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Kratom is a legal stimulant but MasterCard and Visa refuse to process payments by kratom vendors. How do vendors work around this embargo? And should these two network oligopolies be allowed to decide which licit products they deal with? A reading, by Emil Kalinowski. ----------WHO---------- John Paul Koning believes thinking about money is more interesting than making money. He writes about monetary economics, economic history, finance, and fintech at his his Moneyness blog as well as for the Sound Money Project, Breaker, Coindesk, and Bullionstar. Koning also designs economics and financial wallcharts at Financial Graph & Art. Read by Emil Kalinowski. Art by David Parkins. Intro/outro is "Amber Lights" by Chill Cole at Epidemic Sound.
----------WHAT---------- Embargoed by MasterCard/Visa, kratom vendors turn to crypto and eChecks: https://bit.ly/3AZQylV
----------WHERE---------- Koning's Blog: http://jpkoning.blogspot.com/ Koning's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jp_koning
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