Excluding energy industries, precious metals such as gold are Russia’s largest export at $18.7 billion (£17.8 billion) in 2020. Banning the import of Russian gold aims to add economic obstacles for ...

Fungibility is often held as a crucial characteristic of sound money. But what happens when money has a public record of every transaction, and morally questionable trades can be identified? Is ...

Let’s talk about “fungibility” — the economic concept that one unit of a commodity may be interchangeable with another. That’s true if the commodity involved is something like a bushel of corn or a ...

The problem with grant money is that it is like any other money: good for a lot of things. Hand development dollars to a dictator and he is as likely to use them to buy his niece two bedrooms ...

Bitcoin fungibility has been called into question and it is becoming glaringly obvious that this poses a threat to the stability and long-term usage of such currency. Exchanges want nothing to do with ...

Unless you've been living under a rock, you're likely aware that the world, financial or otherwise, is abuzz about nonfungible tokens (NFTs). You're also likely aware (and perhaps ashamed to admit) ...

How replaceable is the former NYSE chairman? David Gardner has the answer. Calling economics the "dismal science" is harmful. Such denigration makes it seemingly forgivable to ignore the key life ...

We live in a complex, economically interlinked world, but international politics still have major effects on individual households and businesses in most countries. Edward Lotterman This is happening ...

What is the essence of bitcoin fungibility and why is it so important? Fungibility refers to the concept that every unit or subunit remains equivalent and identical to any other unit or subunit. It is ...

The fungibility of the legacy sound money has come under fire as Western nations seek to delegitimize gold mined in Russia. Excluding energy industries, precious metals such as gold are Russia’s ...