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Is 2024 the year Bitcoin obituaries died?

Every year commentators prophesise that bitcoin has died. This year no longer.

What Bernie Sanders And Donald Trump Get Wrong About Credit Cards

An analysis of interest rate caps, consumer credit markets, and the unintended consequences of well-meaning financial regulation

How Digital Collateral Is Revolutionising Credit In Emerging Markets

An examination of how technological innovation is transforming financial inclusion, from smartphone-enabled lending to e-bike financing systems across the Global South

How Stripe And Stablecoins Are Rewiring Remote Work

An analysis of how cryptocurrency infrastructure is transforming global labour markets, examining the convergence of grassroots adoption and institutional implementation in reshaping international payments

Chinese Radicals (部首) Reference Guide

Radicals classified by their meanings.

Will Regulation Drive Consolidation For European Retail Brokers?

An examination of structural market evolution in retail trading, exploring parallels with consumer credit markets and the emergence of specialised intermediaries amidst increasing regulatory pressures

Churchill's gift to Poland

Poland has emerged as one of the most remarkable growth stories of the past century. What does Churchill have to do with this?

Unleashing my inner AI Churchill

Can LLMs help me write like Churchill did?

Central Banks Are Increasingly Studying Bitcoin

An examination of how monetary authorities are grappling with cryptocurrency's implications for financial sovereignty, exploring the tension between institutional conservatism and technological disruption

Mines in the Air

Will drone technology in battlefields bring back airships?