There was a time when a single family of Baghdadi Jews — the Sassoons — played a pivotal role in facilitating global trade. With family members spread across cities around the world, the Sassoons created a layer of trust that greased the wheels of trade. If you were a merchant in Baghdad who wanted to sell to a buyer in Shanghai, you didn’t need to trust the merchant in Shanghai. You trusted the Sassoons in Baghdad, who trusted the Sassoons in Shanghai, who knew whether the buyer in Shanghai was good for the money.
Great post Josh. Regarding crypto/trust in climate and offsets, we at Xpansiv are engaged in that quite heavily. Let me know if you'd like to reconnect sometime and catch up on this. -- Andy
B"H" A nice article about the Sassoon history by means of a review Kings of Shanghai book https://www.hadassahmagazine.org/2020/11/17/last-kings-shanghai-review/
Here is also the Hong Kong family tree https://jhshk.org/community/the-sassoon-family-tree/
Great post! Can’t wait to see more!
Great post Josh. Regarding crypto/trust in climate and offsets, we at Xpansiv are engaged in that quite heavily. Let me know if you'd like to reconnect sometime and catch up on this. -- Andy