Want to open an account at the central bank? I'll pass, thanks

The only type of central bank-issued money that we hoi polloi can own are bank…

Buying coffee with Tesla shares

It's fascinating to see how brokerages these days are offering no-commissio…

A way to make anonymous online donations

Paying for things online usually means giving up plenty of privacy. But this ne…

In-game virtual items as a form of criminal money

A few weeks back Vice had an interesting story about Valve, a game maker, putt…

From unknown wallet to unknown wallet

Antony Lewis recently published a useful article on stablecoins. In it he desc…

Prepaid debit cards. The other anonymous payments method

When it comes to financial privacy, good old fashioned banknotes and privacy cr…

Are Argentinians paying for Uber rides with bitcoins?

Earlier this month the following tweet elbowed its way onto my Twitter timeline…