Which historical bubble is most like the crypto bubble? — by William Quinn
Now that the 2021–22 crypto bubble is bursting, people want to know if it’s like anything we’ve seen before. So let’s go through the candidates …
Tag: jp koning
Libra Shrugged — Chapter 15: Central bank digital currencies
An excerpt a year after the book’s publication — because I keep referring people to this chapter. Buy the book for more!
News: Craig Wright copyright claims, Grayscale, Mt. Gox, Reddit on Ethereum, the French Bitcoin neo-Nazi
News from before the Fall.
News: DeFi in full mania, Australian Senate fintech report, Bank of England on Libra, Care Bears on the blockchain
HOW TO DESTROY ETHEREUM: use it for something. This cripples it every time.
News: A fool and his money are soon decentralised, Kodak rides again, Ledger data breach, $100k Bitcoin
And Bitcoin nearly hits $100,000! … for a very brief time.
Libra book cutting room floor: Previous basket-based currencies
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.
The early history of “Central Bank Digital Currency”
JP Koning and Richard Gendal Brown accidentally the whole CBDC.
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
“BITCONNECT SAID TO EXIT LIBRA CONSORTIUM FOR FEAR OF BAD PRESS”
News: Bitcoin crashes despite Bakkt, Crypto Rating Council, Libra, Tether stay, Kik shuts down Messenger, Craig Wright’s apparent plagiarism, CoinDesk shakeup
Watch me debate Bitcoin as a reserve currency tomorrow!
News: Craig Wright hearing transcript, US Congress staff unimpressed with Facebook Libra, Reggie Fowler court date, Ledger Wallet bad firmware, Roubini/Hayes debate
“Well, let me get this straight. A company you didn’t buy until 2014 is listed as a beneficiary of a trust document you claimed was formed in 2012?”