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
Is the Fed Planning More QE?
Coinbase enables Segwit on Bitcoin and Litecoin.
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South Korea moves toward embracing “Normal” Cryptocurrency Regulation.
Wyoming passes favorable crypto legistlation.
Israel labels Bitcoin an asset not a currency.
Uzbekistan moves to legalize Bitcoin.
Japan’s Mishubishi to issue its own cryptocurrency.
 
 
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Gold and silver.
Gold closed last week at $1346.50 an ounce and closed this week at $1328.20 -1.4%
Silver closed last week at $16.62 an ounce and closed this week at $16.50 0.7%
The gold and silver ratio ended the week at 80.5:1

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Silver is a spike and dive metal.
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Moronica this week
Smaulgld’s Moronica This Week – February 24, 2018
Trollgate
 to be covered seperately
The Memo
 to be covered seperately
Dollar Collapse!
 US to cause China to out borrow it (Recall U.S. vs USSR weapons race)
https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/965593182317760512
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/965911958691221504
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Backdrop:Declining importance of oil as the basis for US dollar acceptance globally & declining importance of Saudi Arabia as an oil supplier given the emergence of the US and Russia as global oil suppliers. Petro dollar is need be can be “backed by” U.S. oil
Belt and Road initiative ($124B) is an extension of the Chinese debt ponzi scheme where by non market infrastrucutre projects are financed by state owned banks that fund state owned enterprises that don’t often turn a profit from the projects, causing the PBOC in turn to order the banks to extend the loans, recharacterize them as equity or simply lend the SOEs more money.
 
