<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 21:44:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@stefanfurlan/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Thoughts on the Decentralisation of Money 3: The Bretton-Woods Agreement]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my previous post on the history of modern monetary systems, I examined the gold standard regime that underlined international trade between leading world economies in the second half of the 19th and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@stefanfurlan/thoughts-on-the-decentralisation-of-money-3-the-bretton-woods-agreement</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@stefanfurlan/thoughts-on-the-decentralisation-of-money-3-the-bretton-woods-agreement</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stefanfurlan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2018 20:06:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMesthm7pe5ZjkZQTPrPz5pjKtufcKw7A8Qhqsk3hZUQuugpRvEij6cxuiTH53DQBdHW789UE4WokUe1kTHCENS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books: My Early Life by Winston Churchill]]></title><description><![CDATA[I ran into Churchill’s autobiography when browsing through the Nobel laureates. At first I was surprised to find him amongst the awardees and convinced that the reward was rather to honor his WW2 efforts.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@stefanfurlan/books-my-early-life-by-winston-churchill</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@stefanfurlan/books-my-early-life-by-winston-churchill</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stefanfurlan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2018 19:35:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjmUn2dgudZoWuR1FiSfu7mh85KBKoN8W4k8akHSMEBn5macpLpHHBVjG1PPw6qPFJHaKZwpD2jSLmwXJhNqmroT5fC3JdvXNr4JEt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books: Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another of Isaacson's biographies, this one of a great renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci. He was a controversial man in many ways. Was not a mathematician or physicist, yet he derived so many rules correctly]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@stefanfurlan/books-leonardo-da-vinci-by-walter-isaacson</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@stefanfurlan/books-leonardo-da-vinci-by-walter-isaacson</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stefanfurlan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2018 20:53:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjmUn2dgudZoWuR1FiSfu7mh85KBKoN8W4k8akHSMEBn5macpLpHHBVjG1PPw6qPFJHYYZRQ9ERgabKDvdCS3Hp3YvLfmT72p1s2MN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books: Americana, a 400-Year History of American Capitalism by Bhu Srinivasan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mayflower, early farmers, tobacco, taxes, cotton, steam, railways, gold, slavery, telegraph, beer, patents, oil, steel, machines, light, retail, guns, media, unions, meat, trusts, automobiles, fast food]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@stefanfurlan/books-americana-a-400-year-history-of-american-capitalism-by-bhu-srinivasan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@stefanfurlan/books-americana-a-400-year-history-of-american-capitalism-by-bhu-srinivasan</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stefanfurlan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2017 07:51:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjmUn2dgudZoWuR1FiSfu7mh85KBKoN8W4k8akHSMEBn5macpLpHHBVjG1PPw6qPFJHUzYNa1dpB4E4cg5azXUeSeyjNDWBmterhWg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thoughts on the Decentralisation of Money 2: Commodity Currencies]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my previous post on decentralisation of money, I briefly examined the role of the state in domestic and international monetary arrangements through history. In a series of my next posts, I will delve]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@stefanfurlan/thoughts-on-the-decentralisation-of-money-2-commodity-currencies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@stefanfurlan/thoughts-on-the-decentralisation-of-money-2-commodity-currencies</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stefanfurlan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2017 09:35:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBrMKgRi6MSp1GJoASj2bA6LeWscx64n58FGHfNUUa2HQEa3BuDifeNJHDukZPfgjhg1etrN38SsNEvEeir?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books: The History of Money by Jack Weatherford]]></title><description><![CDATA[Short history of money from barter to modern fiat currencies and “plastic” money. Interesting ideas: Power of the ability to print money, which is currently dominated by state monopolies. I was writing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@stefanfurlan/books-the-history-of-money-by-jack-weatherford</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@stefanfurlan/books-the-history-of-money-by-jack-weatherford</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stefanfurlan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2017 09:29:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjmUn2dgudZoWuR1FiSfu7mh85KBKoN8W4k8akHSMEBn5macpLpHHBVjG1PPw6qPFJHTDXr9wqWRJ3SKqjynfwRr7pfqfTmB2v3TWx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books: Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari]]></title><description><![CDATA[Harari is exploring the next steps in the evolution of human, which he calls homo deus. If this is the future, it looks scary... Interesting thoughts: Humanity has successfully overcome wars, famine and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@stefanfurlan/books-homo-deus-a-brief-history-of-tomorrow-by-yuval-noah-harari</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@stefanfurlan/books-homo-deus-a-brief-history-of-tomorrow-by-yuval-noah-harari</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stefanfurlan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2017 09:23:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdBnJaFk8mAbMSRmo4RCmtzaMNJiojazbSP2tcJs2Z82RPHRchEeAWQZcrbqSoTvqxpZqSEAnshdBLmja1DMVZtJM3kAceSgdVN9tHSSqTrHyLupFr5UTQaGeiCNC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thoughts on Decentralisation of Money 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[From a purely economic point of view, money has three basic functions: it serves as a unit of account, store of value and means of exchange. From a political standpoint, however, money can first and foremost]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@stefanfurlan/thoughts-on-decentralisation-of-money-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@stefanfurlan/thoughts-on-decentralisation-of-money-1</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stefanfurlan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2017 21:36:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books: Principles by Ray Dalio]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ray Dalio’s reflections with focus on his core principles and his management approach called idea meritocracy. Interesting ideas: Principle as a tool to handle reality. Ray tries to understand what are]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/book/@stefanfurlan/books-principles-by-ray-dalio</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/book/@stefanfurlan/books-principles-by-ray-dalio</guid><category><![CDATA[book]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stefanfurlan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2017 16:58:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2KZBmxW92GugQvNucrPGHpNPtRYspRtsxZYxEGvccfjvTy79S7P579a1AmfzL2kMEVRFw7BuwWyDwzyWPaBp1GoqauxCSstyj5D6F7MtwNFK8VmhegnPU4Wfb8SZNcV3ZpgUbXzhtYdKtb5u1ej5C5u2xLYG4JJCqbtDAXBJt86hyyFCPF64s8o3zdP7GHx3kmxA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debt: The First 5,000 Years, by David Graeber]]></title><description><![CDATA[Insight into the evolution of debt, from 3,500 BC onwards. Interesting facts: Debt/credit precedes money. The author argues that debt and credit offer more logical explanation of ascent of money than]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@stefanfurlan/debt-the-first-5-000-years-by-david-graeber</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@stefanfurlan/debt-the-first-5-000-years-by-david-graeber</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stefanfurlan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2017 21:11:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83j4j2o7W1sMnSNugHRAECchT3UagjQo9QBF79vESmWRwSPz8FeZRdWFoqhpm3H1Ay5D1U2kGpge7p?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time for Crypto Put-Cal Parity Arbitrage?]]></title><description><![CDATA[With promises of services such as LedgerX to introduce derivatives such as swaps and options on digital currencies, partially reducing counter party risks with external clearing institutions, its time]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/arbitrage/@stefanfurlan/time-for-crypto-put-cal-parity-arbitrage</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/arbitrage/@stefanfurlan/time-for-crypto-put-cal-parity-arbitrage</guid><category><![CDATA[arbitrage]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stefanfurlan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2017 21:21:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UDdv5ALfe3FmWhbRMbkg6E481sEgFJ1ixao6hyybRafZG6QbJrYWg3TccePHpNW5bAbdnmgZapFE9KfzYSb6X7mtHrNAg4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>