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US Lawmaker Claims Stimulus Bill Bolsters Fed Secrecy, Pork Funds, and Wall Street Bailouts
28.3.2020
On Friday, U.S. bureaucrats passed the 2020 stimulus bill, which has become the largest cash injection package ever created by the federal government. However, following the bill making it through the Senate and House, Republican representative Thomas Massie told the public the stimulus bill...
#NotDying4WallStreet – Twitter Trends Show People Are Fed Up With Wall Street, Banks and Oligarchs
24.3.2020
As the coronavirus outbreak causes havoc to the world economy, the U.S. is trying to prepare for the onslaught of new cases. U.S. politicians crafted shelter-in-place orders in various states and shut down a decent fraction of American industries. Now politicians are penning an enormous bailout...
Bitcoin Price Gains 7% in 24 Hours as Wall Street Bets on $2T Bailout
24.3.2020
Bitcoin traders are in no mood for optimism yet, despite markets moving higher on the hopes of coronavirus bailouts
Is Bitcoin Becoming an Alternative For Wall Street Investors?
24.3.2020
Following the last few weeks carnage in the financial markets, bitcoin (BTC) may be starting to look like a viable alternative for some of the capital that is leaving Wall Street.
A “decoupling” of bitcoin prices from the broader financial system is something many community members have called...
Emin Gun Sirer’s AVA Labs Seeks Wall Street Business After Open-Sourcing ‘Avalanche’ Protocol
24.3.2020
AVA Labs is looking to build financial infrastructure for Wall Street businesses after open sourcing its novel “Avalanche” protocol
HBO na víkend: Nacistická Amerika, vzpoura robotů, krach na Wall street a Spider-Man
20.3.2020
US Cash Crisis: Withdrawal Limits Spark Bank Run Fear
18.3.2020
The entire world has been focused on the economy as the coronavirus outbreak has devastated global markets. While stocks, commodities, and barrels of oil plunge in value, there’s been considerable demand for cold hard cash in certain countries. According to reports, Wall Street’s elite...
Disney World Economics: How Coronavirus Could Be Used to Justify a Global Financial Reset
13.3.2020
‘What in the world is going on’ has now become a question of real pertinence, instead of just a cliché for common bewilderment. As COVID-19 panic grips the world, ripple effects are crashing markets and effectively canceling economies across the globe, scrawling the writing on...
Gold and Bitcoin Markets Tested, While Central Banks Try to Quell Stock Market Rout
13.3.2020
Central banks worldwide have been bracing for the worst, as the global economy has shuddered over the last seven days. On March 11, the Bank of England slashed rates by 50 bps bringing the base rate down to 0.25%. Meanwhile, Wall Street bankers and U.S. President Donald Trump want the Federal...
You Call That Volatility? Bitcoin Traders Scoff at Wall Street’s Gyrations
9.3.2020
As traditional markets undergo a level of anxiety not seen since the 2008 recession, the cryptocurrency industry showed few existential signs of distress
BitGo Launches Its First Institutional Crypto Lending Service
5.3.2020
Major cryptocurrency firm BitGo launches its first institutional-focused crypto lending service
Bitcoin Price Spikes on Fed Rate Cut But Hits $8.9K Sell-Wall
3.3.2020
#Bitcoin price and markets jump on Fed rate cut response to #coronavirus but $BTC remains indecisive
Wall Street Veteran Aims at Institutional Investors With a New Crypto Bank
25.2.2020
Caitlin Long. Source: A video screenshot, Youtube/ReasonTV
A new crypto-focused bank is set to open in 2021 in the U.S. state of Wyoming in order to provide institutional-level investment infrastructure for cryptoassets, while abiding by strict regulatory requirements.
The company, called Avanti...
Defi for Bitcoin: Collateral Peg Platform Provides Noncustodial BTC Lending on Ethereum
19.2.2020
During the second week of February, a new project called tBTC was unveiled that is similar to the Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) created with the Ethereum network. However, the tBTC effort claims to be a noncustodial application that allows users to deposit BTC, mint tBTC, and lend it with interest. Also...
‘Central Banking Is Socialism for the 1%’ – Report Cites Wealth Inequality Driven by Stimulus
18.2.2020
For a while now, central banks like the Federal Reserve have been participating in quantitative easing (QE) practices, despite the fact they don’t like to call it QE. Following the massive dollar injections, a recent report from the wealth insights provider Wealth-x details the number...
Bithumb to Get Wall Street-Level Fintech Expertise via New Partnership
17.2.2020
Major South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb to partner with BitMax, accessing the latter’s Wall Street-level fintech expertise
BitMEX CEO’s Jokes About XRP End With a Flash Crash and a Wall of Silence
14.2.2020
Arthur Hayes. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, CfC st. Moritz
The normally outspoken CEO of major crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX, Arthur Hayes, has gone quiet after a short-lived crash occurred in the exchange’s XRP derivatives market, which may have led to large losses for some traders...
Wendy McElroy: Crypto is Banking for Anarchists and Average People
10.2.2020
“What I love about Bitcoin is that instead of some rich old guy on Wall Street, young poor people are the ones getting rich” —Eric Finman No Longer Is Economic Sovereignty Just for Politicians and Bankers “Cryptocurrency is for the rich”; this pernicious myth causes...
Not Just Ebay, NYSE Owner Intercontinental Exchange Pushes Bakkt to Retail With Latest Acquisition
6.2.2020
The owner of the New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange, stunned many on Wall Street recently with a reported takeover bid for e-commerce marketplace Ebay. Now the group is aggressively trying to push its regulated bitcoin derivatives exchange Bakkt into the retail space with its latest...
From Meatspace to Cyberspace: Top Execs Moving From Traditional to Crypto Jobs in 2019
13.1.2020
Top execs from traditional industries made the move to join the blockchain action in 2019