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Young Koreans' debt soars as they turn to crypto, stocks and real estate
8.7.2021
Millennials and Gen Z in South Korea have been struggling to survive an economy characterized by high asset inflation and suppressed wages
Share Buyback Magic: Financial Forecaster Says Stock Market Rally Is All ‘Smoke and Mirrors’
5.7.2021
While the American economy witnesses small business failures across the nation, historical unemployment rates, major issues with the supply chain, countless product shortages, and the cost of goods and services inflating, the stock market continues to rally. The CEO of the Forward Thinking Group...
MicroStrategy stock slides after announcing new $400M debt raise to buy Bitcoin
7.6.2021
The company's stock has dropped by more than 60% after topping out at $1,135 in early February
Bitcoin tackles $40,000 as Biden unveils new $6 trillion federal spending budget
27.5.2021
The money printer is going brrr in the United States of America
Coinbase Shares Down 27%, $1.2B Convertible Debt Deal Announced, Shareholder Letter Says ‘Competition Increasing’
18.5.2021
Coinbase shares have dropped in value during the last month after opening at $342 per share. The company’s shares have dropped over 27% to $248 per share since the Nasdaq listing in mid-April. On Monday, the firm further announced intentions to sell $1.25 billion of convertible debt. Coinbase...
Coinbase to raise $1.25B via debt securities for institutional investors
18.5.2021
With shares in the Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange continuing to underperform, Coinbase is seeking a $1.25 billion cash injection from institutional investors
Our Future with High Public Debt
9.5.2021
Marcos Chamon is a Deputy Division Chief in the Debt Policy Division of the Strategy and Policy Review Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Jonathan D. Ostry is Deputy Director of the Asia and Pacific Department at the IMF and a Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy...
Collect Taxes More Effectively to Avoid ‘Debt Trap’ Chaos, Warns IMF
6.4.2021
The IMF’s Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva. Source: A screenshot, Instagram/the_imf
Global financial chiefs have suggested that they may look to more aggressive tax collecting measures in advanced economies as a means to dig the world economy out of a “disturbing” impending coronavirus...
Dalio Disses Dollar Debt, But Warns Gov’ts May Target Bitcoin & Gold
16.3.2021
Ray Dalio. Source: a video screenshot, YouTube, TED
The superstar investor and sometime bitcoin (BTC) commentator, founder of major global investment firm Bridgewater Associates Ray Dalio has launched a stinging attack on government and other forms of dollar debt-buying in the form of bonds...
A Debt-Fuelled Economic Crisis & Bitcoin: What to Expect?
7.3.2021
It’s hard to shake the fact that bitcoin (BTC)’s ascent from one fresh all-time high to another in recent months has taken place amid a backdrop of a struggling global economy. The United States’ GDP infamously tanked by a record 32.9% in Q2 2020 and fell by 3.5% across 2020 as a whole, while...
‘Bitcoin Is the Biggest Jailbreak in Human History,’ Says Philosopher Stefan Molyneux
22.2.2021
On February 19, the Canadian podcaster and Freedomain Radio host, Stefan Molyneux, discussed his thoughts about bitcoin following the crypto asset’s tumultuous rise capturing over a trillion-dollar market valuation. Molyneux’s recent speech describes the liberating potential bitcoin...
MicroStrategy Raises $1.05B in Latest Debt-for-Bitcoin Offering
19.2.2021
MicroStrategy's business strategy is to buy as much bitcoin as it possibly can
Bitcoin Poised for Short-Term Gains Past $51K as MicroStrategy Upsizes Debt Deal
17.2.2021
Markets think the latest bull run will continue
MicroStrategy Boosts Latest Debt-for-Bitcoin Offering to $900M
17.2.2021
The firm has already bought 70,784 bitcoin, an amount now worth around $3.6 billion
Global Debt Landscape Sends a Warning Sign
14.2.2021
Xuehui Han is an Economist in the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Fiscal Affairs Department. Paulo Medas is Deputy Division Chief in the same department, while Susan Yang is a senior economist in the department.
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Many countries entered the pandemic with elevated debt levels. Our...
Debt Collection Firm CIS Now Accepts Bitcoin for B2B Repayments
2.2.2021
Corporate Intelligence Services said it launched the new repayment option to provide a better service its "clientele."
Collateralized Debt Obligations Make Their Way Into DeFi Lending
25.1.2021
The future of finance apparently involves Wall Street’s ghosts
Famed Investor Bill Miller Explains Buying MicroStrategy Debt: It’s the Bitcoin
24.1.2021
"Not owning any Bitcoin has been a massive mistake, and we expect that will continue to be true," the famed value investor wrote to clients
The Relationship Between US Government Debt and Bitcoin, Explained
20.1.2021
Bitcoiners are looking for persistent USD inflation to validate their favorite asset. That’s unlikely to happen soon, economists say, but low interest rates are still a boon for BTC
Cream Finance leaps into DeFi ‘corporate debt’ with Iron Bank launch
14.1.2021
The Iron Bank feature will allow protocols to borrow funds without posting collateral