In a crypto-economic trading platform: “The network becomes the exchange” Snapchat (ephemeral) bid-asks User-defined smart contracts The order book is a market design for the exchange of goods and assets. It dates back to the European coffee houses of the late 1600s. In London, Jonathan’s Coffee House was a significant meeting place for traders in …
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In a crypto-economic trading platform: “The network becomes the exchange” Snapchat (ephemeral) bid-asks User-defined smart contracts The order book is a market design for the exchange of goods and assets. It dates back to the European coffee houses of the late 1600s. In London, Jonathan’s Coffee House was a significant meeting place for traders in …
In a crypto-economic trading platform: “The network becomes the exchange” Snapchat (ephemeral) bid-asks User-defined smart contracts Exchanges are regulated by the SEC and take years to gain approval. Recently, the SEC has announced that all crypto exchanges are illegal unless they register with SEC. There are two key design principles informing a market design presented …
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Postscript: June 29, 2018 The following sequence of events revolving around a single sale of a note made to a now bankrupt LLC is indicative of the shady way The Bancorp (TBBK) had handled the disposition of its commercial loan portfolio set aside as a discontinued operations three and a half years ago. First, on …
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Postscript: May 18,2018 Literally “at the 11th hour” on April 26, 2018 the night before TBBK announced 1Q2018 earnings, the bank signed an agreement to sell a troubled Florida hotel construction loan with no loss due generous bank-financing coupled with a pre-packaged bankruptcy that subordinated EB-5 lenders. This last minute sale avoided the a 1Q …
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