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Libra book cutting room floor: Previous basket-based currencies

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Aug 03,2020
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Tags: bis , chase manhattan , imf , jp koning , libra , sdr

The Libra book probably won’t have to include a short history of currency baskets before I can talk about why the original plan for the Libra reserve was ridiculously terrible. So I’ve posted it here.
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News: Coronavirus kills conferences, India un-bans crypto, Bitcoin catches a cold

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Mar 10,2020
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Tags: australia , bis , bitmex , blockchain association , cbdc , cme , coindesk , consensus , dan larimer , decrypt media , defi , fca , frances coppola , geoff golberg , gram , india , iota , jackson palmer , jacob kostecki , jpmorgan chase , justin sun , keyword crypto , libra , links , maximilian fiege , nitron , preston byrne , pwc , ransomware , ravid yosef , rba , reggie fowler , ripple , roman abramovic , sec , steem , stephen palley , tanvi ratna , telegram , tron , ukraine , xrp

“FCA are like the SEC If they forgot to do their job, ever” — Ben Munster
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News: Libra and stablecoins and FinCEN, China still hates crypto trading, Tether

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Nov 22,2019
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Tags: all t&a consulting pty ltd , australia , axa , benoit coeure , bis , bitfinex , blockchain , china , europe , facebook , federal reserve , fednow , fincen , fizzy , iaqua , ico , intelligence squared , irs , kenneth a. blanco , lance gooden , libra , links , monero , paul vigna , royal bank of canada , silvergate bank , stablecoin , sylvia garcia , tether , the block , united states , valery kovalevskiy , voatz , world chess

And I’m doing another Intelligence Squared on Thursday 5 December — and this one’s free!
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News: Libra stumbles on, Bitmex leaks customer list, Crypto Capital Corp arrest and indictment, Tether appeal, Blockchain for China, Kleiman v. Wright settlement fails, Telegram tokens delayed, UK tax for cryptos

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Nov 04,2019
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Tags: advcash , binance , bis , bitfinex , bitmex , blockstack , calibra , cas piancey , cbdc , china , christian catalini , craig wright , crypto capital , daml , david marcus , digital asset , encyclosphere , everipedia , facebook , federal reserve , gram , gramvault , hmrc , initiative q , ira kleiman , ivan manuel molina lee , jack dorsey , james wilson , jihan wu , jp koning , kik , kin , lael brainard , larry sanger , libra , links , litecoin , long blockchain , mark zuckerberg , medialab , oz yosef , patrick mckenzie , ravid yosef , reggie middleton , sendgrid , sergey vasin , square , telegram , tether , twitter , united kingdom , veritaseum , xrp

“BITCONNECT SAID TO EXIT LIBRA CONSORTIUM FOR FEAR OF BAD PRESS”
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News: Me in Greece, QuadrigaCX, pay your taxes, crypto malware, Tezos

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jan 26,2019
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Tags: binance , bis , bitrail , coinzest , freedomcoin , greece , gunbroker.com , hant , ico , icox innovations , john mcafee , komid , kraken , links , linus dunkers , quadrigacx , razy , tezos

Come hear me speak at “Blockchain: Utopia or U-turn?” at the Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece on Sunday 17 February!
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News: Crypto hedge funds suffer, bankers on crypto’s problems, what good payment networks look like, another Civil news outlet, EOS doesn’t work, PonzICO retrospective

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jun 18,2018
Comments: 1
Tags: bis , civil , colorado sun , denver post , eos , links , ponzico , saifedean ammous , somethingawful , the bitcoin standard

And I am now a waddling duck on SomethingAwful.
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