America’s Much-Vaunted, Mythological CBDC
America’s Much-Vaunted, Mythological CBDC As investors confront the so-called crypto winter, many are looking toward central bank digital currencies as a possible solution. If only it were that simple. (Part of the crypto column series.) Institutional InvesterAugust...
Island of Jersey keeps secrets of the rich and powerful
The namesake of New Jersey, the five-by-nine-mile island of Jersey is located in the English Channel off the coast of France and is a so-called “peculiar possession” of the British Crown. Neither a part of the United Kingdom nor the European Union, it is accountable to the UK Queen but governs itself.
Offshore leak exposes financial secrets of Ghislaine Maxwell’s family
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell occupied the highest reaches of society, hobnobbing with royalty and world leaders while hopscotching the globe on Epstein’s private jets.
Jersey Tax Shelter Leak Exposes Wall Street Trading Activities of Ghislaine Maxwell’s Family
Leaked documents show how Kevin and Ian Maxwell, brothers of disgraced heiress Ghislaine, used a Jersey trust to hide their business activities and finances. OCCRPJune 17, 2022 The La Hougue Files Comprising 350,000 pages, the La Hougue files were discovered on the...
Does Crypto Have Value? A Bitcoin Pioneer Spelled It Out Years Ago.
In May 2012, Autumn Radtke, chief executive of the fledgling virtual currency exchange, First Meta, gave a remarkable talk on how otherwise intelligent people began reaching for their wallets to shell out for code.