Calls Mount to Sanction Russia’s Nuclear Sector (POLITICO)
POLITICO (Feb 20) – By Jamie Dettmer, Wilhelmine Preussen
Were Western Sanctions Worth it? (POLITICO)
POLITICO, (Feb 20) – By Barbara Moens, Leonie Kijewski
Eurozone Cbankers Head to Lapland to Discuss the Digital Euro (POLITICO)
POLITICO (Feb 15, 2023) – by Bjarke Smith-Meyer
Under a cloak of secrecy in the frozen hinterlands of Lapland, eurozone central bank governors will gather next week to thrash out how to sell a digital upgrade of the euro project to a skeptical public.
Leaked Lunch: Huw Van Steenis at La Brasseria
Season two of the Leaked Lunch podcast kicks off with a sit-down brunch with finance expert and current vice chair at Oliver Wyman Huw Van Steenis. Huw was previously global head of strategy at asset manager Schroders and a top dog within the equities research division at Morgan Stanley. But it’s in his former role […]
In the Blind Spot (Exxon, Asset Appropriation, UAP)
Welcome to the first premium edition of the Blind Spot Wrap, compiled by Izabella Kaminska (IK) with help from Dario Garcia Giner (DGG). Apologies for the Sunday arrival, but it’s half term and my comprehensive critique of Britcoin took priority on Friday. Reminder: Monday’s Spot Markets Live will be going ahead at 11am UK time […]
A comprehensive critique of “Britcoin”. You’re welcome
The Bank of England and His Majesty’s Treasury announced a joint consultation into the feasibility of issuing a digital pound this week. The move followed in the footsteps of the European Central Bank moving ahead with a similar plan earlier this year. So is this all a question of central bank FOMO? Or is there […]
Estonia advances EU bill to fully appropriate Russian assets (POLITICO)
POLITICO, (Feb 7. 2023) – by Paola Tamma
Britain: “We were afraid of a CBDC gap”
You may have woken up on Tuesday to the surprising news that “Britcoin”, the UK’s stab at a digital pound, will be with us by the latter half of this decade. Here’s a small selection of the Britcoin news of the day, all mysteriously published at 10.30pm last night (i.e. about 33 mins before I […]
No NHS Reform Talk Please, We’re British (POLITICO)
POLITICO, (Feb 6, 2023) – by Helen Collis
DarkFi Projects Set to Challenge Crypto Regulation (POLITICO)
POLITICO, (Feb 3, 2023) – by Ben Schreckinger