Susie Violet Ward, CEO of Bitcoin Policy UK, explains why Bitcoin stands apart from stablecoins, how the UK’s new legal recognition of “data objects” gives Bitcoin property status, and why this legal clarity matters. She also speaks candidly about free speech concerns in the UK, the reality of remittances and cross-border payments in Africa, and why many so-called Bitcoin treasury companies miss the point entirely.

“Bitcoin is the freedom money,” she says and for Susie, its power lies in separating money from the state and enabling peer-to-peer exchange at scale, especially through Lightning.