Don’t wait until it’s too late. Marty’s Bent The case for a neutral, permissionless monetary protocol has never been stronger. The incumbent financial system is a permissioned wall garden that is susceptible to a tax. When you’re using this system, you don’t own your money. Your money doesn’t really even exist. What you have is […]
Marty’s Bent J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon has long been an outspoken skeptic and critic of bitcoin. He has called Bitcoin a speculative asset, a fraud, a pet rock, and has opined that it will inevitably blow up. A couple of years ago, he was on Capitol Hill saying that if he were the government, […]
The future banking stack is being built our in the midst of all the chaos. While many are currently wrapped up in press releases from public companies announcing that they’ve added to their Bitcoin treasuries, flame wars over OP_RETURN limits, or more general geopolitical developments cypherpunks are writing code. While the masses, many in Bitcoin […]
Brush up on why we’re here in the first place. Marty’s Bent It’s always good to get back to basics to remind yourself why bitcoin is important from a first principles perspective. The Mises Institute has provided the world with an incredible short documentary, Playing With Fire, that eloquently describes the issue that central banks and […]
Marty’s Bent There is a lot of hype on the Internet this week as Rand Paul and Elon Musk have reignited the topic of auditing Fort Knox to see if the gold we are led to believe is in the most famous vault in the world is actually there. 4,580 metric tons to be exact. […]
Bitcoin and the insurance industry are perfect for each other. How Early Movers Like Allianz Are Quietly Reshaping Long-term Liability Management The insurance industry faces a critical challenge with long-term liability matching, as Jeff Walton explained during our conversation. Insurance companies must estimate and set aside capital for claims that could pay out over decades, […]