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18.12.2024

Moneyness: After twelve years of writing about bitcoin, here's how my thinking has changed

What follows is an essay on how my thinking on bitcoin has changed since I began to write on the topic starting with my first post in Octobe...

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14.12.2024

Moneyness: It's time to trash the "store of value" function of money

When we first learn about money and banking in high school or university, we are all taught that money has three functions: medium of exchan...

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06.12.2024

Moneyness: Tornado Cash un-OFAC'ed

The next chapter in the Tornado Cash saga just dropped. Last week a court ruled last that Tornado Cash, a bot that can be used for obfuscati...

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26.11.2024

Moneyness: How my views on financial privacy have evolved over a decade

I began exploring the topic of financial privacy and payment anonymity in the early days of this blog. Over the past decade, my views have s...

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21.11.2024

Moneyness: Pricing the anonymity of banknotes

Banknotes are useful. Not only do they provide their owner with a standard set of payments services, they also offer financial anonymity. ...

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09.11.2024

Moneyness: Setelinleikkaus: When Finns snipped their cash in half to curb inflation

On the last day of 1945, with World War II finally behind it, Finland's government announced a new and very strange policy. All Finns were r...

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31.10.2024

Moneyness: Memecoins are the point

Cypherpunks wanted to change the world. We ended up with memecoins. Our story begins with some very smart and idealistic developers, known a...

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22.10.2024

Moneyness: The magnificent Swiss 10-centime coin

The Swiss 10-centime coin has a lot to teach us about monetary economics. On its face, the Swiss 10-centime (rappen in German) looks like a ...

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03.10.2024

Moneyness: A glass half-full take on Caucasus sanctions evasion

Ed Conway of Sky News recently published a very good investigation on sanctions evasion being carried out through the Caucasus. He visits t...

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15.09.2024

Moneyness: How should money laundering laws apply to DeFi?

Everyone agrees that money laundering laws apply to DeFi. The question is: how to apply them? DeFi, or decentralized finance , is an emergin...

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10.08.2024

Moneyness: Stablecoins – a digital version of Swiss bearer savings books

Before anti-money laundering laws arrived in Switzerland, anyone could walk into a Swiss bank and open an account without showing any ID. Th...

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01.08.2024

Moneyness: China is slowly joining the economic war against Russia

I recently shared a chart on Twitter showing Chinese exports of ball bearings to Russia. Here it is: Having accelerated after Putin's invas...

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26.07.2024

Moneyness: Bitcoin as a tool of U.S. economic statecraft

Riot Platform's Rockdale, Texas facility, North America’s largest Bitcoin mining farm by developed capacity [ source ] Can a network that ha...

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12.07.2024

Moneyness: Your finances are being snooped on. Here's how

We all have a pretty good idea that our finances are being snooped on, but most of us aren't quite able to articulate how. We know that we'r...

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18.06.2024

Moneyness: The intensifying effort to isolate Russia's banks

Last week the U.S. government expanded the coverage of its secondary sanctions to encompass most of Russia's banks. It's a very big step, o...

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11.06.2024

Moneyness: "I didn't launder the cash, your honor. The robot did."

Crypto enthusiasts protest the trial of Alexey Pertsev As the multiple Tornado Cash legal cases wend their way through courts in the Netherl...

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29.05.2024

Moneyness: Monetagium

An English penny minted by William the Conqueror, who brought monetagium to England. Source: History in Coins The way that a modern mafia pr...

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09.05.2024

Moneyness: Renovatio monetae

This silver pfennig from the Archbishopric of Magdeburg (1152-1192) was subject to a policy of renovatio monetae . Twice a year whoever held...

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20.04.2024

Moneyness: Thoughts on the Tornado Cash defence and what happens when everyone adopts it

Payments companies are regularly punished for engaging in money laundering. MoneyGram, for instance, has has to pay multiple fines . Wester...

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12.04.2024

Moneyness: Why I'm in favor of financial illiteracy

I'm not a fan of mandatory investor education classes. The issue was brought up recently by former chair of FDIC, Sheila Bair, who sees s...

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30.03.2024

Moneyness: The effects of Russian sanctions as portrayed in YouTube videos

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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19.03.2024

Moneyness: How PayPal can use stablecoins to avoid AML requirements and make big profits

There's a new financial loophole in town: stablecoins. Stablecoins are dollar, yen, or pound-based payments platforms that are built using ...

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14.03.2024

Moneyness: Are the sanctions on Russia working?

I very much enjoy economist Robin Brooks's tweets, especially his charts showing how sanctions imposed on Russia have affected regional tra...

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06.03.2024

Moneyness: It's time to get rid of "crypto"

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 only one type ...

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01.03.2024

Moneyness: Why my favorite coinage is Byzantine coinage

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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23.02.2024

Moneyness: The first round of U.S. secondary sanctions on Russia is working

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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01.02.2024

Moneyness: What does the recent ruling on the Emergencies Act mean for your banking rights?

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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25.01.2024

Moneyness: Do bitcoin ETFs conflict with bitcoin's original ethos?

