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10 Useful Browser Plugins to Help Crypto Users

9.9.2019
There are many different browser extensions or plugins that benefit cryptocurrency users, ranging from price trackers and wallets to those that help crypto users with security and privacy. Bitcoin.com has produced a video, listing 10 of the most useful browser extensions with explanations of...

Capital Controls in Argentina Demonstrate Dangers of Government-Controlled Money

5.9.2019
The current financial system, with governments and central banks controlling the flow of money, creates impediments for people’s economic freedom. Among them is the danger that the ruling class will try to hide its mismanagement of the country’s affairs by preventing people from voting...

Can Bitcoin replace currencies issued by Central Banks?

28.8.2019
The issue of whether Bitcoin (BTC) can replace Fiat currency issued and administered by the central banks across the globe is raging for some time now. There are many positives and negatives related to Bitcoin, and one has to take a holistic approach towards the issue in order to arrive at...

Smokescreens and Mirrors: How Does a Country Do an ICO? They Call It QE

22.8.2019
Financial regulators all around the world have been cracking down hard on ICOs for promising more than they can deliver. At the same time governments and central banks are pulling off far worse scams, such as QE, wiping out the savings of everyone that depends on them. To hide this fact they...

Market Update: Prices Drop as Crypto Sentiment Enters the Fear Zone

21.8.2019
Cryptocurrency markets fell hard on August 21 following the $700 price drop bitcoin core (BTC) saw during the early morning trading sessions. Most digital assets have lost 2-8% in value as the overall market valuation of all 2,000+ coins has plunged to $263 billion. Crypto price movements have been...

The World Bank’s Blockchain Bond Is Just a Fancy Way of Selling Debt

21.8.2019
Last year the World Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia announced a permissioned Ethereum-based blockchain to facilitate the end-to-end issuance of bonds between financial partners. The Bretton Woods-created financial institution hopes to make debt capital markets far more efficient with...

What's Driving Up Bitcoin Price? Central Banks, Says FT Reporter

21.8.2019
Central banks are igniting Bitcoin’s valuation, argues the Financial Times' chief correspondent for international finance

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

Central Banks, Stablecoins and the Looming War of Currencies

20.8.2019
A flood of competing stablecoins is coming to the global economy, setting the stage for what could be a climactic battle with the world's biggest central banks

Central Banks Worldwide Testing Their Own Digital Currencies

15.8.2019
Central banks worldwide are examining the possibility of issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC), with some already testing theirs for different uses. Countries that have advanced their digital currency projects include China, Singapore, Canada, the Bahamas, Thailand, Uruguay, and Sweden....

Can Central Bank Digital Currencies Be Used to Fight Financial Crimes?

14.8.2019
Central bank-issued digital currencies could have a great advantage in combating the shadow economy and illegal activities, and they could be a viable alternative to digital currencies like Libra

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...

US, EU and Japan Could Trigger ‘Cold Currency War’ by Debasing Fiat

24.7.2019
The world’s major central banks are waging war to determine who can make their respective fiat currency weaker. With the likelihood of even more money printing and negative interest rates ahead, people need to be ready to see the value of their money evaporate and the price of everything else...

Money and Democracy: How the Elite Manipulated Ledgers and Created a Social Ranking System

22.7.2019
Money is one of the most important but least understood manmade tools in existence. For more than 5,000 years humans have used a tool of exchange called money to facilitate trade. During this timespan, the evolution of money has evolved into a system of information, a social contract, and a ranking...

Market Outlook: Gold and Crypto Reap the Benefits of Economic Fear

10.7.2019
Cryptocurrencies have recovered from losses incurred a week ago, with many digital assets up 50-80% since July 2. For instance, eight days ago bitcoin core (BTC) tumbled to $9,650 and then back to a high of $13,150 yesterday evening. However, during the afternoon trading sessions on Wednesday, most...

Money and Democracy: Why You Never Get to Vote on the Most Important Part of Society

10.7.2019
It’s very odd that citizens never get to vote or have any say in regard to society’s money, even though it’s one of the most important aspects of everyday life. In fact, in developed countries, most central banks are institutions that are privatized from political interference...