Stuff I read so you don’t have to
I’m going to aim to publish this aggregation post relatively regularly, probably in the mornings from now on. For now I’m just getting into the flow so the timing of the post might be a little haphazard. Finance and markets: The Bitfinex hack launderers have an interesting side hustle. Meeting of the BoE’s CBDC technology […]
Why Rogan is the media’s “inverted yield curve”
The TLDR: Rogan’s mass appeal — much larger than that of the legacy media — feels like a market breakdown. It simply shouldn’t be happening. It’s the inverted yield curve of the media industry. Or the snubbing of structured data in favour of the unstructured sort. Neither should make sense, so when they manifest it […]
Stuff I read so you don’t have to
This will eventually become a regular aggregation post. But for now it wll be a little sporadic. In any case here’s the stuff that has recently caught my eye. Finance and markets: Does the Fed have an insider trading problem? *That* Steve Hanke study that showed lockdowns weren’t worth it. Rumble offers Joe Rogan $100m […]
Pancake swaps
Yes really. In the brave bold world of crypto, pancake swaps are now a thing. A close collaborator drew my attention to them having recently worked on an associated project. I still don’t really understand them. They’re part of the Defi phenomenon, which I’ve tried to ignore as much as possible because the whole thing […]
WW3 Watch: Actual Skynet edition
TLDR; I just discovered Skynet is actually a thing. But it turns out it’s been a thing since 1969. Those who have subscribed to my newsletter will know I have an inkling about a major new blind spot developing in markets. It’s one I do hope I’m wrong about though. I’m going to loosely refer […]
WW3 Watch: Bloomberg misfires edition
Major scenes at Bloomberg overnight after someone accidentally published a headline saying Russia had invaded Ukraine. When it had not. The New York Post cites a spokesman from Bloomberg saying the headline was removed and that the news group is now investigating the cause. But the internet says the headline hung about on the home […]
A Diocletian blind spot in the world of central banking? Surely not!
Simply incredible stuff from the BoE’s Andrew Bailey yesterday (a.k.a Thursday). Is it really truly conceivable that Bailey hasn’t come across how and why Diocletian’s maximum price edict failed? He has got a history degree from Queen’s College, Cambridge, after all? Yet here’s his stance on how best to moderate UK inflation. From, the Telegraph: […]
Why I am partnering with incognito app HaYa
In the 20 odd years I’ve been a journalist, technological advances have massively impacted how reporting happens. When I started at the Warsaw Business Journal in Poland around 2002, email was still a novelty. There was no convention for listing contact details online (so you had to work hard to get people’s numbers). And cigarette […]
Reddit IAmA
I thought I would do a Reddit IAmA (Ask me anything) on Friday morning, Feb 4, but Reddit is demanding further proof of identity. Since they aren’t letting me post photos I thought I would stick the proof here and link back to the post. Hopefully this will get accepted and I can do the […]
Overcoming fear and favour in journalism
Finance oriented content will be building up on The Blind Spot over the next couple of weeks. In the meantime I want to explain a bit more about what I’m doing and why. As I’ve already noted, I’m eager to create a media service that maximises independence, freedom of speech and critical thinking. But I’m […]