Published June 2021 Most asset classes have some degree of controversy. Investors will debate endlessly regarding whether a stock is overvalued, whether bond yields make sense for the current environment, to what extent oil will be used two decades in … Read more
Stablecoins are one of the weirdest things in the whole bizarro world of cryptocurrencies, because they operate on principles directly opposed to the rest of the crypto system. Crypto true believers argue that bitcoin and its ilk will supplant “fiat” … Read more
This is an extract from Elliptic’s upcoming guide to sanctions compliance in cryptoassets. Sign up here to receive your copy. How Iran uses Bitcoin mining to evade sanctions and “export” millions of barrels of oil – and what financial institutions … Read more
A decade ago, the bankrupt owner of the Greenidge power plant in Dresden, New York, sold the uncompetitive coal-fired relic for scrap and surrendered its operating permits. For the next seven years, the plant sat idle on the western shore … Read more
In brief The narrative that criminals are using Bitcoin for illicit activities is “overstated,” a new report by Former CIA Director Michael Morell argues. Government agencies should make better use of Bitcoin’s technology as a “forensic tool,” he said. The … Read more
In a recent blogpost, Nick Grossman explains that Bitcoin acts as a battery — moving electricity across time and space, from where it can be cheaply produced to where it can provide the most utility. In this blogpost, I argue … Read more
One luminary clock against the sky Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right. Robert Frost, Acquainted with the Night (1928) Time is still the great mystery to us. It is no more than a concept; we don’t know if it … Read more