Great stuff: „For decades computer scientists had been trying to replicate that simple cash transaction digitally, but nobody could find a way of doing it – not without involving a middle man of some kind to process the transaction. By the early 00s, they had all but given up. A digital cash system was thought…
„As a reminder, Kolanovic was the first to explain just how the various „technical“ price-insensitive trading strats, which include derivatives hedgers, Trend Following strategies (CTAs), Risk Parity portfolios and Volatility Managed strategies, were incorrectly positioned, and how the residual volatility resulting from either option gamma-hedging or due to any other reason, had become a self-fulfilling…
„Der Krieg gegen das Bargeld begann 1970 mit dem US-amerikanischen Bank Secrecy Act, der Finanzinstitutionen innerhalb der Vereinigten Staaten dazu verpflichtet, den Regierungsbehörden dabei zu helfen, Geldwäsche zu enthüllen und vorzubeugen. Das war der Sinn dahinter. Genauer gesagt verpflichtet dieses Gesetz Finanzinstitutionen, Bargeldzahlungen zu dokumentieren und Zahlungen in Höhe von mehr als 10.000 Dollar pro…