The Ale’s Letter · Jurisdictional intelligence

Where you and your family are based is becoming one of the most consequential decisions of the decade.

Most of the intelligence on it is fragmented, single-country, and often outdated by the time you find it. That’s the gap this publication exists to close.

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150,000+ followers across channelsClose to 500M impressions in 2 years150+ visas assisted at Bitizenship

Benvenuti

If you have found yourself here, chances are you prioritize at least a few of these.

  • 01Hidden cities and places most people never look at
  • 02Retiring somewhere warmer, cheaper, or more beautiful
  • 03European lifestyle without European prices
  • 04Multiple passports and residencies
  • 05Tax optimization
  • 06Sovereignty and optionality
  • 07Thinking in decades, not quarters

If so, then you have arrived at the right place.

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Here’s a short video that walks through what this publication is, what you’ll get, and why it could be of value to you.

The mission

To build the best jurisdictional intelligence resource on the internet.

Every week I will be sharing deep dives, practical guides, and unique insights on countries, tax frameworks, residencies, visas, citizenships, and the trends that shape where and how we live.

My aim is to take it to the next level and invest in the top resources and experts in the world to bring you the most up to date and nuanced information.

If you spend enough time reading here

  • 01Know where the real arbitrage lives, not what the brochures say
  • 02See jurisdictional moves before they get priced in
  • 03Understand tax regimes as tools, not obstacles
  • 04Build positioning across countries, not within one
  • 05Read the trends 2 to 3 years before the consensus catches up
  • 06Have a clearer answer for where you and your family should actually be based

Membership

One membership, two ways to pay.

I kept everything free for a long while. Insider is for readers who want to go beyond the base and act on it. Join at the launch rate and it stays locked for as long as you stay subscribed.

Free2 newsletters a month, public webinars, and The Ultimate Guide to Citizenship & Residency Programs in 2026 on joining.As it has been, you will get everything you need to build your base knowledge on all these topics when you join.
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Insider · MonthlyLaunch rate
$20/ month$29

Locked in for as long as you stay subscribed. Regular price after the launch: $29/month.

Free gives you the thesis. Insider gives you the coordinates: the exact places, the real numbers, and the full replay library, so you can act instead of just read.

  • 01Up to three paid in-depth guides per month: exact towns, prices, timelines, and the catches the brochures leave out
  • 02Full webinar replay library, plus every slide deck
  • 03The complete guide archive and all prior paid issues
  • 04Private community chat and regular live AMAs
  • 05A vote on the next guide or webinar
Subscribe monthly

One well-timed relocation decision informed by what you find inside pays for years of the subscription.

Insider · Annual2 months free
$200/ year$290

About $17 a month, billed once a year. Regular price after the launch: $290/year.

The same membership, paid once. For readers who already know they will be here in a year, and would rather not think about it monthly.

  • 01Up to three paid in-depth guides per month: exact towns, prices, timelines, and the catches the brochures leave out
  • 02Full webinar replay library, plus every slide deck
  • 03The complete guide archive and all prior paid issues
  • 04Private community chat and regular live AMAs
  • 05A vote on the next guide or webinar
Subscribe annually

Billing runs through Substack. Switch between monthly and annual, or cancel, from your own account at any time.

Alessandro Palombo
  • TrainingPhD, Public Law · Qualified Italian lawyer
  • Master’sRegulation of global markets
  • BuildingBitizenship · Bitizenship Capital
  • AuthorThe Ale’s Letter, on Substack

About me

A culmination of a decade of doing this, structured and shared with you every week.

I’m an Italian lawyer by training (PhD in Public Law, master’s in the regulation of global markets). Early in my career I realized that practicing law inside one system was not how I wanted to spend my time, so I started building companies across jurisdictions instead. That took me across more than eight countries, through over $1M in cross-border compliance work, and into advisory roles for the Oxford Deep Tech Dispute Resolution Lab, San Marino Innovation, and the Astana International Financial Center.

Today I’m co-founder and CEO of Bitizenship and co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Bitizenship Capital, where we focus on investment migration. Over the past few years I’ve moved more than €25M through citizenship and investment structures in Europe and beyond.

The content I’ve been sharing on X, YouTube, and here has become some of the most-followed jurisdictional intelligence on the internet, with close to half a billion impressions over the past two years.

I’ve lived in six countries and traveled to more than fifty. My family is international.

150K+
Followers across channels
~500M
Impressions / 2 yrs
150+
Visas assisted at Bitizenship
6
Countries lived in
50+
Countries travelled

Why now

We’re at a critical juncture.

The world is moving toward a multi-polar order, and the governance structures we inherited from the 19th and 20th centuries are showing serious limitations. Borders are being redefined. Quality of life and opportunity increasingly depend on where you and your family are based, and AI will keep pushing geography in directions few people are ready for.

Reading these trends and thinking beyond a single country is no longer optional for anyone with a stake in the outcome. That’s what this publication is for. Insider is for readers who want to act on what they read here.

However you join, thank you for being here.

This is the beginning of an exciting chapter.

Questions

Before you subscribe.

What do I get for free?

Two newsletters a month, the public webinars, and The Ultimate Guide to Citizenship & Residency Programs in 2026 when you join. Enough to build the base knowledge on all of this, as it has always been.

What does Insider add?

The coordinates. Up to three in-depth guides a month, with the exact places, prices, timelines and the catches the brochures leave out. Every webinar replay and every slide deck. The complete archive of past guides and paid issues. The private community chat, regular live AMAs, and a vote on what I write next.

How much is it, and why two prices?

One membership, two ways to pay. Monthly is $20 at the launch rate (regular price $29). Annual is $200 (regular price $290), which works out at about $17 a month. Whichever you pick, the launch rate stays locked for as long as you stay subscribed.

Can I cancel, or switch between monthly and annual?

Yes. Billing runs through Substack, so you can switch between monthly and annual, or cancel, at any time from your own account. Nothing is locked in except your price.

Is this legal, tax, or investment advice?

No. Nothing in this publication is legal, financial, or investment advice. It is written carefully and on a best-effort basis, and I try hard to be objective, but you should verify anything material with your own advisers. Official documents always beat anything I say or write.

Do you offer consulting, or calls?

I’m an operator, not an adviser: I run companies in investment migration, and what I learn there goes into the letter. For most people who ask, the letter is the honest answer. If you’re a reader and something critical needs an hour of my time, there is one way to book it. I wrote you a short note about it on Work with me.

You run companies in this space. Isn’t that a conflict?

It’s a disclosed one. I’m co-founder and CEO of Bitizenship and co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Bitizenship Capital, which operate in investment migration and asset management. Nothing written here should be attributed to those companies, and where a piece touches a programme I have commercial exposure to, I say so. The full framework is on the legal page.

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