 The QUAD a U.S. led group to support, not counter China’s initiative?
From Reuters “China might build a port which, on its own is not economically viable. We could make it economically viable by building a road or rail line linking that port.”
U.S. Backs Japan’s 2017 “Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy” that includes infrastructure build.
 The QUAD recently met during in November2017 during the ASEAN and East Asia Summits.
BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa
India
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/967026598066171904
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/966872768347328512
Anbang/HNA the fuse to light the explosion of the Chinese Debt Ponzi Scheme?
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/965929307045613569
Chinese Regulators Take Over Anbang Insurance
https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/966862144930242560
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/966859261346185216
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/966866786858799104
 China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/966862976354529281
HNA Next?
CHINA TELLS BANKS TO SUPPORT HNA GROUP, REDD REPORTS
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 23, 2018
China's conglomerates are officially insolvent
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 23, 2018
Anbang first, then HNA, Evergrande and Dalian Wanda
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 23, 2018
Chinese regulators including CIRC, PBOC, CSRC & SAFE to take control and introduce capital to restructure Anbang Insurance, co will remain private. Anbang has $316b in assets (incl Waldorf Astoria) and gov't efforts were made last month to sell a stake https://t.co/hybVHxm3Gn
— Haidi Lun Stroud-Watts 伦海迪 (@HaidiLun) February 23, 2018
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/966860415727816704
Anbang's name means 'to bring peace and stability'. I don't think that is what its boardroom executives and the staff of the overseas assets it owns feel now. https://t.co/Uz8E9w0JoK
— Naomi Rovnick 歐蜜 (@naomi_rovnick) February 23, 2018
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/967023585532563456
 https://twitter.com/AviationMedia/status/966696784956334080
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/967024235410612224
China Banking Regulatory Commission told several banks to continue providing working capital to HNA Group and not to accelerate loans, Risk Event-Driven and Distress Intelligence reports, citing two unidentified people.
— DMW (@dmwlsw) February 23, 2018
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/967024757039386624
 Chinese Buying Spree Over?
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/967025752301559808
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/967033032535396353
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/967033296852078592
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/967721214813900800
China seizes control of Anbang Insurance as chairman prosecuted https://t.co/WI56A6GaMz
— Reuters China (@ReutersChina) February 25, 2018
 Global Systematically Important Banks
 https://twitter.com/jameshenryand/status/967032497866530817
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/967051123424100359
U.S. Reaction
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/966706415141302272
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/966706205099020289
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/966714541735317505
China’s Vision of Peace and Harmony Through Trade and Sound Money and GOLD!
China uses its US debt holdings to manage the RMB exchange rate. https://t.co/xYhnsJT0Vd
— ChinaPower (@ChinaPowerCSIS) February 18, 2018
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Latvia
https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/967721350021468160
Lithium
https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/965705659512688644
Turning Point
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/967586377490665474
 also those strongly approving trump are at 35% (strongly disapprove 41%) vs those strongly approving Obama at 23% (strongly disapprove 43%)
Cryptocurrencies
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/965703946852601856
Internment of Italian and Japanese Americans
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/965633954048069632
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/965633466153996289
Litecoin is Life
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/965602952189829126
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/965607146837733376
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#Litecoin is trading below $200 for the first time since Feb. 14https://t.co/aVApYSME3j pic.twitter.com/ruymY8PRZS
— CoinDesk Markets (@CoinDeskMarkets) February 22, 2018
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/966677276967493632
 https://twitter.com/SatoshiLite/status/967454565678301184
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/967583023406428161
Litecoin Cash
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/965752607095607296
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/966808284488495104
Bitcoin
One of the most important reasons why I believe #Bitcoin and many other digital currencies will succeed, is how likely the younger generation is to embrace the technology.
Old people hating bitcoin is not nearly as important as young people loving it.
— Doug Polk (@DougPolkVids) February 18, 2018
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/966005652228378624
 https://twitter.com/Annrhefn/status/966005967547707392
We are proud to announce support for SegWit.https://t.co/FTCmRrRo2K pic.twitter.com/Kk2cA71wNN
— Bitfinex (@bitfinex) February 20, 2018
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We accept #cryptocurrency for this #luxury #home at "295 S Hibiscus Drive in #MiamiBeach" #Bitcoin #Ethereum #Litecoin #Ripple #XRP #BTC #ETH #LTC #RealEstate pic.twitter.com/aCTO0u7V88
— Sildy Cervera (@sildysobe) February 22, 2018
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 https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/967085937703444482
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/967598483715907585
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BCASH
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/966370260420124673
South Korea and Bitcoin
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/965934327082168323
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/966104815976833024
Crypto Regulation
Could #bitcoin offer a viable alternative to traditional currencies? Join in our third #ECBYouthDialogue and tell us what you think! If you have questions about #cryptocurrencies, why not #AskDraghi! Find out how here: https://t.co/Yzzr9QhBHj @debatingeurope
— European Central Bank (@ecb) January 18, 2018
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 https://twitter.com/exodus_io/status/965179185433075713
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Too Big to Fail banks and Bitcoin
— Blake Lavak (@BlakeLavak) February 20, 2018
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/965853676588978176
Central Banks and Cryptocurrencies
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/965616684949221376
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/965669126780936193
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/965713947486838791
"A lot of younger people are interested in things like cryptocurrencies, or alternative investments, because they've turned their backs on stocks" – Morgan Stanley
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 20, 2018
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/965916780911890433
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/966621803719397376
Gold
https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/965746107694374912
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 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/966004791347499008
 https://twitter.com/DavidPhaup/status/966478953044172807
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/966059805440954369
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 Smaulgld in Zero Hedge, etc
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/967001366144143360
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Bitcoin and Gold
Silver
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/965746747787145223
Bitcoinpumper.com
Goldpumper.com
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/967495168516554752
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/967498102809726977
Found Gold!
https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/965744304114274304
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/966380186563465216
Stolen Gold
Smuggled and Seized Gold
https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/966380306658922496
Venezuela
 LOL
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/965932429478387712
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/966707255172362242
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Venezuela Orders Government Services to Accept Any Cryptocurrency https://t.co/ope9Xim6EH #Bitcoin pic.twitter.com/NMzlINg4RF
— Bitcoin.com News (@BTCTN) February 22, 2018
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/966820406849167361
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/967021756715360257
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Brazil
Central Banks
Too Big To Fail Banks
War on cash
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/966269172660531201
Federal Reserve
SOME FED OFFICIALS SAW APPRECIABLE RISK INFLATION TO LAG TARGET
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 21, 2018
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/966706092205072385
FED'S ROSENGREN: 'QUITE LIKELY' FED WILL NEED BOND-BUYING POLICIES IN FUTURE
QE4 is coming
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 23, 2018
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/967062955610210304
US Mint Sales
 US Mint sales ended the week at February 24, 2018
 one ounce American Gold Eagles 5,000
 American Silver Eagles 750,000
 American Gold Buffaloes 2,000
US Economy
https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/967483669303750658
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