July 24, 2026
Crypto 101, Part Four: From an Asset to the Plumbing. Did you Notice?
This is Part Four, the last of the series. This part looks at it as a thing the financial system is quietly rebuilding itself on.
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We are back after a short summer break. Part 4 of the Crypto 101 Series
View on Substack → Jun 16In crypto, you can be your own bank. Hold your own wallet and you hold the keys. No exchange. No institution. No company between you and your money. The crypto community calls it self custody. The original vision. Pure…
View on Substack → Jun 14For those who wanted exposure to crypto without stepping into it directly – DATs and Bitcoin ETFs offered exactly that. The gains of the crypto world inside the familiar wrapper of traditional finance. But that was just…
View on Substack → Jun 13Bitcoin was just the beginning. Once developers realised they could write financial rules directly into software, everything changed. DeFi. Layer 2. DAOs. You keep hearing these words. Here is what they actually mean –…
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June 11, 2026
Crypto 101: Your Crypto Is Somewhere. Do You Know Where and Who Is Holding It?
This is Part Three of a four-part series. Part One covered Bitcoin, blockchain, and where your money goes when you buy crypto. Part Two covered what people are building on top of it -- Layer 2, DeFi,
June 9, 2026
Crypto 101: What Is DeFi, Layer 2, and a DAO -- And Why Should You Care?
This is Part Two of a four-part explainer series. In Part One we covered Bitcoin, blockchain, miners, and where your money actually goes when you buy crypto. Start there.
May 27, 2026
Crypto 101: Where Does My Money Actually Go?
I write about digital finance regulation and the future of money. This series is for everyone who has ever felt locked out of that conversation.
May 17, 2026
Small Countries. Big Stablecoin Questions.
All eyes are on yields and who gets the float. Quietly, small countries are asking different questions entirely.
May 8, 2026
A 20-Hour Flight Into the Future of Money
What Kyrgyzstan's three stablecoins tell us about the emerging nature of money.
May 8, 2026
Same Coin. Whose Rules?
The European Union and the United States both examined stablecoins and took action. What similarities and differences did they observe?