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2 results for “counterparty risk” in History
History · 14 July 2026
The Gold Standard: How a Soft Yellow Metal Became Money
…platforms deliver physical bars above a minimum size, others settle only in cash. Custody risk does not disappear; it relocates to whichever vault operator and issuing entity stand behind the token. Regulatory treatment differs by jurisdiction, and a token legal to hold in one ma…
Marguerite Adler · 14 min read
History · 9 August 2026
The Hoard Problem: What Buried Gold Actually Tells Us
…ed hoard is not a victimless deception Buying a salted or assembled 'hoard' does not just risk the purchaser's money. It launders genuine looted material into the market with an invented, more marketable story attached, and it corrupts any future scholarship that treats the group…
Marguerite Adler · 16 min read
