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Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 16m

Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 18m

Why I have to buy doughnuts with cash - @bhgreeley.bsky.social here on the problems of US payments and why that means he has to pay with dollar notes at his local store with doughnuts that are “definitional” www.ft.com/content/8766...

Why I have to buy doughnuts with cash

Powerful lobbies are hindering a digital transition by America’s huge network of some 4,500 banks

www.ft.com

Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 18m

Why I have to buy doughnuts with cash - @bhgreeley.bsky.social here on the problems of US payments and why that means he has to pay with dollar notes at his local store with doughnuts that are “definitional” www.ft.com/content/8766...

Why I have to buy doughnuts with cash

Powerful lobbies are hindering a digital transition by America’s huge network of some 4,500 banks

www.ft.com

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Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 3d

My unbundle to rebundle hypothesis keeps on gathering strength. Important to keep in mind as more serious people talk about unbundling money and payments..
bsky.app/profile/alda...

Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · Aug 1

Very nice article, providing yet another angle for the “unbundle to realise the value of bundling hypothesis”

Molly White @molly.wiki · Jul 31

Newsletter: In a media landscape dominated by algorithmic feeds that aim to manipulate and extract, sometimes the most radical thing you can do is choose to read what you want, when you want, without anyone watching over your shoulder.

Here’s how to use RSS.
www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-...

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Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 3d

The Edge is really cool

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Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 7d

If only the Yap people knew they could put the Rai on the blockchain

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CNBC @cnbc.com · 8d

“I think [tokenization] will become the default way to get exposure to U.S. stocks outside the U.S.,” said Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev.

Tokenization of real world assets is an unstoppable ‘freight train’ coming to major markets: Robinhood CEO

The tokenization of real-world assets, from stocks to real estate, is coming to markets around the world, says Robinhood Markets CEO Vlad Tenev.

cnb.cx

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Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 10d

Starting holidays today, so by Murphy’s Law paper rejections are expected soon.

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Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 10d

The question is whether they are getting the future they want or not..

Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 10d

And thus, the top was called.

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 11d

BREAKING: Jim Cramer says the AI boom is different than the dotcom bubble.

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Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 10d

At some point I will have to stop reading books about money.
But not today.

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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 11d

BREAKING: Jim Cramer says the AI boom is different than the dotcom bubble.

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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 11d

Analysts who excel at self-promotion on LinkedIn are worse at their jobs, but experience the highest rates of promotion. klementoninvesting.substack.com/p/self-promo...

Self-promotion works, especially if you are bad at your job

I have come across a recent paper that measures equity analysts self-representation on LinkedIn and the tone they use to describe their research and their views on LinkedIn and in the media.

klementoninvesting.substack.com

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Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 15d

Vuelta a la ciudad

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Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 15d

Good to know where your red lines are Brendan.

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Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 15d

We even accept people talking seriously about R* over here

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Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 15d

We are loving tent Nathan 😃

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Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 17d

“Users … can withdraw at any time, subject to liquidity”
That ‘subject to liquidity’ is carrying a lot of weight.

Matt Levine @matt-levine.bsky.social · 17d

When some of these newsletters become big, there is a sort of arrogance that creeps in and they really don’t care that much about readers anymore. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...

Private Equity Is Getting Boring

Also VC competition, the DallasNews deal, AI in finance, stablecoin lending and black swans.

www.bloomberg.com

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Matt Levine @matt-levine.bsky.social · 17d

When some of these newsletters become big, there is a sort of arrogance that creeps in and they really don’t care that much about readers anymore. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...

Private Equity Is Getting Boring

Also VC competition, the DallasNews deal, AI in finance, stablecoin lending and black swans.

www.bloomberg.com

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Andreas Fuster @fuster.bsky.social · 18d

👇!

Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 19d

📢 #CallForPapers - BIS-CEPR-Gerzensee-SFI Conference on Financial Intermediation 2026
Deadline to submit a paper: 21 November 2025
Learn more and submit a paper: cepr.org/events/bis-c...
#EconSky #EconConf

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 18d

Crypto hoarders turn to share buybacks in push to boost falling stock prices - on.ft.com/4mtEYXS

a close up of a squirrel looking at the camera with a blue sky in the background .

ALT: a close up of a squirrel looking at the camera with a blue sky in the background .

media.tenor.com

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Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 18d

I would put adamantium on the shots

a pixel art of wolverine in a fighting game

ALT: a pixel art of wolverine in a fighting game

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Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 18d

Blockchain fixes… not this.
If we would put the phones on the blockchain though, they’d be cryptographically protected by the infinite power of immutable code. Phones count towards GDP, which is itself on the blockchain I am told, so I rest my case.

Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 18d

If I were Tylenol I would just not cause autism.

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Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 18d

A Kimmooch.

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Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 18d

Do I really have to dust this one?

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Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 18d

But I will be back before a Scaramucci

Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 18d

Within the coming Kimmel I shall be visiting my motherland to check upon purchasing power parities and how much pesos a franc can buy

Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 18d

So this was less than a Scaramucci? We might have a new unit of time measurement

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Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 18d

Within the coming Kimmel I shall be visiting my motherland to check upon purchasing power parities and how much pesos a franc can buy

Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 18d

So this was less than a Scaramucci? We might have a new unit of time measurement

Axios @axios.com · 18d

BREAKING: Disney said today it is bringing Jimmy Kimmel back

www.axios.com/2025/09/22/j...

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Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 18d

Just brain fog, which you can cure with 🍺

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Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 18d

I dunno, is Milan playing?

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Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 18d

So this was less than a Scaramucci? We might have a new unit of time measurement

Axios @axios.com · 18d

BREAKING: Disney said today it is bringing Jimmy Kimmel back

www.axios.com/2025/09/22/j...

Disney bringing Jimmy Kimmel back Tuesday

Pressure was beginning to mount against Disney and ABC from celebrities, regulators and fans.

www.axios.com

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