the next few months, and I’m really excited to release these episodes.🚀 Thank you to everyone who tunes in and supports the show each week!

The episode is available here: Apple Podcast, Spotify, YouTube

🔥 What else have you missed?

1. Harvard study on Bitcoin is rebutted.

2. At the end of that day, no matter what anyone tells you, their only solution is to print money. Jack Mallers Video.

3. Friendly reminder: Bitcoin is bipartisan.

4. Musqet launches a campaign on Republic Europe (formerly Seedrs), offering you the chance to buy equity in our business.

5. US may use tariff revenue to fund Bitcoin purchases for the Strategic Reserve, says Director of Digital Assets, Bo Hines.

6. Bitwise lists Bitcoin and crypto ETPs on the London Stock Exchange.

🍾 Friday Fun!

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