U.S. Led Group, The Quad to Launch Belt and Road Competitor?

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U.S. Japan, India, Australia (the QUAD) plotting to Challenge China’s Belt & Road Initiative? Chinese Ponzi Scheme on the Brink of Collapse? Chinese Regulators Take over Anbang, order Banks to support HNA. Cash strapped HNA reported to trying to extract loans from its own employees. Third Largest Latvian Bank Fails. Russian Gold Reserves Pass China’s Read More →

Arizona, Colorado & Wyoming Move to Make Bitcoin a Tax Payment Option

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Gold and silver rebound. Cryptos, led by Litecoin, roar back Stock market stabilizes. Mueller indicts Russian Internet trolls. Memogate heats up. The battery dollar? ECB’s Draghi says not his job to regulate cryptos. BOJ’s Kuroda says cryptos won’t threaten the Yen. Gold production rises for ninth straight year. Largest ever gold airline smuggling bust. Watch Read More →

What’s Next For The Stock Market?

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The Stock Market is, Like the Dollar, a U.S. Strategic Asset. Will the U.S. economy diverge from the stock market? Stocks collapse, cryptos plummet, gold and silver fall modestly. Does the stock market decline pave way for more share buy backs with repatriated cash? SEC and CFTC give Senate tesitimony favorable to cryptocurrencies;CFTC head reveals Read More →

The New Petro Dollar – Backed by U.S. Oil

U.S. Oil Production and Exports Surge. Gold and silver take a hit on robust jobs report. US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross – multi polar world. U.S. to attack Venezuela? South Korea no plan to ban cryptocurrency exchanges. South Korea’s Samsung enters crypto mining market. India to Eliminate Cryptocurrencies – Not really. China – no Read More →

Largest Nordic Bank Pulls a Jamie Dimon on Bitcoin

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U.S. Government reopens. Democrats reject President’s DACA offer. Dollar falls further on Mnuchin comments. 50,000 Strzok/Page texts go missing. Twitter warns users on Russian propaganda. Senator Feinstein and Congressman Schiff:Russian bots behind #ReleaseTheMemo. British Prime Minister vows to “do something” about Bitcoin. George Soros trashes Bitcoin and Trump. Gold and silver rebound. Largest Nordic bank Read More →

U.S. Government Shutdown: Good For Gold Silver & Cryptos?

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U.S. Government shutdown over DACA. Republican Congressmen demand release of classified memo. Cryptos crash and rebound. South Korea catalyst for much of the price movement. Bitcoin regulation concerns move to India. St. Louis Fed Issues Report on Bitcoin. Bundesbank to hold some Yuan in reserves. India considering Scraping 10% import duty. Gold backed ahem Oil Read More →

Will 2018 Be The Year of a World Currency?

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1988 Economist Cover Back in Focus. 100 million tons silver reserve found in China. Bernanke Banker Coin, Ripple pauses its ascent. Venezuela runs out of gasoline. Gold in Record Run! Fed’s Powell- We Boost (Rig) Markets. Global Debt hit a record $233T. Yuan denominated Oil Futures Contract said near ready to launch- NO mention of Read More →

Military and economic tensions growing between the U.S. and China

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Chinese foreign debt rises to $1.68 trillion Gold finishes 2017 over $1,300 up 13%, silver closes shy of $17 up $7%. Cardano and Ripple rip higher. JP Morgan fined in another fraud case. Copper continues to climb. 2017 ends with no Comex default, no gold backed Yuan, no sovereign sized gold buy, no dollar collapse Read More →

After Cryptocurrencies’ Wild Week – What’s Next?

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What Might Pop the Crypto Bubble? The Great Crypto Crash and Recovery. U.S. Tax reform signed into law – supported only by Republicans. Russia to set up physical gold exchange and to buy more U.S. Dollars. Belarus legalizes Bitcoin, ICOs makes them tax free for five years Russian investigation ensnares Jill Stein. DOJ orders fresh Read More →

It Doesn’t Matter What You or Jamie Dimon Think About Bitcoin

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Bitcoin Blows By $9400. More Cracks in Chinese Markets/Economy Appear. Russia Continues To Add to its Gold Stack. Gold Fund To Invest in Cryptocurrencies. GoldMoney To Open in China. Regulation Favorable to Cryptocurrencies coming in South Korea, Belarus and Bermuda. CryptoHippies Celebrate Futher Rises in Bitcoin, Litecoin and Ethereum. COMEX Bitcoin Futures Coming. BRICS Mull Read More →