📢 Time To Speak Up

Happy Friday, In A Nutshell this week:

• 📢 Time To Speak Up

• 🇸🇪 Sweden Is All Ears…

• 🕵️‍♂️ Criminal in Uniform, Pulls £2.1M Bitcoin Heist

• 🚀 Gemini’s Bold ‘Public’ Move

• 🇬🇧 Internet Privacy Under Fire

• 📉 MSTR Mixed Emotions

• …and much more

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 🚀⏰ Today’s news should be a ~3.59-minute read (729 words).

🧠 Quote Of The Week

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

– Martin Luther King Jr.

📢 Time To Speak Up

Bitcoin Policy UK launched a new app making it quick and easy for anyone to contact their local MP, to express their views on Bitcoin and its role in the UK economy.

The goal is to ensure policymakers hear diverse perspectives and make informed decisions on Bitcoin, which has the power to protect financial freedom, and keep our nation at the forefront of global innovation.

The app helps constituents effectively communicate with MPs in minutes, giving people a direct way to influence UK Bitcoin policy.

🇸🇪 Sweden Is All Ears…

Joe Bryan, creator of “What is the Problem?”, and JAN3 (CEO Samson Mow) have been invited by MP Dennis Dioukarev to address the Swedish Parliament.

They’ll have nearly two hours on September 24 to discuss Bitcoin and nation-state adoption.

Sweden’s openness to Bitcoin shows that even smaller nations can lead adoption and act quickly.

Watch “What is the Problem?” here

🕵️‍♂️ Criminal in Uniform, Pulls £2.1M Bitcoin Heist

A North Wales victim lost £2.1 million in Bitcoin after a fraudster impersonated a senior UK police officer. The scammer tricked them into entering their wallet’s seed phrase on a fake site.

Police are warning that such “highly targeted” scams are on the rise. The attack likely used stolen personal data, making it a sophisticated social engineering attempt.

Bitcoin holders are urged to ignore unsolicited calls or messages and never share wallet access or seed phrases.

Whilst scammers are getting more advanced, finding a secure way to protect your Bitcoin has never been more important.

🚀 Gemini’s Bold ‘Public’ Move

Crypto exchange Gemini, founded by the Winklevoss twins, has filed to list on Nasdaq under the ticker GEMI.

Despite bullish market conditions, Gemini posted a $282.5M loss on $67.9M revenue in H1 2025, with cash reserves falling to $161.9M from $341.5M a year earlier.

The filing comes as US regulators adopt a more crypto-friendly stance, boosting optimism for public crypto firms.

Gemini’s IPO highlights growing institutional interest in Bitcoin, with companies increasingly looking to capitalise on the trend following a wave of Bitcoin treasury firms going public globally.

🇬🇧 Internet Privacy Under Fire

New rules in England are expanding age verification and speech restrictions online, sparking concerns about rising digital surveillance.

Officials say the measures are designed to protect children, but critics argue they amount to state control over identity and expression.

Expanded hate-speech laws and mandatory ID checks risk giving the state, and private tech firms, sweeping powers to monitor citizens and strip away privacy.

Free expression and open debate online are under threat, and the rest of the world are noticing.

If you missed it 5 months ago, JD Vance and Keir Starmer clashed over UK free speech

📉 MSTR Mixed Emotions

Strategy’s shares fell to their lowest since April, dropping over 20% in a month, after the company loosened rules on issuing new stock via its ATM facility.

Michael Saylor said Strategy can now “tactically issue” stock even below 2.5 times net asset value (mNAV), expanding beyond rules set just three weeks ago that only allowed issuance for debt or preferred dividends.

Investors are divided. Some worry this could dilute shareholder value, while others see it as a necessary operational move for Strategy to buy more Bitcoin in any market conditions.

The sudden U-turn shows Strategy’s willingness to adapt, while also testing some investors’ trust.

🔥 What else have you missed?

1. Damage Done by Leaving the Gold Standard – TFTC’s 2.5-Minute Film

2. Eric Trump Hints at a Secret Country, Quietly Bought $22B in Bitcoin

3. Brian Armstrong Predicts $1M Bitcoin by 2030

4. Harvard Professor Who Predicted Bitcoin Crash to $100 Says Regulators Were Too Lax

5. Brazil Holds First Hearing on $19B Bitcoin Reserve Proposal.

6. Hong Kong construction company Ming Shing Group agrees to buy nearly $500 Million Bitcoin.

7. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has been appointed interim co-chair of the WEF, alongside André Hoffmann of Roche.

8. Bitcoin is increasingly used in Kenyan slums (BBC News).

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