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Iñaki Aldasoro
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Principal Economist at the Bank for International Settlements. Views are my own, so is the silly sense of humor.

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aldasoro.bsky.social
Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 1d
Dip buyers be like
worldbollardassoc.bsky.social World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · May 13
Flex post, flex post, flex post, flex post, flex post, flex post, BOLLARD.
#WorldBollardAssociation

Reposted by Iñaki Aldasoro, Hilary J. Allen

marietjeschaake.bsky.social
Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 2d
When will we look at the power case over the money case? Twitter was a good deal for influence, not profit. DOGE was a cover for data access, not efficiency >> How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little? ↘️ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Diane Coyle, Michael Pettis, John Hogan , and 1 more

csissoko.bsky.social
Carolyn Sissoko @csissoko.bsky.social · 3d
I riff on @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social’s discussion of institutions and growth to explain why banking may be an important missing link in economists’ understanding of how and why growth takes place.

Institutions and growth: How banks used to provide the liquidity that fuels innovation and growth

aldasoro.bsky.social
Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 4d
And thanks to crypto, I am none the wiser
aldasoro.bsky.social Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 4d
Ten year anniversary of my PhD dissertation defense today, time flies

aldasoro.bsky.social
Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 4d
Janus Henderson to Janus Henderson

Reposted by Iñaki Aldasoro

metronorthcapital.bsky.social
Metro “Festive” North @metronorthcapital.bsky.social · 4d
CC: @smtuffy.bsky.social
Asset manager Janus Henderson gets bought by Trian, General Catalyst for $7.4 billion
Asset manager Janus Henderson agreed to be acquired by investors Trian Fund Management and General Catalyst, the companies announced Monday.
www.cnbc.com

aldasoro.bsky.social
Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 4d
Ten year anniversary of my PhD dissertation defense today, time flies

aldasoro.bsky.social
Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 4d
Back in Berlin

aldasoro.bsky.social
Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 5d
It does encapsulate a lot

aldasoro.bsky.social
Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 5d
Cannot believe this is a thing; what a stupid timeline we live in

aldasoro.bsky.social
Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 5d
T+1
brenttoderian.bsky.social Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 5d
I sometimes think about how many cigarette equivalents I smoked as a young kid while in movie theatres watching the epic movies of my childhood.

It was “normal.”

How many things do we consider normal today that we’ll one day (hopefully soon) recognize as completely insane?
Man smoking in movie theatre with kid sitting in front of him

Reposted by Iñaki Aldasoro

brenttoderian.bsky.social
Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 5d
I sometimes think about how many cigarette equivalents I smoked as a young kid while in movie theatres watching the epic movies of my childhood.

It was “normal.”

How many things do we consider normal today that we’ll one day (hopefully soon) recognize as completely insane?
Man smoking in movie theatre with kid sitting in front of him

aldasoro.bsky.social
Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 6d
Finally got to this one

Reposted by Iñaki Aldasoro

bhgreeley.bsky.social
Brendan Greeley @bhgreeley.bsky.social · 6d
Yes, and I’m not even sure anonymity is important, either. Historically, most small transactions were heavily credit based, with occasional cash clearing, almost always as part of an ongoing relationship. The idea that there was ever a pure, anonymous, permissionless system is a fantasy.

aldasoro.bsky.social
Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 6d
We all know how the fight ended.

aldasoro.bsky.social
Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 6d
Yes it is baffling, as is the complete disregard of the liquidity demand implications and the need to have an elastic balance sheet nearby.

aldasoro.bsky.social
Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 6d
Have fun staying poor!

aldasoro.bsky.social
Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 6d
Instant, but not atomic.
Blockchain fixes this.

aldasoro.bsky.social
Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 6d
Only in the redacted version you really notice he’s there

aldasoro.bsky.social
Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 6d
This one wins

aldasoro.bsky.social
Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 6d
Blockchain fixes this
bhgreeley.bsky.social Brendan Greeley @bhgreeley.bsky.social · 6d
I hope no one in your life hates you as much as retailers hate cash

Reposted by Iñaki Aldasoro

bhgreeley.bsky.social
Brendan Greeley @bhgreeley.bsky.social · 6d
I hope no one in your life hates you as much as retailers hate cash

aldasoro.bsky.social
Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 8d
And of course that epic save on the 123rd minute, duly framed in office shrine

aldasoro.bsky.social
Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 8d
Happy third anniversary to this absolute beauty of a goal in a world cup final.
Three years on, I still want to marry this goal and raise a family of little counterattacks
x.com/modoscalonet...
x.com

aldasoro.bsky.social
Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 9d
What? What was that you said? Regulatory arbitrage?

aldasoro.bsky.social
Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 9d
And @smtuffy.bsky.social was not even in the podium. Total travesty.
Back then I suggested to the @alphaville.ft.com people that the prize should be named after him, something like “The FT Alphaville Sean Tuffy Memorial Prize in Meme Sciences”. In keeping with econ tradition, we’d call it the Tuffy

aldasoro.bsky.social
Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 10d
Actually, like Matt Levine has argued (half jokingly, as always), we should move in the opposite direction: just have markets open for a couple of hours.

Reposted by Iñaki Aldasoro

bloomberg.com
Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 10d
Nasdaq has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to approve trading sessions outside traditional market hours as it tries to capitalize on growing global demand for US stocks. Read more: bloom.bg/4oXrC7p

📷️: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

aldasoro.bsky.social
Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 10d
Nothing like sipping coffee in the morning, opening your phone, and realising that at 2:30am you were margin called and got completely wiped out. You can truly enjoy that coffee now in full knowledge that tomorrow you will be evicted.

aldasoro.bsky.social
Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 11d
This guy: I am libertarian and hate my Belgian passport
Also this guy: i would give it up if I could have another EU passport