News: McAfee and BitMEX busted, don’t pay your ransomware, Morgan Beller leaves Libra, SEC beats Kik
Crypto asked for regulatory clarity, and they’re getting it! Good and hard.
Author: David Gerard
Uruguay: e-Peso (2017) — another CBDC trial
Another CBDC trial that I didn’t cover already. This will be in Libra Shrugged.
Foreign Policy: How Not to Kill People With Spreadsheets
Pass this one to your favourite beleaguered bureaucrat — the secret takeaway is that Site Reliability Engineering is a whole new vocabulary for systematised backside-covering in the face of adversity.
Libra Shrugged is up for preorders on Kindle and other e-book stores!
The preorder price is £4.99 or $6.99. When it goes live, that’ll go up to £5.99 or $7.99. So get in early.
Libra Shrugged — a first try at the Amazon blurb
I’ve been working on the blurb for the book. Ideas welcomed. Yes, it’s now called “Libra Shrugged.”
News: stupid DeFi tricks, Tether doesn’t have the documents for NYAG, Craig Wright loses again
“I’m going to put a lot of money into three card monte. Everyone I watch who plays it wins: it’s a sure bet.”
Libra book draft finished!
Already getting great feedback — mostly where I haven’t explained what the heck I’m talking about, or have accidentally traveled in time. These things happen.
Central bank digital currency — Bahamas Sand Dollar, Eastern Caribbean DCash
Who technically backs the e-money on your phone is much less interesting than what you can do with it.
China’s DC/EP central bank digital currency — what we know
If Facebook’s Libra project ever has a real-world result, it’ll be China’s DC/EP.
Sistema de Dinero Electrónico (2014–2018) — Ecuador’s sort-of CBDC
Don’t try to back your payment system with a bank that your users don’t trust with their money.