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The Watergate banknotes
Thursday, December 26, 2019 anonymity cash Federal Reserve People's Bank of China

The Watergate banknotes

Cash isn't quite anonymous, it's anonymous-ish. To illustrate this, a few years ago I wrote about the 1932 Lindbergh kidnapping cas...
Buying coffee with Tesla shares
Thursday, December 19, 2019 debit cards fintech stock market and equities

Buying coffee with Tesla shares

It's fascinating to see how brokerages these days are offering no-commission trades , fractional share ownership , and debit card-linked...
Bitcoin and sanctions
Thursday, December 12, 2019 bitcoin Iran monetary blockade sanctions

Bitcoin and sanctions

I recently watched a video with Alex Gladstein on the importance of financial privacy. In general I agree. We should be working on expandin...
A way to make anonymous online donations
Saturday, December 7, 2019 anonymity debit cards gift cards money laundering

A way to make anonymous online donations

Paying for things online usually means giving up plenty of privacy. But this needn't always be the case. Last night I donated to a local...
Mooning over daylight overdrafts
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 clearing and settlement Federal Reserve interbank market overdraft facility

Mooning over daylight overdrafts

Every few days for the last month or so I've been refreshing a Federal Reserve page that shows data about daylight overdrafts. For some...
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