John Paul Koning @jp_koning
monetary economics|history of money|central banking|financial privacy|payments|gold|financial inclusion|cryptocurrency|monetary law|financial crime jpkoning.blogspot.ca Montréal, Québec Joined November 2012-
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Why doesn’t everyone just transact in US treasuries instead of cash ?
Great read. Why and how did Panama dollarize? I think many of assume it was in response to a macroeconomic crisis, like Zimbabwe, but as @rasheedguo describes, the motivations were very different. cpsi.media/p/why-panama-d… 👇
Tornado Cash lawyers are currently defending their client against three allegations. In case you missed it, here are my thoughts on their arguments against the money laundering charge. jpkoning.blogspot.com/2024/04/though…
1/ After seeing this line chart created by @nic__carter showing stablecoin volume compared to established payment networks, we decided to partner with @AlliumLabs to create the Visa Onchain Analytics Dashboard as a public resource to take a closer look at stablecoin activity.
The entire crypto economy has been built on the legal assumption that by not taking custody, one needn't register as a money transmitter. But then Samourai & Tornado, both non-custodial, were charged for failing to register. Huge implications for crypto if the Feds are right.
Hoard of cut dirhams from Slask, Poland 🇵🇱
After years of coming after custodial mixers for money laundering, the government is now targeting non-custodial mixers, too. It began with Tornado Cash last year. Yesterday was Samourai. Next is Wasabi?
How are people still getting this so wrong? It's not a 'loophole'. It's literally how the price cap scheme is meant to work. theguardian.com/environment/20…
Seems like a big deal. While U.S. banks have been sharing customer data with each other for years (hello Patriot Act 👋), Canadian banks have been reticent to do so. But a new amendment will broaden the array of data banks can lawfully share. theglobeandmail.com/business/comme… 👀
Zimbabwe's new "gold-backed" currency (the "ZiG") is not having a great start since being introduced earlier this month at an official rate of 13.5 ZiG to the U.S. dollar. It's already fallen to 20 ZiG in the black market. voanews.com/a/zimbabwe-new… @VOANews
Great article. A key pillar of the Japanese monetary system is now reliant on Nepal. There's just not enough farmers left in Japan to supply the "mitsumata" fiber required to print yen banknotes. nytimes.com/2024/04/15/wor… 💴💴
The hyperventilating about deficits is really bananas. Canada is struggling because of a lack of investment, our inability to build things (like housing), a lack of competition, and growth through increased labour rather than increased productivity. Deficits a sideshow.
The hyperventilating about deficits is really bananas. Canada is struggling because of a lack of investment, our inability to build things (like housing), a lack of competition, and growth through increased labour rather than increased productivity. Deficits a sideshow.
A thread about a crazy (and indicative) WW2 story on central banking, the Reichsbank, the BiS, BoE's Norman, CBI and some guest stars (no, its not about the 1939 memorandum). 1/
A fascinating use of payments data. Payments made by 630,000 Danske Bank customers (time and store) via MasterCard and MobilePay are matched to Covid-19 test data to determine how "casual contact" in Danish grocery stores affects infection rates. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…
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Why doesn’t everyone just transact in US treasuries instead of cash ?
This by @SoumayaKeynes is really great. ft.com/content/0f4586…
I'm no fan of Trump, but LOTS of countries have the central bank consult with the executive on interest rate decisions. (Canada is one example.) Really just not a big deal.
Curious what people who have advocated for a more democratically controlled Fed think of this.
Discussing the seizing of Russian reserves is entering troll city. What strikes me however is a fundamental difference of opinion. I think that we, the western economies, are, by proxy, at war with Russia. Most of the trolls do not or pretend we are not.
@jp_koning I liked this blog, but thought it worth mentioning one of your foundational reasons for how the defense's argumentation is problematic- that undermining AML laws undemocratically is why we should be skeptical of crypto's perspective- I think misunderstands democracy. Our…
FinTwits, this might have been any of us--or any who dared to ask a reasonable question about police resort to violence on campus. Prof. Frohlin is no _provocateur_.
First police violence, then getting charged with battery. Solidarity @CarolineFohlin
OFAC has blocked only ~25% of Sovcomflot's longhaul tankers. The Vladimir Tikhonov isn't of them. Refiners have been overcomplying. All 40 OFAC-blocked tankers remain out of normal commercial operation. No buyers look ready to touch them. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets
@jp_koning @ChrisBlec re samourai: having read their code it is hard to see how there is an unlicensed money transmission conspiracy here as there are no transmittal orders anywhere. they are, however, turbo guilty of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Another logical statement. We are getting to our senses now.
The entire crypto economy has been built on the legal assumption that by not taking custody, one needn't register as a money transmitter. But then Samourai & Tornado, both non-custodial, were charged for failing to register. Huge implications for crypto if the Feds are right.
Not just for crypto. There's not a dividing line here vs. using other services to coordinate payments in non-custodial ways. If I use a group email to coordinate cash payments to settle up something with friends, is my email provider now a money transmitter? I think the obvious…
The entire crypto economy has been built on the legal assumption that by not taking custody, one needn't register as a money transmitter. But then Samourai & Tornado, both non-custodial, were charged for failing to register. Huge implications for crypto if the Feds are right.
Yes the entire crypto industry was built on “wink wink nod nod” dynamic.
The entire crypto economy has been built on the legal assumption that by not taking custody, one needn't register as a money transmitter. But then Samourai & Tornado, both non-custodial, were charged for failing to register. Huge implications for crypto if the Feds are right.
FinCEN has stated bluntly since 2019 that mixers are money transmitters that need to register because that was simply what the law said: davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/201… but crypto is extremely accomplished at "I didn't hear that" then acting surprised when they OFAC around and find out
The entire crypto economy has been built on the legal assumption that by not taking custody, one needn't register as a money transmitter. But then Samourai & Tornado, both non-custodial, were charged for failing to register. Huge implications for crypto if the Feds are right.
Footage of magnificent cities as they were a century ago - a thread 1. Constantinople (Istanbul) capital of the Ottoman Empire, 1905🇹🇷
Stripe adds crypto, but Adyen $ADYEY can’t (at least in the U.S.) 👇🏻
Adyen’s $ADYEY banking branch in the U.S. is prohibited from engaging in crypto related activities: “The Branch shall not engage in any crypto-asset related activities (including but not limited to holding crypto assets on balance sheet or in a custodial or fiduciary capacity,…
Fascinating story here debunking some myths
I just published a new blog post explaining the curious history of how and why Panama dollarized in 1904 and remained that way ever since. cpsi.media/p/why-panama-d…
@jp_koning they also went after uniswap for collecting a fee and issuing gov tokens. anyone following these business models should be concerned. Only completely decentralized fair launch orgs with no carve outs for devs or anything else will be able to operate freely.
I'm sold - we should not invade Ukraine.
JD Vance: “In 2003 I was a high school senior and I believed the propaganda of the George W. Bush administration that we needed to invade Iraq. That it was a war for freedom and democracy. Does that sound familiar to anything that we’re hearing today?”
1/ After seeing this line chart created by @nic__carter showing stablecoin volume compared to established payment networks, we decided to partner with @AlliumLabs to create the Visa Onchain Analytics Dashboard as a public resource to take a closer look at stablecoin activity.
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