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Authored by Antonius Aquinas,

The Trump Administration has presented the first part of its plan to overhaul a number of Wall Street financial regulations, many of which were enacted in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.  The report is in response to Executive Order 13772 in which the US Treasury Department is to provide findings “examining the United States’ financial regulatory system and detailing executive actions and regulatory changes that can be immediately undertaken to provide much-needed relief.”

Authored by Thorsten Polleit via The Mises Institute,

One week ago, Illinois state comptroller, Susana Mendoza, gave a detailed explanation in her letter to Gov. Rauner and members of the state legislature - two parties that have been locked in a nearly three year long confrontation, preventing them from agreeing on a state budget - explaining why Illinois was on the verge of total collapse.

Former Fortress Principal Michael Novogratz left the firm's colossal macro hedge fund almost two years ago, but has been discussing investments in virtual currencies since 2013 when he told a UBS conference...

"Put a little money in Bitcoin...Come back in a few years and it’s going to be worth a lot."

He was of course correct, Bitcoin was trading around $200 at the time and as recently as two weeks ago was worth $3000.

If there was any confusion why the Fed intends to keep hiking rates, even in the face of negative economic data, it was all put to rest today when not one, not two but three Fed speakers, including the two most important ones, made it very clear that the Fed's only intention at this point is to burst the asset bubble.