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Antonio Quinn

Antonio Quinn is the Director and Founder of The Chain Journal, covering the intersection of Bitcoin and global power structures — sanctions, sovereign adoption, and the political economy of sound money. His work focuses on how geopolitical fragmentation and currency instability are accelerating the adoption of decentralised money. He founded The Chain Journal to connect these themes in a rigorous, accessible, and multilingual way.

Governance meets the treasury wall

Neo co-founder proposes $461M treasury overhaul to end ‘trust me’ governance

The real fight is control Neo’s latest governance dispute is not just about accounting or committee design. It is about who gets to define legitimacy inside a network that still carries the habits of a founder-led era. A proposal tied…

Security Is Now a Crypto Balance-Sheet Item

Crypto execs ramp up security as wrench attacks increase

The New Cost of Visibility Crypto executives used to worry about hacks, phishing, and exchange risk. Now they are also thinking about front doors, family routines, and how much personal information leaks into the world. That shift matters because it…

Fake gold, real prison time

Texas man in $20M Meta-1 Coin fraud sentenced to 23 years in prison

The Mirage That Sold Belief Meta-1 Coin was never just a token story. It was a story about trust weaponized. Investors were told the project was backed by $44 billion in gold and $1 billion in artwork, a claim that…

Crypto winter is now a liquidity problem

Crypto in sustained winter as CEX volumes drop 39% in Q1: CoinGecko

The Volume Story Behind The Freeze March did not merely feel weak across crypto; it confirmed that the market’s center of gravity is shifting away from speculative turnover and toward caution. CoinGecko’s latest read shows centralized exchange volumes fell sharply…

Paulson Sees Breakpoint in Treasury Market

Ex-Treasury chief warns of US bond crash, calls for contingency plan

Why This Warning Matters Now Henry Paulson is not speaking as a pundit looking for attention. He is speaking as the former Treasury secretary who managed the financial system through a historic collapse, and that matters when he says the…