Some thoughts.
For those who thought compliant Visa/Mastercard-networked cryptocards were too good to be true . . .turns out they probably were.
We could be on the cusp of the biggest revolution in the way money is accounted for since the 17th century.
Until the pandemic the demise of cash was very much customer led. Now, however, the push seems to be coming from vendors.
“Goldman Sucks!” “Bankers behind bars!”
At about 20.11 GMT new supply will be halved - a Very Big Deal in Cryptoland.
There’s a chronic paradox at the heart of stablecoin-based payment systems that will render them cost-prohibitive.
When a chart can speak 1000 words. Not all of them entirely sincere.
Massive monetary stimulus was meant to help bitcoin. It’s not helping.
Bitcoin plunges to as low as $3867, bringing down all other major cryptocurrencies with it.
Yeah, so is everything, sure. But this crypto stock has fallen over 25 per cent since we flagged some of its issues on Friday...
Markets crash, bitcoin crashes.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Canaan Creative, the Chinese firm with a... creative approach to securities laws.
MoneyGram’s 8-K reveals Ripple pays it to use its system.
An intriguing company with some intriguing connections.
Get me Roger Stone.
Because what they really need, after all, is a token “safe harbour period”.
Scammers gon’ scam.
And the word shouldn’t be halvening (nor even halving, though that would be preferable). It should be tapering.
Why a mass global pandemic is just the means to a better end if you’re a cryptocurrency investor.
While it takes more to be a sovereign than just operating your own central bank, it doesn’t half help with appearances.
“There would be more women investing in bitcoin if they had more educational materials to help them, a new report found.”
Deutsche’s fuzzy concept of cryptocurrency leads to silly prediction.
When you unpack the structures, there’s not a lot of difference between an ETF and a stablecoin.
Attention future PMs and kings: the Blockingdon Club awaits you.
Why Bitcoin’s Lightning Network is just another pathway back to version 1.0 of the financial system.
(And shows a remarkable correlation to avocados.)
Or when theories of money collide with trendy digital fads.
It makes no sense.
Pegging is naturally centralised.
