Olga D. KhonNote 116. «The Crypto Agony Amid the War»Russia publicly calls for immense crypto use to boost sanction evasion [5]. This crypto mess took place the same month Russia executed the…1d ago1d ago
Olga D. KhonNote 115. «USD-Pegged Stablecoins: The Criminal Vitality of Crypto»Despite the visibility of rising international payments facilitated by crypto assets, primarily, for sanction circumvention, one peculiar…2d ago2d ago
Olga D. KhonNote 114. «Crypto: The Rudiment of Mainstream Finance»Neither Bitcoin nor any other crypto asset could substitute the US dollar in international settlements. That’s an obvious fact despite too…Jul 14Jul 14
Olga D. KhonNote 112. «Crypto: The Fake Show of Populists»Have you noticed the ease with which blockchain proponents invert facts for their benefit? Let’s discuss the next example — Bitcoin Spot…Jun 29Jun 29
Olga D. KhonNote 111. «Smart Contracts: The Colossus on Clay Feet?»The more ‘blockchain’ and ‘crypto’ terms trace negative connotations with dozens of criminal indictments stated, the industry tends to…Jun 22Jun 22
Olga D. KhonNote 110. «Blockchain is An Aggressively Interested Intermediary»Let’s recall some basics of blockchain today, and once and for all remind ourselves that claims of disintermediation (the absence of…May 27May 27
Olga D. KhonNote 109. «Crypto-Facilitated Crimes: The Bill, Please…»Yet again, the last wild crypto rally coincided with a stampede of corrupted money from Russia. Since Putin’s fifth term of presidency and…May 27May 27
Olga D. KhonNote 108. «Smart-Contracts and Asset Tokenisation: The Dream Time for Illicit Finance»Any conversation about smart contracts often ends up praising the alleged automatic execution with no intermediary involved. In fact, the…May 23May 23
Olga D. KhonNote 107. «Russia-Backed Crypto: The “Go” Code to Attack»These days a few crypto figures attacked the US government for allegedly “killing innovations”? But why now?May 11May 11