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Over the last five years Yemen has stumbled into a unique monetary situation. I initially wrote about Yemen's odd currency status two years ago .…

The new Governor of the DAB, Abdul Qahir Idrees, is introduced to staff.  [ Source ][ Source ] Last week I made the case that the Afghanistan's …

The Afghanistan story is a tragic one and I don't have much to add to it apart from my ability to read central bank financial statements and bala…

Since mid-March, the stock of U.S. banknotes has surged by $45 billion. That's a 2.1% increase in just 30-days.   This jump surprised me (ht to D…

When The Sopranos was running I never watched it, but during the pandemic I finally had some extra time to give it a try. It was excellent. As I wat…

Not all bitcoins are the same. If someone steals 100 bitcoins from a cryptocurrency exchange and tries to sell them, they'll have to price them a…

The outbreak of Covid-19 has caused a global increase in the amount of cash in the economy. I think I've got a pretty neat explanation for why. B…

I often encounter memes claiming that fiat money is to blame for all sorts of government evils. Here is one example from Kraken bitcoin strategist sp…

I often write about odd monetary phenomena on this blog. Here's a new contender, Yemen's dual banknote system. Yemen uses the Yemeni rial as …

"I work at a bank and some lady tried to microwave her money to clean it........ 🤦🏼" from Twitter I've written a series of posts and …