Cryptocurrency
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Liberty Curious, with Kate Wand and Tom Hogan
“The SEC has charged crypto exchanges Binance and Coinbase with facilitating the trade of unregistered securities. Yet the opacity of the statute as it pertains to crypto and the SEC’s arbitrary and contradictory application have made compliance with the law impossible.”
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Bitcoin’s Philosophical Origins with Emile Phaneuf
Joining Kate Wand on ‘Liberty Curious’ is independent thinker & writer Emile Phaneuf, to discuss the origins of Bitcoin, and its philosophical influences including the writings of Hayek, Ayn Rand and David Friedman.
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Decentralization and Bitcoin
“Bitcoin itself is a currency that might best be considered existing in a state of anarchy.” ~ Emile Phaneuf
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Cypherpunks, Galt’s Gulch, and Bitcoin
“Whatever one’s view on Rand, there is no denying her strong influence on the early Cypherpunks who ‘wrote code’ in a decades-long attempt to realize some cyberspace version of the laissez-faire capitalism that she boldly advocated for in real space.” ~ Emile Phaneuf
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The Future of Money & Banking: Bitcoin, Fractional Reserve, and Free Markets (Video)
“In this episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand and George Selgin discuss the merits of free banking, Keynesian economics, and the potential for a Bitcoin Standard in a world in which governments have long abused and mismanaged money.” ~ AIER
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Operation Chokepoint 2.0: The Crypto Crackdown Explained (Video)
“In this episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand discusses the Obama-era Operation Chokepoint, and today’s ‘Operation Chokepoint 2.0’ with AIER Senior Research Faculty Thomas Hogan.” ~ AIER
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Hayek and Bitcoin
“By seemingly enormous coincidence, Satoshi (assuming he was unaware at the time), would have probably been delighted to learn that in Hayek’s same ‘sly roundabout way’ video interview, he held up a copy of The Times newspaper and declared: ‘I read this everyday.’ Great minds think alike.” ~ Emile Phaneuf
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Crypto Bad!
“When people say crypto bad, we have first to ask: what specific aspect of the cryptocurrency industry are you talking about? Then the follow-up question must always be: compared to what?” ~ Max Borders
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Real Progressives Would Support Bitcoin and the Crypto Economy, Not Regulate It Away
“Using the failures and crimes of politically connected crypto-exchanges like FTX to effectively chill innovation in this sector and regulate it away would deprive many Americans of new economic technology that could change lives for the better.” ~ Yaël Ossowski
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Bank and Crypto Runs: F(ac)TX vs Fiction
“Despite the historical record, ever since Diamond and Dybvig published their article, many if not most economists have tended to view every financial firm collapse as a ‘Diamond Dybvig Moment.'” ~ George Selgin
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Liberty Curious, with Kate Wand and Tom Hogan
“The SEC has charged crypto exchanges Binance and Coinbase with facilitating the trade of unregistered securities. Yet the opacity of the statute as it pertains to crypto and the SEC’s arbitrary and contradictory application have made compliance with the law impossible.”
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Bitcoin’s Philosophical Origins with Emile Phaneuf
Joining Kate Wand on ‘Liberty Curious’ is independent thinker & writer Emile Phaneuf, to discuss the origins of Bitcoin, and its philosophical influences including the writings of Hayek, Ayn Rand and David Friedman.
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Decentralization and Bitcoin
“Bitcoin itself is a currency that might best be considered existing in a state of anarchy.” ~ Emile Phaneuf
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Cypherpunks, Galt’s Gulch, and Bitcoin
“Whatever one’s view on Rand, there is no denying her strong influence on the early Cypherpunks who ‘wrote code’ in a decades-long attempt to realize some cyberspace version of the laissez-faire capitalism that she boldly advocated for in real space.” ~ Emile Phaneuf
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The Future of Money & Banking: Bitcoin, Fractional Reserve, and Free Markets (Video)
“In this episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand and George Selgin discuss the merits of free banking, Keynesian economics, and the potential for a Bitcoin Standard in a world in which governments have long abused and mismanaged money.” ~ AIER
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Operation Chokepoint 2.0: The Crypto Crackdown Explained (Video)
“In this episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand discusses the Obama-era Operation Chokepoint, and today’s ‘Operation Chokepoint 2.0’ with AIER Senior Research Faculty Thomas Hogan.” ~ AIER
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Hayek and Bitcoin
“By seemingly enormous coincidence, Satoshi (assuming he was unaware at the time), would have probably been delighted to learn that in Hayek’s same ‘sly roundabout way’ video interview, he held up a copy of The Times newspaper and declared: ‘I read this everyday.’ Great minds think alike.” ~ Emile Phaneuf
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Crypto Bad!
“When people say crypto bad, we have first to ask: what specific aspect of the cryptocurrency industry are you talking about? Then the follow-up question must always be: compared to what?” ~ Max Borders
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Real Progressives Would Support Bitcoin and the Crypto Economy, Not Regulate It Away
“Using the failures and crimes of politically connected crypto-exchanges like FTX to effectively chill innovation in this sector and regulate it away would deprive many Americans of new economic technology that could change lives for the better.” ~ Yaël Ossowski
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Bank and Crypto Runs: F(ac)TX vs Fiction
“Despite the historical record, ever since Diamond and Dybvig published their article, many if not most economists have tended to view every financial firm collapse as a ‘Diamond Dybvig Moment.'” ~ George Selgin