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Central Banks in Panic Mode – Extreme Tactics Like Helicopter Money Discussed
30.9.2019
Central banks worldwide continue to inject more stimulus into the economy as they predict the onset of a new financial crisis. In the face of a sluggish economy, monetary easing, negative interest rates, and ‘normalizing’ the balance sheet is the name of the game these days. Now central...
U.S. Federal Court Denies Release of Alleged Canadian Bitcoin Conman
29.9.2019
In recent times, quite often we have come across headlines mentioning scammers who have used fraudulent Twitter accounts that impersonate major crypto firms to launder Bitcoins and other crypto assets. On August 22, yet again, two Canadians of Indian origin have been charged in the United States...
BTC and Quantitative Easing: What’s the Correlation to Crypto?
26.9.2019
Unconventional monetary policy is rife within the U.S. right now, and a step toward quantitative easing seems inevitable; BitMEX CEO Aurther Hayes believes this will send Bitcoin sky high, but will it?
‘No Argument’ for Replacing Dollar’s Global Role With Crypto: Ex-Fed Official
26.9.2019
The ex-official pushed back at a suggestion from the chief of the Bank of England that a Libra-like crypto should replace USD in global markets
What Billions in Fed Repo Injections Reveal About the Promise of Bitcoin
23.9.2019
The Fed Reserve has injected $278 billion injection into the securities repurchase market. Mike J. Casey Looks at what it means for crypto
NY Fed Ploughs in $53 Billion to Save Overnight Lending Market Amid Turmoil in Financial Markets
18.9.2019
As everyone knows, easy availability of credit at favorable rates of interest is one of the backbones of the trading ecosystem in Wall Street. Hence, if there is a slight rise or any kind of fluctuation in that rate of short term borrowing, then the entire structure enters a risky zone. Every...
Will Bitcoin’s Price Rally After Federal Reserve Rate Cut?
17.9.2019
Bitcoin is down again, but observers believe the losses could be reversed after a U.S. interest rate cut expected Wednesday
As Global Economy Weakens, Federal Reserve All Set for Stimulus Pump
16.9.2019
It has been clear for quite a while that the global economy has been weakening for the past few months, and there has been a lot of speculation regarding the possible solutions to the impending trouble. The trade war between the United States and China is definitely one of the reasons behind...
John McAfee Responds to Google’s Settlement for FTC YouTube Investigation
3.9.2019
In an important recent development, the internet searching joint Google has finally agreed to pay a fine amounting between $150 million and $200 million to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to finally settle the ongoing investigation in the case of an alleged infringement of children’s privacy...
Mark Mobius: Buy Gold as Bitcoin Price Rises, Central Banks Cut Rates
20.8.2019
Veteran frontier markets investor Mark Mobius suggested that cryptocurrencies will help boost the price of gold
As US Expands Subprime Mortgage Program, Is a New Crisis Looming?
19.8.2019
The Federal Housing Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, has recently adopted new guidelines widening the scope of condo purchases eligible for lower down payment loans insured by the government. While that could lead to more members of certain social...
Ron Paul Slams Fednow Payment System and Encourages Crypto Competition
15.8.2019
Ron Paul, the muckraking former congressman from Texas, is stirring things up once again, this time taking aim at the new real-time digital payment system proposed last week by the U.S. Federal Reserve. Presented as an innovative solution by government and media voices, the cryptosphere received...
US Aviation Regulator FAA Bans Some MacBook Pro Laptops from Flights
15.8.2019
When it comes to flights, regulators need to be extremely careful about what they allow onboard and what not. Even the slightest spark of fire on board can result in a gruesome accident and hence, most aviation regulators across the world take a dim view of anything that could prove to be a fire...
Hodler’s Digest, Aug. 5–11: Naughty North Korea, India’s Bombshell, LTC Flops
11.8.2019
In this week’s Hodler’s Digest, Litecoin’s halving fails to boost prices — and the scale of North Korea’s crypto hacks emerges
FedNow — US Federal Reserve Payment Tool a Threat to Banks, Not Crypto
8.8.2019
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s new real-time payments service likely isn’t going to substitute crypto, although it does play the same ambitious card
Owning Fiat Just Got More Expensive – NIRP Strikes Again
8.8.2019
With the recent Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) announcement that even more customers will be charged to hold money in their banks, people are scrambling to find ways to preserve their wealth, while USB and others scramble to dam the losses resulting from national negative interest rate policy...
Currency War Erupts as US and China Bring Out the Big Guns
6.8.2019
What started out as a trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies is now a full-blown currency war as the U.S. and China bring their big guns to the battlefield. The impact on the global financial markets was immediate and severe, driving up safe-haven assets as ordinary people...
US Federal Reserve Launching Payment System, Crypto Bulls Nonplussed
5.8.2019
The U.S. Federal Reserve is planning to release a real-time payment and settlement service in order to boost the payments infrastructure in the country
More Signs the Next Big Financial Crisis May Begin in Germany
3.8.2019
Germany, the locomotive of Europe’s huge economy, is entering a difficult period, various indicators suggest. And when the Federal Republic sneezes, the Old Continent usually catches cold. This time, Germany may infect the rest of the world as well. An economic and financial crisis there...
The Next Big Financial Meltdown Is Around the Corner, Many Voices Warn
25.7.2019
“The economy is looking great,” how many times have they told you that? And why do you usually hear it when you are late on a mortgage payment or during a downsizing purge at your company? Relying on your senses is always a safer bet than trusting the wishful thinking of those...