A green Light has been given for the destruction of one of the most historically significant and colourful streets in Dublin – Moore Street. Many travelers to Ireland will know it for it’s vibrant fruit & veg market. In this…
The long-awaited global financial market correction has arrived. We are seeing collapses in all major markets and across all major categories. As usual, the pain has started at the edges, in the weaker elements (emerging markets, junk bonds, weak companies,…
A number of systemic, structural forces are intersecting in 2016. One is the failure of high finance to fix the global economy’s systemic problems. The operative conceit of the past 7 years has been that high finance can fix whatever’s…
We discuss central bank insiders admitting market rigging on television, confusing those who had bought the propaganda about Fed power to end boom and bust cycles. In the second half, Max interviews Dan Collins of TheChinaMoneyReport.com about the convergence of…
A number of systemic, structural forces are intersecting in 2016. One is the end-game of debt-fueled “growth.” We can summarize the official “solution” to the Global Financial Meltdown of 2008 in one line: borrow and blow trillions–of yen, yuan, dollars,…
We discuss moths to the flame as corporations, individuals and whole nations self-liquidate on the pyre of bad debts. We look at the incredibly shrinking benefits of massive Japanese money printing and also at the proposal that Western oil giants…
Since Bitcoins are not presently considered to be a currency, the normal barter rules apply – just as if the taxpayer was exchanging goods and services for property, such as gold bullion. Thus, if a taxpayer received Bitcoins in exchange…
One of the most pernicious financial schemes of the post crisis era relates to a practice most Americans are entirely in the dark about, but may end up harming retirement plans down the line. I refer to the pervasive, incestuous and shady…
Bitcoin gaming platform BetCoin™ announced the world’s largest online Bitcoin poker freeroll game. Read More about Bitcoin Poker
The Dollar Vigilante began in 2009 as response to the 2008 financial crisis. It was during that extreme crash that we decided we were now entering into the final end-game of this financial and monetary system. However, when we officially…
A number of systemic, structural forces are intersecting in 2016. One is the hollowing out of democracy globally. Democracy has three distinct states of being: formal, in actual practice and informal. Nations that claim the mantle of democracy typically mix…
For several years now, I’ve periodically observed that China’s increasingly aggressive crackdown on dissent serves as a harbinger of far more difficult times ahead. The thinking goes that if anyone is privy to the severe fragility of the country’s economic situation, it would be Chinese leadership. As such, desperate…
On December 25th BTCC deployed 100 full bitcoin nodes across five continents to support the bitcoin network. Full bitcoin nodes enforce the rules of the bitcoin network by serving a full copy of the bitcoin blockchain and validating blocks and…
We begin the New Year with a look at the latest Markets, Finance, Scandal! We look at the economic indicators quacking like a recession duck – from the S&P to the Chicago PMI, more and more indices are indicating things…
On January 1st, 2016, the new bail-in regime became law putting at risk the deposits of savers and companies in the EU. EU countries join the UK, the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand in having plans for bail-ins in the…