note 013October 25, 2026
A Running List of Claims Still Waiting for Evidence
The standing list I keep, the categories it falls into, and why publishing it is more useful than another prediction.
Tagged "method"
13 articles on this topic.
earlier notes
note 012Oct 20, 2026
Checking Whether an Advertised Pair Is Actually Tradable
A pair can be listed, visible and effectively untradable. Three checks that take two minutes.
note 011Oct 13, 2026
Infrastructure That Exists Only in a Memorandum
A note on the difference between a signed document and a working system, and why the first keeps being reported as the second.
note 010Oct 8, 2026
Support Response Times, Measured Over Two Weeks
A method for measuring something people complain about constantly and nobody records, plus what my own records show.
note 009Oct 2, 2026
Comparing Published Fees With Fees Actually Charged
A method for checking that a schedule is applied, which takes one transaction and a careful look at the statement.
note 008Sep 27, 2026
Market Making on Regulated Venues: What the Books Show
Order book depth is public and tells you more about a venue than its marketing does. What to look at and what it means.
note 007Sep 23, 2026
Conference Announcements Versus Things That Shipped
A note on the annual cycle of announcements, and a simple record-keeping habit that makes it legible.
note 006Sep 11, 2026
A Short Note on Verification Times at Two Platforms
What can and cannot be concluded from a handful of onboarding attempts, and why I publish the method rather than a ranking.
note 005Sep 4, 2026
Observing a Withdrawal End to End on a Licensed Venue
What each stage of a withdrawal actually consists of, and which stage is responsible when the whole thing takes two days.
note 004Aug 26, 2026
Fees Charged by AIFC Platforms, as Published
A note on reading published schedules, what they usually omit, and the one number that is almost never in them.
note 003Aug 22, 2026
The Gap Between a Press Release and a Working Service
Six stages separate an announcement from something you can use. Most coverage reports stage one as if it were stage six.
note 002Aug 17, 2026
Testing Whether a Licensed Platform Actually Accepts Deposits
A method for checking that a service exists, costing one minimum deposit and about twenty minutes.
note 001Aug 14, 2026
Note on a Pilot That Was Announced and Not Yet Observed
The standing problem with covering this market: announcements are public, operations are not, and nobody follows up.