The mystery of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin, has remained unsolved for 17 years. Read my 18-month investigation to find out who Satoshi really is.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/b...
Huge shift in American views of Israel
2022: 55% view Israel favorably, 42% unfavorably
2026: 37% view Israel favorably, 60% unfavorable
Generational divide hits both parties: 57% of *Republicans under 50* are negative on Israel
via Pew Research Center poll: www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/u...
Vance's endorsement of Orban is an endorsement of Putin. It's not just that Trump's America is no longer our ally, it is rapidly becoming our enemy
Bitcoin has fallen more than 3% today, to below $69,000.
Bloomberg tells us crypto's broader selloff since the start of the war calls into question crypto's "ability to act as a safe haven amid times of crisis."
Did we really need more confirmation of that?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Outgoing Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic signals greater concern about Fed independence than the more anodyne statements typically offered by his colleagues when the subject comes up
He says there's an ongoing threat and the outcome is genuinely uncertain www.atlantafed.org/news-and-eve...
In a normal world, "US treasury secretary endorses American annexation of Canadian territory" should be front page news
Meanwhile, in Canada …
Something every 2026/28 Dem should commit to is investigations of any company that did deals with Trump. A kind of forward guidance to get companies to think twice in advance of what’s coming.
Money given to influence the conduct of a person in a position of trust you say?
The same people who repeatedly insisted that tariffs won't raise prices.
I’m not exaggerating when I say the US government is acting like an abusive ex towards Canada.
Switching between “you suck, I don’t need you” and “you would be nothing without me, don’t you dare talk to anyone else”.
Hey, he’s only the president, how is he supposed to know who he is pardoning
FT graph showing massive UK public support for the opinion that it was wrong to vote to leave the EU.
Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
The penny was the main unit of currency for around 500 years, until the recoinage of Edward I with the introduction of the groat.
Later a half groat, along with several gold denominations, was introduced by Edward III
Groat, halfgroat, penny, halfpenny and farthing of Eddy III
NEW: How do you think the US distributes social security benefits to people without bank accounts? If you answered “badly,” you’re correct. Yizhu Wang & I took a look at the latest fumbles in Treasury’s efforts to improve the program, & what’s likely to happen next www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Really interesting take on why Montreal is so unique in terms of human-scale urbanism. Consider this when voting in a month?
So google maps updated some satellite footage, here’s one single Ukrainian village. One out of thousands
This is an excellent & worrying interview w/ @petercontibrown.bsky.social. Fed independence is gone the day that Lisa Cook's 'firing' is un-stayed by a court; and once it is gone, it will not be coming back anytime soon, likely not before some inflation disaster hits. Everyone loses. Great job, USA.
Fed independence is a question of power. As with many institutions today, President Trump is trying to reduce the Fed’s power and increase his own. That dramatic backdrop makes today’s Senate hearing on Stephen Miran for Fed Governor anything but normal. stayathomemacro.substack.com/p/who-will-b...
Brown‑Forman's "net sales in developed international markets dropped eight per cent" due to "geopolitical uncertainty".
Sales fell 62% in Canada, 16% in the UK, & 10% in Germany. 🍷
#EconSky
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Canada is cursed in having mostly the same vehicle standards as the US, and while some styles (like large SUVs) aren’t as common here yet, I worry that it’s only a matter of time.
Europe should fight this hard — and any other similar concessions.
The Fed is not good at talking to citizens. Its communications culture is aimed at markets, which means it knows how to give coded, cautious hints that leave room for negotiation. That means there's little will and no experience with strong, affirmative signals in response to wanton norm-burning.
Tariff inflation effects are just getting started.
(via Apollo)
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
The pressure on the independence of the US Federal Reserve is as bad as some of us had feared. I would love to understand what motivates this optimistic perspective from Raghuram Rajan
