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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.

Miners Are Selling Bitcoin Again

Public crypto miners sold more BTC in Q1 2026 than all of 2025: Report

The New Miner Split Public Bitcoin miners are no longer moving in lockstep. Some are selling Bitcoin aggressively to protect cash flow, while others are treating their treasury as strategic inventory. That split matters because miners sit at the front…

Bitcoin’s next leg still needs buyers

Bitcoin bull run ‘still too early’ to call as demand lags exiting capital: Analyst

Profit First, Conviction Later Bitcoin is still being treated like a re-pricing event, not a clean trend. That matters because bull markets are not declared by sentiment; they are confirmed when new capital arrives fast enough to replace what long-term…

CFTC speeds up while bipartisanship stalls

With no bipartisan leadership, CFTC won't ‘slow down‘ on rulemaking

A Commission Without Its Usual Brake The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is supposed to move with institutional friction: five commissioners, partisan balance, and enough internal disagreement to slow hasty policy shifts. That architecture matters because the CFTC does not regulate…

Schwab opens a new rail for crypto capital

Charles Schwab to roll out spot Bitcoin, Ether trading for retail clients

Schwab’s Signal Is Bigger Than the Product Charles Schwab is not entering spot Bitcoin and Ether trading as a curiosity. It is stepping into a market that already has deep retail demand, established ETF flows, and a growing preference for…

Bitcoin Rises, But the Message Is Mixed

Bitcoin rebounds near $74.5K as US stocks chase after new all-time highs

Stocks Are at Records, Bitcoin Is Not Bitcoin’s rebound toward $74,500 matters because it is happening in a market that is already rewarding risk. US equities have pushed to fresh all-time highs, and that should, in theory, be the kind…

China says no, Circle sees a gap

Circle CEO sees ‘tremendous opportunity’ for yuan stablecoin despite China curbs

A Market Demand Beijing Cannot Fully Ignore Circle’s Jeremy Allaire is not really arguing that Beijing will suddenly bless a private yuan stablecoin. He is pointing to a structural tension: the world’s second-largest economy has spent years tightening controls on…