Zero Hedge | Bitcoin bounced back $1500 from the lows, rising as high as $10,400 from nearly $2000 lower just an hour earlier, before trading in a range around $10,000.

Michael Snyder | The absurdity that we are witnessing in the financial markets is absolutely breathtaking.

Bloomberg | As many as 800 million workers worldwide may lose their jobs to robots and automation by 2030, equivalent to more than a fifth of today’s global labor force.

RT | The world’s first digital currency, bitcoin, briefly hit a new record of $11,000 on Wednesday.

Westmonster | Time to control Britain’s borders, lower migration and start to see British workers being paid more!

Mac Slavo | Vanguard’s chief economist Joe Davis said investors need to be prepared for a significant downturn in the stock market, which is now at a 70 percent chance of crashing.

Fortune | Bitcoin was hovering just $300 shy of the vaunted $10,000 mark at one point on Monday but it could “easily” reach four times that amount by the end of 2018.

RT | Russia’s federal budget is prepared for the possible toughening of US sanctions.

WSJ | Investors say stock rally is a culmination of improving corporate earnings, strengthening economies and supportive monetary policies.

Zero Hedge | Bitcoin’s surge continues as Asia re-opens.

Breitbart | “In an extensive media campaign, George Soros himself joined the debate on the future of Europe’s migration issues with an international and Hungarian media blitz.”

WSJ | The wealthy have tucked billions into private nonprofits—where the IRS can’t touch it.

RT | The value of the second largest cryptocurrency ethereum has smashed an all-time high of $425.55 on Thursday night, according to data from digital money website Coinmarketcap.

Zero Hedge | 2017 has seen the biggest drop in American firearms sales in history.