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An examination of the evolving regulatory landscape for digital asset banks, exploring the tension between institutional oversight and financial innovation in the post-FTX era
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Will we see a return of peer to peer trading?
2024-04-01
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Can payments networks solve the online ad attribution problem?
Marketers need to know who bought what and when. Payments providers know this.
2024-03-31
1 min read
A salaryman worth his salt
Do you really know where your salary comes from?
2024-03-24
2 min read
The Tulip Craze Conspiracy
Have you heard of the Dutch Tulip craze? If so, you've likely fallen victim to centuries old propaganda. The Dutch tulip bubble of the 17th century never actually happened, at least not the way it is understood in popular culture.
2024-03-23
4 min read
Are we living in an advertising economy?
Consumer sentiment is at lows while the stock market is booming. How can that be?
2024-02-23
2 min read
The Numbers Behind Small Loans
The first legislator to regulate small consumer loans was Hammurabi. This shows that small consumer loans have been around for a while and seem to be a human universal. Yet they are vilified by detractors. Are they ursury or legitimate business? What are the numbers behind moneylending?
2023-09-23
13 min read
A quick view at P2P trading volumes on BISQ
Crypto newbies seem to forget that the original way to buy bitcoin was through peer-to-peer trading on sites like LocalBitcoins. Yet despite the high profile recent failures of centralised exchanges, P2P fiat on-and-offramps have also faced significant issues.
2023-09-17
2 min read