Crypto-crash: An optimistic post-mortem – Part II
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Crypto-crash: An optimistic post-mortem – Part II

Blatant 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 NEM cryptocurrency,…

Crypto-crash: An optimistic post-mortem – Part I
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Crypto-crash: An optimistic post-mortem – Part I

2018 was an Annus Horribilis for the entire crypto industry. Believers and crypto enthusiasts, swept up by the rally of 2017, found themselves on the wrong side of a crashing market. On the right side where the early critics, who were once accused of cynicism and a lack of imagination for…

Money: How its past predicts its future – The denationalization of money!
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Money: How its past predicts its future – The denationalization of money!

What is money, where does it come from and more importantly where does it go? At first glance, it might appear inexplicable and bizarre that our governments and our rulers have managed to keep their stronghold over the monetary system for 2000 years, especially when one thinks about the countless…

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Former JP Morgan trader pleads guilty to manipulating US metals markets for years

“New York-based J.P. Morgan declined to comment on the case through a spokesman. It was reported earlier by the Financial Times.” An ex-J.P. Morgan Chase trader has admitted to manipulating the U.S. markets of an array of precious metals for about seven years — and he has implicated his supervisors…

China’s monetary policy must change – by Alasdair Macleod
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China’s monetary policy must change – by Alasdair Macleod

“Major-General Qiao Liang, the People’s Liberation Army strategist, in a speech to the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee (CCPCC) in April 2015 identified a cycle of dollar weakness against other currencies followed by strength, which first inflated debt in foreign countries and then bankrupted them. That then allowed US business…

East trusts in physical gold while West prefers ‘mindless optimism’ – Claudio Grass to RT
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East trusts in physical gold while West prefers ‘mindless optimism’ – Claudio Grass to RT

RT: For years, Russia, China, India as well as many Asian countries have been stockpiling gold. More recently, countries like Poland and Hungary have begun to increase national gold reserves. What’s behind the move? Claudio Grass: Let’s look at the core motivation that drives anyone to become an owner of…