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...
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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...
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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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