Izabella Kaminska

Friday, 18 October, 2019

Pound Sterling

Does Britain need a stablecoin after sterling’s wild ride?

Thursday, 17 October, 2019

AnalysisFT Alphaville

Banksy banks on HODLers

And inadvertently promotes the exact opposite of instant frictionless settlement in consumer culture. Hero or villain?

Tuesday, 15 October, 2019

Uber Technologies Inc

Uber is a test case for taxing digital platforms

Online marketplaces are using VAT advantage to crush bricks and mortar competitors

Monday, 14 October, 2019

AnalysisFT Alphaville

Markets Live EXCLUSIVE ft. ‘tabloid sensation’ Jemima Kelly

She’s enraged FT readers, and now she’s flipping the minds of tabloid readers. But we’re giving you the exclusive op to cross-examine her directly. Let’s hope she’s charged her computer.

Monday, 14 October, 2019

AnalysisFT Alphaville

Further reading

Libra defections; what was behind Japan’s comparative advantage loss; when a cartoon show defends democracy; plus much, much more...

Thursday, 10 October, 2019

UK tax

Uber’s UK VAT liability confirmed

Some say the ride hailing app’s exposure could be as large as £1.1bn.

Friday, 4 October, 2019

AnalysisFT Alphaville

How RTGS inadvertently killed system liquidity

Talk of central bank settlement system transformation is neglecting the astounding impact the last transformation had on system liquidity.

Tuesday, 1 October, 2019

Fintech

The financial sector has seen enough innovation theatre

No one seemed to question whether the interests of banks were really aligned with those of start-ups

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Monday, 30 September, 2019

AnalysisFT Alphaville

Further reading

Building diamond empires; What we can learn from another historical centre of innovation; Can UBI lead to despotism? plus much more...

Friday, 27 September, 2019

AnalysisFT Alphaville

When risky zero-sum behaviours prop-up growth

David Levy on what if we’re not investing too little, but too much in a “bubble or nothing” economy that doesn’t generate enough income?

Wednesday, 25 September, 2019

FT AlphavilleBitcoin

A Cushing, Oklahoma effect for bitcoin futures?

ICE introduces deliverable futures, and crypto crashes.

Tuesday, 24 September, 2019

AnalysisFT Alphaville

Why a reliance on experts poses a regulatory conflict

And why ultimately everything’s conflicted in our highly specialised and esoteric financial market.

Monday, 23 September, 2019

AnalysisFT Alphaville

Further reading

Boeing managing processes; Why we love to call everything a bubble; What’s going on in Germany’s economy? plus, much, much more...

Friday, 20 September, 2019

AnalysisFT Alphaville

A story about a liquidity regime shift

And how it came to impact repo rates.

Tuesday, 17 September, 2019

AnalysisFT Alphaville

Lookout, there’s a dollar crunch!

The NY Fed is responding to a major repo rate spike, which some analysts are blaming on a structural shortage of bank reserves but weirdly enough not on the oil price.

Tuesday, 17 September, 2019

Digital currencies

Central banks should not issue digital currencies

They are ill-equipped to deal with retail customers and the compliance checks involved

Monday, 16 September, 2019

AnalysisFT Alphaville

Forget trade war, a 20% move implies real war

A 20 per cent move may be a regular occurrence in crypto markets, but in commodity markets it’s exceptional and potentially indicative of a point of no return.

Monday, 16 September, 2019

AnalysisFT Alphaville

Further reading

The grandmaster diet; smoking to kick vaping; AOC on WeWeork; plus much, much more...

Friday, 13 September, 2019

Currencies

Libra is imperialism by stealth

Stablecoins are dollarisation by proxy.

Wednesday, 11 September, 2019

AnalysisFT Alphaville

Don’t bet on decentralised exchanges becoming the new crypto frontier...

... the dying liquidity they offer ain’t ever going to be much of a living for crypto outlaws.

Wednesday, 4 September, 2019

Financial & markets regulation

Whistleblower alleges ethics breach at FMSB

Senior executives at the financial standard setting body stand accused of influencing a market manipulation case under pressure from one of their member banks.

Monday, 2 September, 2019

AnalysisFT Alphaville

The great Tesla solar roof distraction

That time Musk illuminated the dusk on a movie set at Universal Studios and implied he did it with functional integrated solar roof tiles....

Tuesday, 27 August, 2019

AnalysisFT Alphaville

Further reading

Bethany Mclean takes on Elon; Robotaxis might be a red herring; Tesla’s Project Titan; plus much, much more...

Sunday, 25 August, 2019

Television

American Factory, Netflix — harsh truths about the new world of work

Released by the Obamas’ production company, this documentary gives remarkable insight into a new Chinese-owned factory in Ohio

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