Swift
Global financial messaging network
Episodes
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#6015: How Banks Move a Million vs a Billion DollarsA million and a billion are the same number to a computer. The difference is liquidity, netting, and where the payment actually settles. -
#5441: Dollar Plumbing: Why Bessent's Iran Threat Has TeethOne line from Treasury can ground an airline worldwide. The reason lives in New York's clearing houses, not the currency itself. -
#4309: Where Does Your Money Go During Those Three Days?Your money doesn't move during a transfer. It's just ledger edits waiting for trust. Here's why. -
#3351: Inside Israel's Economic Survival Under Total SanctionsHow a modern trade-dependent economy rewires itself when the world cuts ties overnight. -
#3346: How $500M Trades Actually Work (Not Venmo)No, fund managers don't have a "send $50M" button. Here's the actual plumbing behind $145 trillion in assets. -
#2724: How Sanctions Actually Trap a CompanyHow the US Treasury freezes assets, isolates firms, and makes the world enforce its rules. -
#2376: When States Mine Their Way Out of SanctionsHow Iran turns cheap electricity into cryptocurrency to bypass sanctions—and the tradeoffs of this digital alchemy. -
#1227: Mojo 1.0: Can Chris Lattner Fix the AI Performance Gap?Explore how Mojo aims to unify Python’s ease of use with C++ performance to solve the "two-language problem" in AI development. -
#1025: The Three-Day Money Gap: Why Banking is Still So SlowEver wonder why digital money takes days to move? Explore the hidden friction of the global banking system and the race for instant speed. -
#985: Banking on Surveillance: The Secret History of KYCHow did opening a bank account become a security clearance? Trace the evolution of KYC from the 1970s to the age of AI surveillance. -
#983: How to Hide $30 Trillion Using a 10-Year-Old ShelfDiscover how shell companies and complex legal structures move trillions of dollars across borders while remaining invisible to regulators. -
#882: How 1,400 Ghost Ships and Fake GPS Are Breaking the WorldExplore how "ghost fleets" and "shadow armies" allow nations to bypass sanctions and project power through a world of plausible deniability. -
#662: The Geopolitical Graph: Mapping Global Power with AIMove beyond flat maps. Discover how graph databases and AI reveal the hidden connections and second-order effects shaping our global landscape. -
#308: The Rise of CBDCs: Financial Freedom or State Surveillance?Explore the shift from cash to CBDCs. Are we entering an era of programmable money or just upgrading our legacy financial systems?