Prepaid debit cards. The other anonymous payments method

When it comes to financial privacy, good old fashioned banknotes and privacy cryptocurrencies like Zcash & Monero get all the attention....

Should governments finance themselves through their central bank?

In places like the U.S. and Europe, it is actually difficult—if not impossible—for a government to have its central bank pay for government...

Swish > cash and bitcoin

Ok, another Sweden post. I keep returning to Sweden because no country has gone further down the road to being cash-free. Since all of us se...