Bytes Europe<p>United Kingdom Prepaid Card and Digital Wallet Market <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1172031/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1172031/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DigitalWallet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalWallet</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PaymentSolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaymentSolution</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PaymentSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaymentSystem</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PaymentsEcosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaymentsEcosystem</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrepaidCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrepaidCard</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrepaidDebitCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrepaidDebitCard</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ResearchAndMarkets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResearchAndMarkets</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VirtualGiftCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VirtualGiftCard</span></a></p>
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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2148435/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2148435/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Syria to be relinked to SWIFT system ‘in matter of weeks’ <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BankingSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BankingSystem</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Conflicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conflicts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PaymentSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaymentSystem</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Swift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Swift</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SyriaCivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SyriaCivilWar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SyrianEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SyrianEconomy</span></a></p>
Eric Maugendre<p>Government, administration, nation-state, do not go bankrupt… as long as they issue their currency and maintain an army to enforce it.</p><p>In 2020, the Fed "directly lent to corporations or they bought corporate debt off of financial market participants who had this corporate debt, or anyone who really needed to sell it. […] They just made sure that anyone who needed liquidity essentially had it." <a href="https://www.crisesnotes.com/musk-in-your-computers-paul-krugman-interviews-nathan-tankus/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">crisesnotes.com/musk-in-your-c</span><span class="invisible">omputers-paul-krugman-interviews-nathan-tankus/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/openData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openData</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/payments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>payments</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Krugman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Krugman</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PaulKrugman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaulKrugman</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/rearmament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rearmament</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/paymentSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paymentSystem</span></a></p>
Eric Maugendre<p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/expendable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>expendable</span></a> 🧵</p><p>Krugman: I don't know if you've seen it, but there's this point in ‘Oppenheimer’ where’s he’s dealing with General Groves, who pretends to be a dumb general, but is actually not. And he suddenly realizes, ‘you didn't hire me despite my communist connections. You hired me because of them, because that means that you can get rid of me whenever you want.’</p><p><a href="https://www.crisesnotes.com/musk-in-your-computers-paul-krugman-interviews-nathan-tankus/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">crisesnotes.com/musk-in-your-c</span><span class="invisible">omputers-paul-krugman-interviews-nathan-tankus/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/HR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HR</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/files" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>files</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/service" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>service</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/sysAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sysAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/administration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>administration</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/payments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>payments</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/paymentSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paymentSystem</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a></p>
Eric Maugendre<p>Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman, "Weaponized Interdependence: How Global Economic Networks Enable State Coercion," International Security, Summer 2019 <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/27mnqcxrxwapkit/%20Weaponized%20Interdependence_IS_Submission.pdf?dl=0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dropbox.com/s/27mnqcxrxwapkit/</span><span class="invisible">%20Weaponized%20Interdependence_IS_Submission.pdf?dl=0</span></a> 🧵</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/payments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>payments</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/paymentSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paymentSystem</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ACH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACH</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/service" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>service</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sysAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sysAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/administration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>administration</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a></p>
Eric Maugendre<p>Can the president override Congress on spending? It depends on <a href="https://mas.to/tags/impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>impoundment</span></a> </p><p>Listen or read three minutes at <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a>: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/02/27/nx-s1-5308583/can-the-president-override-congress-on-spending-it-depends-on-impoundment" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/02/27/nx-s1-53085</span><span class="invisible">83/can-the-president-override-congress-on-spending-it-depends-on-impoundment</span></a> 🧵</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/paymentSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paymentSystem</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/default" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>default</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bankruptcy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bankruptcy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/currency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>currency</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debt</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/compliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compliance</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/responsibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>responsibility</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/techCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techCulture</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/techBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techBros</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/manliness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manliness</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/masculinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>masculinity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/spending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spending</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/expenditures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>expenditures</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ruleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ruleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MMT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MMT</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
Eric Maugendre<p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/paymentSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paymentSystem</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/default" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>default</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/economics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>economics</span></a></span> 🧵</p><p>When will the markets acknowledge the breakdown in the USA governance and the elevated risk of voluntary defaults across the spectrum of government obligations?</p><p>Stephanie Kelton: <a href="https://stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/will-the-ratings-agencies-react-to" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stephaniekelton.substack.com/p</span><span class="invisible">/will-the-ratings-agencies-react-to</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/bankruptcy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bankruptcy</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/currency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>currency</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debt</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/ratings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ratings</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/agencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agencies</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/compliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compliance</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/responsibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>responsibility</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/techCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techCulture</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/techBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techBros</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/manliness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manliness</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/masculinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>masculinity</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/spending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spending</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/expenditures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>expenditures</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/ruleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ruleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/lawAndOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawAndOrder</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/MMT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MMT</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@SpaceLifeForm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SpaceLifeForm</span></a></span> TBH, all <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/currency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>currency</span></a> - even antique <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metal</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/coins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coins</span></a> - is based off <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/fungibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fungibility</span></a>. </p><ul><li>That's why <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BurgerKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BurgerKing</span></a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> accepted <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USD</span></a> and not just <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Euro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Euro</span></a> and would happily sell me a Cheeseburger for a $5 note just as with a €5 note ( they only exchanged in Euro but that's beyond the point).</li></ul><p>The reason why I can't even buy fries with 5.000 KPW [North Korean Won] has nothing to do with North Korea, but entirely with the fact that noone wants that money.</p><ul><li>And that fungibility is <em>why</em> the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USD</span></a> is even relevant and why the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Euro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Euro</span></a> is stable: Because you can actualy buy shit with it.</li></ul> <p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gold</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Silver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Silver</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Platinum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Platinum</span></a> and even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copper</span></a> are not only inconvenient beyond small sums because they weight a lot but because their value sometimes fluctuates harder than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> and with the exception of Copper there had been Mass <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Confiscations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Confiscations</span></a> aka. state-based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theft</span></a> of these per law.</p><ul><li><p>Therefore it's absurd to think that any metal- or other commodity-based currency could be established that would see actual use-case beyond being an expensive <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shitcoin</span></a> aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SecuritiesFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecuritiesFraud</span></a>-based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scam</span></a>. </p></li><li><p>The only reason <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a> has any value is because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Billionaires</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchs</span></a> use it to commit <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TaxFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxFraud</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CapitalFlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalFlight</span></a> in order to have an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ExitStrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExitStrategy</span></a> left if or rather when their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> - regardless if <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>, <em>"P.R."</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> implodes to buy themselves in elsewhere as <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EconomicRefugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicRefugees</span></a>"</em> or rather <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/fugitives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fugitives</span></a> in a juristiction that doesn't extradite them for their *"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhiteCollarCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollarCrime</span></a>".</p></li><li><p>The only reason <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ethereum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ethereum</span></a> has any value is because it's the more <em>"accessible"</em> alternative to Bitcoin so mere <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Millionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Millionaires</span></a> can afford similar <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AssetProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AssetProtection</span></a>" strategies</em> ...</p></li><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> derives it's value not by having <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Billions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Billions</span></a> in on-paper-value locked in but entirely upon it's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/fungibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fungibility</span></a> and speed as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PaymentSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaymentSystem</span></a>, beating <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hawala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hawala</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MoneyTransfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyTransfer</span></a> providers by so wide margins that it feels like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>-style <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ACH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACH</span></a> Money Transfers getting steamrolled by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SEPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SEPA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WireTransfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WireTransfer</span></a>: They ain't even in the same millenium!</p></li></ul> <p>So if you want to sell me on some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RareMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RareMetal</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>investment</span></a> scheme: <em>Please fuck off!</em></p><p>If not, disregard the last sentence...</p><p>Thanks.</p>
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