Some folks are suggesting that a bitcoin ETF is absurd because it doesn't fit with Bitcoin's original ethos. On the contrary, I think it's a...

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09.01.2024

Moneyness: It's time to impose Iran-calibre sanctions on Russia

Russia is sometimes described as the world's most sanctioned nation. And while that's true , the long list of sanctions that the G7 coalitio...

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21.12.2023

Moneyness: Are flatcoins a good idea?

I'll start with the conclusion. I don't think flatcoins are a good idea. The idea for flatcoins has been around for a while, but it got a wi...

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17.12.2023

Moneyness: The long arm of OFAC and its reach into the Ethereum network

Coinbase, the U.S.'s largest crypto exchange, is openly processing Ethereum transactions involving Tornado Cash, a piece of blockchain infra...

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06.12.2023

Moneyness: Why do sanctioned entities use Tether?

Tether, a stablecoin, has been in the news for offering sanctioned actors such as Hamas a means to participate in the global payments ecosy...

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02.12.2023

Moneyness: Even crypto mixing deserves a threshold

Many of you may not realize this, but in most parts of the developed world, banks automatically record and report our transactions to law en...

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29.11.2023

Moneyness: Are central banks too reliant on SWIFT for domestic payments?

Central bank settlement systems are the the tectonic plates of the payment system: they are vitally important to our lives, but we never see...

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21.11.2023

Moneyness: Is it legal to mix cash in a jar?

Chris Blec asks the following question: Source: Twitter Chris's premise is that it is "not illegal" for him to get together with a bunch of ...

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17.11.2023

Moneyness: Kraken v Kraken, or how to protect the public from crypto exchange failures

It's been a full year since FTX International and FTX-US collapsed, and the shocking thing is – there is still no regulated crypto venue i...

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15.11.2023

Moneyness: In praise of anti-money laundering thresholds

Two seemingly separate stories, a crypto and a banking story, have a common thread in anti-money laundering thresholds. In the first story, ...

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09.11.2023

Moneyness: How would a cash-only central bank conduct monetary policy?

What role do changes in the supply of banknotes play in contributing to a central bank's ability to carry out monetary policy? Put different...

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18.10.2023

Moneyness: Crypto adoption in America

Source: America Loves Crypto You may have recently come across the America Loves Crypto marketing campaign, sponsored by Coinbase, the U.S....

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16.10.2023

Moneyness: Inflation as a tax

Last week I explored how Henry VIII resorted to coin debasement as a way to raise revenues in order to fight his wars. This provided Henry ...

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Moneyness - Economy

Moneyness: After twelve years of writing about bitcoin, here's how my thinking has changed

Moneyness: It's time to trash the "store of value" function of money

Moneyness: Tornado Cash un-OFAC'ed

Moneyness: How my views on financial privacy have evolved over a decade

Moneyness: Pricing the anonymity of banknotes

Moneyness: Setelinleikkaus: When Finns snipped their cash in half to curb inflation

Moneyness: Memecoins are the point

Moneyness: The magnificent Swiss 10-centime coin

Moneyness: A glass half-full take on Caucasus sanctions evasion

Moneyness: How should money laundering laws apply to DeFi?

Moneyness: Stablecoins – a digital version of Swiss bearer savings books

Moneyness: China is slowly joining the economic war against Russia

Moneyness: Bitcoin as a tool of U.S. economic statecraft

Moneyness: Your finances are being snooped on. Here's how

Moneyness: The intensifying effort to isolate Russia's banks

Moneyness: "I didn't launder the cash, your honor. The robot did."

Moneyness: Monetagium

Moneyness: Renovatio monetae

Moneyness: Thoughts on the Tornado Cash defence and what happens when everyone adopts it

Moneyness: Why I'm in favor of financial illiteracy

Moneyness: The effects of Russian sanctions as portrayed in YouTube videos

Moneyness: How PayPal can use stablecoins to avoid AML requirements and make big profits

Moneyness: Are the sanctions on Russia working?

Moneyness: It's time to get rid of "crypto"

Moneyness: Why my favorite coinage is Byzantine coinage

Moneyness: The first round of U.S. secondary sanctions on Russia is working

Moneyness: What does the recent ruling on the Emergencies Act mean for your banking rights?

Moneyness: Do bitcoin ETFs conflict with bitcoin's original ethos?

Moneyness: It's time to impose Iran-calibre sanctions on Russia

Moneyness: Are flatcoins a good idea?

Moneyness: The long arm of OFAC and its reach into the Ethereum network

Moneyness: Why do sanctioned entities use Tether?

Moneyness: Even crypto mixing deserves a threshold

Moneyness: Are central banks too reliant on SWIFT for domestic payments?

Moneyness: Is it legal to mix cash in a jar?

Moneyness: Kraken v Kraken, or how to protect the public from crypto exchange failures

Moneyness: In praise of anti-money laundering thresholds

Moneyness: How would a cash-only central bank conduct monetary policy?

Moneyness: Crypto adoption in America

Moneyness: Inflation as a tax

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