Vahan P. Roth

  This is part three of the series on cryptocurrency. Part one can be found here, and part two is available here. The cryptocurrency sector has certainly come a long way from its disruptive, tumultuous and highly volatile beginnings 17 years ago. Yet as the industry matures and integrates into mainstream investments, it is becoming increasingly […]

  This is part two of the series on cryptocurrency. Part one can be found here, and part three is available here. Over the past several decades, government debt levels in most advanced economies have reached excesses that would have been politically and economically unthinkable only a generation ago. Borrowing has expanded relentlessly, deficits have […]

  This is part one of the series on cryptocurrency. Part two can be found here, and part three is available here. Over the past decade, the cryptocurrency sector has undergone a transformation so profound that it is barely recognizable today. Compared to the movement that first emerged with Bitcoin in 2009, there are virtually […]

  Investment “dark pools” have been at the center of a lengthy controversy, attracting much criticism and numerous calls for regulatory clampdowns. These private trading venues where large institutional investors execute orders outside public exchanges, more often than not with minimal oversight and without public attention, have frequently been described as opaque, destabilizing and unfair. […]

  In recent months, various developments, surprise announcements and newly revived initiatives have sparked controversy and debate globally concerning the implications of digital identification systems. Most recently, the United Kingdom made headlines when Prime Minister Keir Starmer in late September announced a mandatory digital identification (ID) scheme. He stated that the move was aimed at […]