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The Architecture of Money: Mapping Financial Power in the Age of Bitcoin
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Carlijn Kingma, Thomas Bollen, and Martijn Jeroen van der Linden on The Waterworks of Money, the hidden structures of finance, and bitcoin's place in Europe's monetary future.
Key facts
- Thomas Bollen will participate in two panel discussions at Bitcoin Amsterdam on November 6, 2026, on the Treasury Stage
- Ahead of Bitcoin Amsterdam, November 5-6, where Bollen joins two panels, the reporter sat down with all three of the project’s collaborators to discuss making money visible, the relationship between monetary
- When Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse got into trouble, the crisis playbooks developed after 2008 stayed in the drawer
- The US authorities guaranteed all SVB deposits, including the more than 90 percent above the insured limit
Summary
Money determines where they live, what they can afford, and how wealth accumulates across generations. The Waterworks of Money depicts the financial system as a vast network of reservoirs, channels, and pumps, revealing how money moves through banks, governments, businesses, and households. The project emerged from two years of research, including interviews with more than 100 experts across banking, government, academia, and monetary reform movements. One of the project’s scenarios explores a monetary future shaped by bitcoin.