Confronting the Future
J. Austin CampbellAustin's musings on crypto, finance, regulation, and related topics
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Riffing on Tariffs
Introduction
We are witnessing the greatest demonstration of the horseshoe theory of politics in our time. They say a picture is worth 1,000 words, and this picture has 9 words on it, so let me start with a picture worth 1,009 words:
Wh...
The Employment Prisoner's Dilemma
Employees.
This topic has come up repeatedly in the past few days, with two founders I really respect, with C-level executives and senior managers at major companies, with a VC who I think highly of, in group chats, and now this whole fou...
Why Care About Crypto?
I originally wrote this as a thread for Twitter/X/TwiX/whatever we are calling it now, but I wanted to post it here as well as I think the arguments are relevant. If there’s some slightly janky elements in formatting or tags, you’ll have to...
The Great Security Debate
There will be a hearing in the Senate about crypto and illicit financial activity this Tuesday, where Wally Adeyemo from the Treasury goes to ask for additional powers to combat this alleged scourge. I have written about this before, but be...
Actual Security vs. Security Theatre
“Even $1 of funding to Hamas is too much,” I was told, in a private meeting with a good friend, to explain the antipathy of some US politicians towards crypto.
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Austin is the managing partner of Zero Knowledge Consulting and an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School. He has run major stablecoins, traded profoundly weird financial derivatives, and thinks a lot about crypto. He also writes stuff.
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