<synthesis> MoneyLab links

[Geert Lovink]

The Cult of the Free Must Die
https://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2020/08/the_cult_of_the.html <https://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2020/08/the_cult_of_the.html>

Single-line software bug causes fledgling YAM cryptocurrency to implode just two days after launch
https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/13/yam_cryptocurrency_bug_governance/ <https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/13/yam_cryptocurrency_bug_governance/>

Massive Attack & Guy Standing collab video on UBI (via Jess Henderson)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-1YI-neupU <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-1YI-neupU>

Massive Attack & Gabriel Zucman collab video on tax havens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=balF4lf-Rt4&list=PL5GvFoMoPqHkciYLbIiyOxvjlLayantI9&index=3 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=balF4lf-Rt4&list=PL5GvFoMoPqHkciYLbIiyOxvjlLayantI9&index=3>

The Gigless Economy
https://djmag.com/longreads/gig-less-economy-what-could-post-pandemic-dance-music-scene-look <https://djmag.com/longreads/gig-less-economy-what-could-post-pandemic-dance-music-scene-look>

French paid content company Cafeyn buys Dutch Blendle
https://nltimes.nl/2020/07/30/former-startup-darling-blendle-sold-french-company <https://nltimes.nl/2020/07/30/former-startup-darling-blendle-sold-french-company>

Yanis on the historical decoupling of global finance and actual economies on the ground
https://diem25.org/something-remarkable-just-happened-this-august-how-the-pandemic-has-sped-the-passage-postcapitalism/ <https://diem25.org/something-remarkable-just-happened-this-august-how-the-pandemic-has-sped-the-passage-postcapitalism/>

On connection of Australian Blockchain Innovation Hub with right-wing US think-tank
htttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/aug/27/what-is-going-on-rmit-staff-irked-by-research-hubs-links-to-rightwing-thinktank <htttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/aug/27/what-is-going-on-rmit-staff-irked-by-research-hubs-links-to-rightwing-thinktank>

Lana Swartz new book is out! New Money--How Payment Became Social Media
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300233223/new-money <https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300233223/new-money>

And an interview about the book:
https://www.theverge.com/21368876/venmo-paypal-square-cash-app-social-media-payments-new-money-lana-swartz-interview <https://www.theverge.com/21368876/venmo-paypal-square-cash-app-social-media-payments-new-money-lana-swartz-interview>












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