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“Bitcoin’s PayPal” : Why the Cryptocurrency Is Not a Good Payment Mechanism
September 30th, 2015
Leading Bitcoin startup BitPay is cutting costs, suggesting that the currency won’t be catching on soon. In 2014, a Bitcoin startup called BitPay raised $30 million from investors and was dubbed the “PayPal of Bitcoin” for helping companies such as Microsoft ...
Should you fear a ‘Glencore’ moment?
September 29th, 2015
Experts are beginning to warn of the dire financial impact across the mining and metals space if Glencore, one of the world’s largest resource companies, is unable to control its skyrocketing debt load. Hong Kong-listed shares of the Anglo–Swiss commodity ...
Blockchain Identity: Solving the Global Identification Crisis
September 28th, 2015
Bitcoin and the underlying technology of the blockchain has become a pretty important invention of our time. The cryptocurrency application itself has given us a sketch of new meanings that apply to money and mediums of exchange. The blockchain ...
From ZIRP to NIRP
September 25th, 2015
The sudden end of the Fed’s ambition to raise interest rates above the zero bound, coupled with the FOMC’s minutes, which expressed concerns about emerging market economies, has got financial scribblers writing about negative interest rate policies (NIRP). Coincidentally, ...
There Are Indications That A Major Financial Event In Germany Could Be Imminent
September 22nd, 2015
Is something about to happen in Germany that will shake the entire world? According to disturbing new intel that I have received, a major financial event in Germany could be imminent. Now when I say imminent, I do not ...
Swiss Lawmakers to Vote on New Rules for UBS, Credit Suisse
September 16th, 2015
Banks may have to hold larger capital buffers, separate investment banking from other operations Swiss lawmakers may deliver a sharp reminder to the country’s biggest banks, UBS Group AG and Credit Suisse Group AG, that they remain under close scrutiny at ...
The president of China’s biggest brokerage is under investigation
September 16th, 2015
The president of China’s largest brokerage has been caught in Beijing’s widening probe of insider trading. Cheng Boming, the president of Citic Securities, is being investigated for “insider dealing and leaking inside information,” the company said in a stock ...
Asian Markets Brace for Fed Decision
September 15th, 2015
Stocks in Shanghai deepened losses ahead of possible U.S. rate increase Shares in Japan pared gains after the Bank of Japan tempered its assessment of the country’s economy, while elsewhere, China led markets lower ahead of a decision on interest ...
This Is Actually Going To Happen Next Year
September 14th, 2015
The intellectual groundwork is being laid for the next stage of the Money Bubble, and it’s going to be epic. Here are excerpts from two articles that appeared over the weekend (and which should be read in their entirety). ...
Looming FOMC meeting keeps Asian stocks on edge
September 11th, 2015
Asian stocks see-sawed on the final trading day of the week, as investors eyed increased uncertainty heading into the Federal Reserve‘s crucial meeting on interest rates next week. The Fed is widely expected to raise its near-zero interest rate as ...
