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Central Bank Gold Hoarding Hits 50-Year High
30.12.2019
While dozens of the world’s economic leaders participate in extreme monetary easing policy, central banks have also been hoarding gold. Central banks accumulated over 668 tons in gold purchases this year, which is more than 2018’s record numbers. In fact, the key drivers in gold demand...
Germans Rush to Buy Gold as Draft Bill Threatens to Restrict Purchases
27.12.2019
Reports have emerged depicting long lines in front of a physical gold sales location in Germany, in view of pending legislation which would once again lower the anonymous purchase limit, this time from €10,000 to €2,000. The last drop happened in 2017 when the limit was set...
Bailouts From Asia to the EU Signal Recession and Potential Crypto Opportunity
19.12.2019
China’s Hengfeng Bank is set to get a $14.2 billion bailout from both Chinese government and foreign investors. An emergency decree has been approved to bail out southern Italy’s biggest lender, Banca Popular di Bari. Germany continues to struggle with bailout pains, as regional bank...
BRD’s Adam Traidman on New Products, Crypto Adoption, and Banking the Unbanked Into 2020
11.12.2019
Breadwallet, later known as Bread, and now just as BRD, was the first crypto wallet in the App Store in 2014. Its non-custodial, open source and user-friendly nature saw it become very popular, now with nearly 3 million users worldwide. CEO Adam Traidman took some time to field questions from...
Bitcoin Is a Weapon for Free Speech in the Face of Government and Corporate Censorship
15.10.2019
The latest skirmishes in the bruising trade war between the U.S. and China have led to the unlikely politicization of the NBA. But how did the views of a basketball executive become such a political football? And what does China’s ideological commitment to censorship say about the value...
Libra Seen as Threat to National Currency Sovereignty, Pleads With G-7
19.9.2019
Libra meets with G-7 regulators amid regulatory hurdles surrounding its launch. Can the Facebook-backed token finally turn the tide in its favor?
David Marcus, the Head of Facebook’s Libra, Says Libra will not be a threat to Monetary Sovereignty
17.9.2019
David Marcus, Previous PayPal president and the Head of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency, has taken to twitter by opposing the idea that the digital currency will make threats against monetary Authority of sovereign countries. 2/ Recently there's been a lot of talk about how Libra could...
Libra Does Not Threaten Sovereignty of Nations, Says Calibra CEO
16.9.2019
Calibra CEO dispels notion that Libra is a threat to the global financial system
Doing What You Want With Your Money Is a Fundamental Right
24.8.2019
Since the birth of Bitcoin, crusaders fighting for the separation of money and state discovered a new payment tool that bypasses the nation state’s control over the monetary system. For over ten years now, lots of people have been using digital currencies to hide from prying eyes...
Youtube Censorship Drives Uptake of Crypto-Powered Video Platforms
5.8.2019
If the prospect of greater privacy and financial sovereignty doesn’t lure the masses to crypto networks, perhaps the ability to speak freely will. Lately, a lot of people who couldn’t give a damn about peer-to-peer cryptocurrency have taken a shine to peer-to-peer networks that run...