Gavin Lucas

London

Writer at Freelance

Freelance writer, author and editor. Serial collaborator. Occasional DJ and co-founder of Amateurism Radio.

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Articles

Bitcoin, state of mining, why digital gold may be failing

1 week ago | coingeek.com | Gavin Lucas

Homepage > News > Business > Bitcoin, state of mining, why digital gold may be failing Last week’s guest on the CoinGeek Weekly Livestream was YOU. Kurt Wuckert Jr. hosted an AMA on Bitcoin covering mining profitability, the digital gold narrative of what Calvin Ayre is up to, and whether he’s bullish or bearish about the future of BSV. Is GorillaPool still supporting ElectrumSV using a recovery seed phrase? Yes, it’s still working, Wuckert confirms.
Exchanging Bitcoin with Orange Gateway

2 weeks ago | coingeek.com | Gavin Lucas

Homepage > News > Business > Exchanging Bitcoin with Orange Gateway On this episode of the CoinGeek Weekly Livestream, Orange Gateway CEO Hlynur Thor Bjornsson sat down with Kurt Wuckert Jr. to talk about making Bitcoin easier and more accessible for everyone. Iceland, BSV liquidity, and off-rampsOrange Gateway is based in Iceland simply because the founders live there. They first discovered Bitcoin in 2009 after the financial collapse.
ECB sandbox explores conditional payments, tokenization

3 weeks ago | coingeek.com | Gavin Lucas

Homepage > News > Finance > ECB sandbox explores conditional payments, tokenization The European Central Bank (ECB) has officially launched its digital euro central bank digital currency (CBDC) innovation platform, a testbed for exploring conditional payments, financial inclusion, and tokenization within the digital euro system. Seventy organizations ranging from banks to startups, fintechs, merchants, and payment providers have signed up.
GENIUS Act fails Senate vote amid controversy, security concerns

3 weeks ago | coingeek.com | Gavin Lucas

Homepage > News > Business > GENIUS Act fails Senate vote amid controversy, security concerns In March 2025, the GENIUS Act stablecoin bill passed a Senate Banking Committee vote by 18 votes to 6. Last week, it failed to pass a full Senate vote with the 60 votes required to avoid cloture, only receiving 49 votes after some Democratic Senators withdrew their support. Republican Senators Josh Hawley and Rand Paul also voted against the bill.
Decoding prosperity—Dr. Porras joins CoinGeek Weekly Livestream

4 weeks ago | coingeek.com | Gavin Lucas

Homepage > News > Business > Decoding prosperity—Dr. Porras joins CoinGeek Weekly Livestream Dr. Eva Porras is the Education Director at the BSV Association. As this week’s guest on the CoinGeek Weekly Livestream, she told Kurt Wuckert Jr. about her efforts to educate on blockchain utility and why we should aim for small, incremental adoption rather than hoping to land big projects first.
The cost of having the world's reserve currency

1 month ago | coingeek.com | Gavin Lucas

Homepage > News > Finance > The cost of having the world’s reserve currency Back in the 1960s, French Finance Minister Valéry d’Estaing once referred to the United States’ ability to issue the world’s reserve currency as an “exorbitant privilege.”What did he mean by that? Being the reserve currency issuer has allowed the U.S. to borrow cheaply, run trade deficits indefinitely, and dominate global finance virtually unchallenged for the better part of a century.
EU’s march to independence: A scalable blockchain is a must

1 month ago | cryptostudent.io | Gavin Lucas

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EU’s march to independence: A scalable blockchain is a must

1 month ago | coingeek.com | Gavin Lucas

Homepage > News > Business > EU’s march to independence: A scalable blockchain is a must Ever since U.S. President Donald Trump labeled it an advantage taker and implemented tariffs on EU products, European politicians and policymakers have been scrambling for ways to reduce dependence on America and its companies.
L1 vs L2 scaling: Paul Sztorc joins CoinGeek Weekly Livestream

1 month ago | coingeek.com | Gavin Lucas

Homepage > News > Tech > L1 vs L2 scaling: Paul Sztorc joins CoinGeek Weekly Livestream On this week’s CoinGeek Weekly Livestream episode, Paul Sztorc joined Kurt Wuckert Jr. to debate scaling Bitcoin on the base layer versus using L2 solutions. Sztorc laid out his unique position, being open to big blocks on the second layer, but not the first, and explained how his BIP proposals could make BTC better. Who is Paul Sztorc?
Can BRICS really replace the USD?

1 month ago | coingeek.com | Gavin Lucas

Homepage > News > Finance > Can BRICS really replace the USD? At CoinGeek, we closely follow the movements of the BRICS alliance. In the past few years, we’ve covered how countries within BRICS have developed and launched digital currencies, vowed to de-dollarize to counter the United States’ geopolitical hegemony, and even hinted at creating their own gold-backed digital currency.