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Gold Price Expected to Rally Despite Concerns About Lockdown 2.0
5.11.2020
Gold industry players say the inevitable printing of new money by the U.S. will lead to an increase in the circulating supply of fiat currency. This increase, in turn, will further dilute the value of U.S. currency and thus diminish its perceived status as the world’s foremost reserve...
$100 Million Accelerator Fund from Binance Now Supports PARSIQ, a Reverse-Oracle Blockchain Platform
3.11.2020
PRESS RELEASE. PARSIQ is a working platform that makes blockchain events consumable and blockchain data actionable. It allows users—both individuals, companies, enterprises—to monitor any events across different blockchains in real-time and at scale and connect those events to...
Federal Reserve Staff Sluiced Wall Street Bankers With Trillions From the Comfort of Their Mansions
3.11.2020
While American citizens wait for bureaucrats to pass a new coronavirus relief package, the Federal Reserve has continued to serve corporate interests and the banking cartel. Behind the curtains from the comfort of their own mansions, members of the Fed have given more stimulus to crony Wall Street...
Reserve Bank of Australia forms partnerships to research CBDC
2.11.2020
The project will “explore if there is a future role for a wholesale CBDC in the Australian payments system,” according to the RBA
Australian Central Bank, Commonwealth, National Australia Bank Partner on CBDC Research Project
2.11.2020
The partnership will explore the possible use and implications of a wholesale form of central bank digital currency using distributed ledger technology
Australian Central Bank, Commonwealth, National Australia Bank Partner on CBDC Research Project
2.11.2020
The partnership will explore the possible use and implications of a wholesale form of central bank digital currency using distributed ledger technology
Indian crypto industry expanding, regulators seem reluctant to engage
1.11.2020
As Cashaa launches crypto banking services in India, the cryptocurrency industry continues to grow despite uncertain regulations
Bitcoin is the best treasury reserve asset humanity’s ever had
1.11.2020
You could easily lose up to 90% of your fiat savings to inflation alone in 100 years, but that would never happen with Bitcoin
OCC’s Brian Brooks Against Government Issued Digital Dollar – Supports Regulation of Privately Issued Stablecoins
31.10.2020
The acting director of the U.S. Office Comptroller of Currency (OCC) Brian Brooks says the creation of the U.S. digital dollar is a terrible one because the government is not good at building things. Instead, Brooks believes tech companies, which already possess the know-how, to be in a better...
Law Decoded: How I learned to stop worrying and love the election, Oct. 23-30
30.10.2020
The age-old question quis custodiet ipsos custodes crops up in force in today's Law Decoded
US Charges Stanford Crypto Group Director With Defrauding His Former Employer – the Fed
29.10.2020
Lawrence Rufrano allegedly hid his work at Stanford and blockchain startup Factom from disability benefits regulators
Microstrategy CEO Personally Owns $240 Million in Bitcoin — Company BTC Profit Outshines Other Earnings
29.10.2020
Following a $425 million bitcoin purchase by his billion-dollar company, Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor reveals that he personally owns about $240 million in bitcoin. Meanwhile, his company’s bitcoin gains have outperformed the company’s other earnings. Microstrategy and Its CEO...
Central bank digital currencies have the power to upend global finance
26.10.2020
Central bank digital currencies will fundamentally change our conceptions of money and its uses
US Government Agencies Propose Changes to Funds Transfer Rules-Seek to Broaden Definition of Money to Include Cryptocurrencies
25.10.2020
The U.S. Federal Reserve Board and Fincen are seeking feedback on their proposal to lower the threshold at which financial institutions must collect and retain information on funds transfers. In their joint notice on the rule change proposal, the two U.S. agencies want a new threshold...
US AML watchdog wants info on all international crypto transactions over $250
23.10.2020
The proposed change would cut down FinCEN's longstanding $3,000 threshold
US Moves to Cast a Wider Net for Catching Money Launderers, Crypto or Otherwise
23.10.2020
The Fed and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network want to lower the threshold for reporting financial transactions and make sure crypto is included
Russia doesn’t need to be first with a digital currency, says state expert
23.10.2020
Russia is purportedly taking a fast-second strategy for the digital ruble
$10 Billion in BTC Reserves: Companies With Bitcoin Treasuries Command Close to 4% of the Supply
21.10.2020
The web portal bitcointreasuries.org now shows close to two dozen firms with a large number of bitcoin reserves. Currently, the aggregate total bitcoin held in reserves by the 23 companies listed is roughly 785,999 BTC worth well over $10 billion dollars. This past August the billion-dollar firm...
Bitcoin Proponents Bemoan Joe Biden’s Proposed Capital Gains Hike
20.10.2020
The U.S. presidential election is only 14 days away, and a number of bitcoin proponents have been discussing the capital gains tax implications Joe Biden plans to invoke if he wins the American presidency. According to Biden’s plan, capital gains will be raised from 21% to 39.6% for certain...
Pomp says US digital dollar needs to happen now
20.10.2020
The U.S. doesn't mind coming a bit late to the CBDC party, but is that the wrong approach?