Leaked Brunch with Nouriel Roubini
In this edition of Leaked Lunch Izabella Kaminska sits down with economist and author Nouriel Roubini for a modest “brunch” at the Ned in the heart of the City of London. The duo discuss Roubini’s new book “Mega Threats“, including its Malthusian themes, the global inflation outlook and how the crypto collapse is playing out. […]
Leaked Lunch Show Notes: Room Service with Pippa Malmgren
In this edition of Leaked Lunch I sit down for some room service with economist and author Pippa Malmgren at the Park Hyatt in Zurich, Switzerland. We discuss Pippa’s time serving as a special economic advisor to George W. Bush at the White House, how she feels about crypto and whether WW3 has already started. […]
Leaked Lunch with Pippa Malmgren
In this edition of Leaked Lunch I sit down for some room service with economist and author Pippa Malmgren at the Park Hyatt in Zurich, Switzerland. We discuss Pippa’s time serving as a special economic advisor to George W. Bush at the White House, how she feels about crypto and whether WW3 has already started. […]
In Geneva, State Parties Are Calling for New Biological Weapon Verification Mechanisms
Between Kanye and Elon Musk breaking the internet, the SBF interviews and a right Royal drama unfolding at the palace, you’d be forgiven for not noticing that one of the more important gatherings of international experts and state signatories of the year has been taking place in Geneva, Switzerland under the auspices of the United […]
Another Blockchain Project Bites The Dust
Blink and you may miss the announcement. The world’s second-largest container shipping group AP Møller-Maersk said on Tuesday (with very little fanfare) that: A.P. Moller – Maersk and IBM to discontinue TradeLens, a blockchain-enabled global trade platform Starting today, the TradeLens team is taking action to withdraw the offerings and discontinue the platform, and the […]
Mapping the Crypto Shadow Banking System
It took nearly five years for Zoltan Pozsar (then at the New York Fed) to map out the full complexity of the shadow banking system in a bid to help regulators and policymakers to better understand how risks piled up in the system. The end result was this extraordinary chart: Now, thanks to the endless […]
Leaked Zoom Call with Erik Townsend of Macro Voices
In this one-off special edition, the Leaked Lunch podcast becomes the Leaked Zoom call podcast to overcome the geographic challenges of interviewing Erik Townsend of Macro Voices. The convergence in cyberspace occurred on the back of a Twitter exchange we had on Friday last week about media standards and ethics, as well as the pluses and […]
Is It Time To Mark Journalists to Market?
With the world finally waking up to the challenges of valuing any cryptocurrency token properly, here at the Blind Spot — having called the crypto complex right — we’re moving on to pastures new. Notably, how to value a media subscription. In the broad media spectrum that’s far from an easy process. Too much news […]
How Does Ripple Mark XRP? Brad Garlinghouse Counts the Ways
Brad Garlinghouse, chief XRP promo-man and CEO of “technology company” Ripple Labs, made an unexpected appearance on a Twitter Spaces hosted by Mario Nawfal on Sunday, November 13 – just as the full extent of Sam Bankman Fried’s empire of lies was becoming understood. It was supposed to be a constructive discussion about what the […]
An Operational Update From the Blind Spot
Dear Subscribers, You are what makes the Blind Spot work. We value you immensely. With that in mind, I want to keep you abreast of recent developments and update you on our operational status. Back in February 2022, when I started the Blind Spot, I knew the biggest challenge for an independent operator would be […]