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Share this articleWhen I was asked to write an article about the impact of negative interest rates and negative yielding bonds, I thought this is a chance to look at the topic from a broader perspective. There have been lots of articles speculating about the possible implications and focusing on…
Wirtschaftsexperte Grass: “Müssen für eine Verwüstung von viel größerem Ausmaß vorbereitet sein”
Share this articleSeit der Finanzkrise 2008 haben die Zentralbanken Billionen von US-Dollar in die Weltwirtschaft gepumpt. Diese Billionen wurden jedoch aus dem Nichts geschaffen, so Claudio Grass von Precious Metal Advisory Switzerland. In einem RT-Interview sagte Grass: Ich glaube, selbst der durchschnittliche Mensch auf der Straße in der westlichen Welt…
Crypto-crash: An optimistic post-mortem – Part II
Share this articleBlatant security deficits and rampant fraud Over the last year, news of crypto hacks and heists became so prevalent that the new breaches were hardly worthy of reporting anymore. Among the headliners, however, was the Coincheck case, the Japanese exchange that lost over $530 million worth of the…
While everyone talks, Bitcoin just keeps running – Part I
Share this articleI have long been fascinated by both the progress made so far, and by and the promise of this new era of decentralized money that is only just beginning. Although I lack the technical expertise to fully understand the finer points of the code behind the different cryptocurrencies…
Corona crisis: the cost of the response – Part I
Share this articleThe absolutely unprecedented wave of shutdowns, new restrictions and regulations that the coronavirus epidemic has triggered on a global scale is truly hard to quantify. We’ve simply never seen anything like it before. Never in the history of mankind have countries all over the globe intentionally hit the…