Crypto’s Privacy/Commingling Dilemma
People need financial privacy. (Yes, even regular people!) Alas, blockchains are panopticons. The entire history of one’s bitcoins or ether...
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What Does Kyle Rittenhouse’s Legal Campaign Tell Us about Access to Crowdfunding?
Questions about accessibility to the payments system resurfaced last month when Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of felony charges for killing...
There’s More than One Way to Make Stablecoins Safe
The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) recently issued a “Report on Stablecoins.” The PWG is made up of...
Was Satoshi Nakamoto Right about Bitcoin Payments?
On October 31, 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto published a white paper entitled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.” Thirteen years have...
Fast Payments Enable Lightning Kidnappings in Brazil
The Brazilian state of São Paulo is experiencing a 40% jump in so-called lightning kidnappings. A lightning kidnapping is when...
Was the OnlyFans Ban a Symptom of Creeping Financial Censorship?
Many people were shocked when OnlyFans, a popular website for porn, recently announced that it would ban “explicit conduct.” Less...
Decentralized Stablecoins: The Real Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash Systems
The history of electronic cash stretches back several decades to David Chaum and the early cypherpunks. Decentralized stablecoins, a new...
How Tether Can Improve Its Pie Chart
A multicoloured pie chart published in May by Tether, a stablecoin issuer, has become one of the most iconic images...
To CBDC or Not to CBDC?
Count me as bemused by the idea of issuing a central bank digital currency. The rough idea is to let...
Hyperbitcoinization: By Choice or by Force?
On June 5th, El Salvador became the first country in the world to require its citizens to use bitcoin. President...
Fighting Ransomware Doesn’t Require Banning Cryptocurrency
Ransomware has seeped into the mainstream consciousness thanks to the recent shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline. Crippled by a ransomware...
