Friday, April 19, 2024
Thoughts on the Tornado Cash defence and what happens when everyone adopts it
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Payments companies are regularly punished for engaging in money laundering. MoneyGram, for instance, has has to pay multiple fines . Wester...
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Thursday, April 11, 2024
Why I'm in favor of financial illiteracy
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I'm not a fan of mandatory investor education classes. The issue was brought up recently by former chair of FDIC, Sheila Bair, who se...
Friday, March 29, 2024
The effects of Russian sanctions as portrayed in YouTube videos
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Last month American provocateur Tucker Carlson visited a Russian grocery store. Because it was filled to the brim with food, Carlson claims...
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Monday, March 18, 2024
How PayPal can use stablecoins to avoid AML requirements and make big profits
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There's a new financial loophole in town: stablecoins. Stablecoins are dollar, yen, or pound-based payments platforms that are built us...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Have the sanctions on Russia failed?
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I very much enjoy economist Robin Brooks's tweets, especially his charts showing how sanctions imposed on Russia have affected regional...
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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
It's time to get rid of "crypto"
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Call me a pedant, but I'm not a fan of the word "crypto". It may have been a serviceable category back in 2011 when there was ...
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Thursday, February 29, 2024
Why my favorite coinage is Byzantine coinage
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What do I like about Byzantine coinage? Most people probably admire the Byzantine solidus , a gold coin that maintained its weight and purit...
Thursday, February 22, 2024
The first round of U.S. secondary sanctions on Russia is working
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Turkish banks halted transactions with Russian banks last month and are only slowly reintroducing payments for a narrow range of products t...
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Wednesday, January 31, 2024
What does the recent ruling on the Emergencies Act mean for your banking rights?
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A Federal judge ruled last week that the emergency banking measures taken to end the Ottawa convoy protest in 2022 contravened the protesto...
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