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Analysis of Bitcoin mentions, public debate, and the sources shaping the story. Written by former Blockstream VP Fernando Nikolic.

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Fernando Nikolić

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Ex Universal Music, Ex Blockstream VP

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Reports•4 min read•October 7, 2026

Bitcoin and AI: what the data shows

People talk about Bitcoin and AI together much more than before. Their prices still go their own way. The link between them is the Bitcoin miners.

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weekly-intelligenceSeptember 14, 2026

Why Your Comms Plan Is Wrong

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ReportsAugust 13, 2026

The Bitcoin Canary

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OpinionAugust 3, 2026

My trust in you is broken

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ReportsJune 30, 2026

The 32 Bitcoin That Ended the Conviction Era

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Reports•4 min read•October 7, 2026

Bitcoin and AI: what the data shows

People talk about Bitcoin and AI together much more than before. Their prices still go their own way. The link between t...

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weekly-intelligence•5 min read•September 14, 2026

Why Your Comms Plan Is Wrong

The only thing growing in crypto discourse right now is prediction markets.

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Reports•4 min read•August 13, 2026

The Bitcoin Canary

5 things Bitcoin believed on July 21 that came crashing down.

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Opinion•5 min read•August 3, 2026

My trust in you is broken

You know what happened and I'm not going to walk you through the timeline. I want to talk about what it says about us,...

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Reports•6 min read•June 30, 2026

The 32 Bitcoin That Ended the Conviction Era

And the moment Saylor stopped talking about Bitcoin

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•1 min read•June 25, 2026

The public web is dead

Here is what comes next.

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•5 min read•April 20, 2026

Bitcoin just graduated.

DeFi still in its infancy.

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Perception Research•4 min read•April 13, 2026

Seven governments made the same move last week.

Nobody connected the dots.

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•8 min read•March 30, 2026

Why Is Wall Street Building While Everyone Else Is Panicking?

The Most Fearful Market in Years. The Most Aggressive Institutional Build Ever.

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Perception Research•4 min read•March 16, 2026

What Happens When Mainstream Media Watches Bitcoin Without a Frame

The Open Bitcoin sold off when the U.S.-Iran war started. Two weeks later it's outperforming the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and...

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Perception Research•8 min read•February 23, 2026

The Insiders Are Bearish. The Suits Are Buying.

Perception Weekly. Week of February 16-22, 2026

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Perception Research•7 min read•February 16, 2026

The Market Crashed 45%. The Infrastructure Didn't Notice.

Perception Weekly - February 16, 2026

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