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Former Olympic kayaker Angus Mortimer banned from the sport after panel finds he groomed teenagers theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
The Guardian's @seaningle first broke this story, and we decided it was worth unpacking from a 🇨🇦perspective, as this could deeply impact Andre De Grasse's career.
Rana Reider, Andre De Grasse’s coach, to face investigation for multiple complaints of sexual misconduct dlvr.it/SBs2yR
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BC is sending 11 endurance (800m-marathon) athletes to the Olympics! Only 1 of those athletes is a member of the BCEP (BC Endurance Project). @BC_Athletics I think it's time to start giving that $60,000+ a year you give to BCEP to some of BC's other athletes and coaches.
If you're interested in where the US is at with a digital currency, there is is a live stream senate hearing going on right now, including Stanford economist @DuffieDarrell banking.senate.gov/hearings/…
A central bank digital currency would not be open and decentralized, and would not then require mining; so it wouldn't have a big environmental footprint. Not bigger than the current payments system.
Very end of the hearing: "Oh BTW, what about privacy, and what about smart contracts?"
This should have been the focus of this entire hearing. Meanwhile, China has launched #DCEP to the public.
#smartcontracts #DeFi #Crypto #fintech #CBDCs #stablecoins
A thread on a story I wrote for @globeandmail @globebusiness about the future of money--an excuse to talk to some of the smartest people in the world about the the end of privacy, Facebook's near takeover of the global economy, and World of Warcraft gold. theglobeandmail.com/business…
The most exciting aspect of a central bank digital currency: government could program in policy decisions... And that's also potentially the scariest thing.
.@hannahalaburda at NYU wrote a fascinating book about crypto called Beyond Bitcoin, and I believe a new edition is forthcoming. From the story:
