In this week’s episode of ConsEUmer: 🍷 Italy is still fuming over Ireland’s alcohol label 🇪🇺 The EU fines Meta over a billion Euros 💱 What are the dangers of CBDCs? (w/ Parker McCumber) You can follow Parker McCumber on Twitter @Parker_McCumber. Read his article in the American Thinker here: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/05/a_centralized_bank_digital_currency_would_harm_our_economy.html May 25, 2023 Follow […]
In this special episode of ConsEUmer, we’re talking to CCC’s very own Crypto Fellow Aleksandar Kokotović. Can we trust the banks after the collapse of SVB and its ripple effects? You can follow Aleksandar Kokotović on Twitter @kokota. April 13, 2023 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
Leur développement montre notamment pourquoi l’existence du Bitcoin est essentielle à nos libertés. De nombreuses banques centrales ont annoncé qu’elles commençaient à explorer l’idée d’introduire des monnaies numériques de banque centrale (MNBC) : de l’e-naira, une MNBC émise par la banque centrale du Nigeria, au yuan numérique en Chine, en passant par la Banque centrale européenne, […]
It’s the last ConsEUmer episode of the year, this time as a special roundtable edition with CCC staff, and special guest Niko Jilch ! This episode is all about prices! Prices of houses, food, and Bitcoin (on which Niko had some thoughts). (Note: we dealt with some audio quality issues, but we did the best […]
Les cryptomonnaies, NFT et autres tokens divers et variés attirent toute l’attention des législateurs européens. Le règlement de l’Union européenne sur les marchés de crypto-actifs (MiCA), en chantier depuis début 2018, est enfin finalisé. Cette législation vise à « harmoniser le cadre européen pour l’émission et la négociation de divers types de tokens cryptographiques dans le […]
Greetings all! Yaël checking in here for a special broadcast. Your usual host Bill will be out for some time, but you can continue to tune in here for the best consumer news and analysis from a European perspective. INTERVIEW: Matthew Mežinskis is an American of Latvian, Norwegian, and Irish descent, residing in Eastern Europe […]
In this week’s episode: United with the Consumer Choice Center team in Tbilisi, Georgia! Yaël Ossowski, Luca Bertoletti, and Aleksandar Kokotovic weigh in on dollar-Euro parity, the so-called “Uber-files” crypto contagion, and much more. Check out Consumer Choice Radio: https://consumerchoiceradio.com/ Check out these websites if you want support Ukraine financially: https://www.blue-yellow.lt/en/ https://how-to-help-ukraine-now.super.site/?fbclid=IwAR2HawZT-H0iLD08QdXDMBG2qFKA3dpHsjDXt7bppN092YP2TVnQuDJ4j8A July 21, 2022 […]
In this week’s episode: 🥂 Minimum alcohol pricing doesn’t work 🚄 Germany’s €9 public transport ticket causes chaos 💻 David Clement explains what a PFAS ban would mean for consumers ₿ Bitcoin & the digital euro (w/ Niko Jilch) You can follow Niko Jilch on Twitter @NikoJilch. Check out Fix the Money: https://fixthemoney.substack.com Check out […]
This week the Consumer Choice Center team is in the United Arab Emirates for a staff retreat. Joining this special episode: Fred Roeder, Fabio Fernandes, Simon Lee, and Luka Dzagania. Our topics: ⚡ Energy dependence in Europe ₿ Crypto under fire energy use 🍷 The latest in Nanny State rules Check out these websites if […]
Another week, another episode of ConsEUmer! This week: ⚡ What happens to the EU’s hydrogen policy? ₿ Bad crypto-currency amendments defeated in Brussels (w/ Aleksandar Kokotović) ☢️ Could Germany reverse policy on nuclear phase-outs? (w/ Rainer Klute) You can follow Rainer Klute on Twitter @rainer_klute and check out Nuklearia on https://nuklearia.de/ Check out these websites […]
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