The Regime Test - a Great Filter for the cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin is a decentralized cryptocurrency. Just like gold, nobody owns the system and no single entity controls the market. While some gover...
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Negative skewness, or: bulls walk up stairs, bears jump out of windows
Recent market action is a good reminder of the asymmetry in markets. In general, stock market rises don't look like stock market decline...
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A legitimate reason for premining tokens
In the Bitcoin world, the term "premining" is a dirty word and for a good reason. There have been numerous preminted altcoins out ...
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Reverse BitPay - receive fiat payments, get paid in Bitcoin
There are a lot of projects in the Bitcoin space that act as Bitcoin to fiat bridges - they accept Bitcoin and sometimes other currencies on...
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How many bullets does the Bank of Canada have left in its chamber?
Rabu, 12 Agustus 2015
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Bank of Canada,
forward guidance,
Miles Kimball,
quantitative easing,
zero lower bound
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It's been a while since I blogged about Canadian monetary policy, but Luke Kawa's recent tweet on the topic of Canada's effectiv...
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Bitcoin and Beyond - a presentation
Recently, I was invited to be a speaker for the 2015 Annual Gathering of Mensa Canada . Instead of doing the usual "What is Bitcoin...
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Freshwater macro, China's silver standard, and the yuan peg
Senin, 03 Agustus 2015
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China,
gold standard,
Great Depression,
Milton Friedman,
Paul Krugman,
Scott Sumner,
sticky prices,
Thomas Sargent
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1934 Chinese silver dollar with Sun Yat-sen on the obverse side. The ship may be in freshwater. I have been hitting my head against the wall...
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