Regulators in the US, Europe and Asia who’ve sought to crack down on bitcoin – many of these regulators are also proponents of a “cashless society” – have been dealt a stunning setback by an unlikely defender of the pioneering digital currency: The US Department of Homeland Security.
To wit, one anonymous DHS source told CNBC that bitcoin has become “a lot more legitimate” than many believe.
Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.com,
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Authored by Simon Black via SovereignMan.com,
In the spring of 1871 after a miserable defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, Paris plunged into a major crisis as local citizens revolted against the government.
Financial markets went berserk as a result, and the prices of French government bonds plummeted.
There’s an old story that an heir to a large fortune came calling to the offices of the Rothschild banking family looking for investment advice.
For today's stock market recap, see yesterday!
In a comedic case of deja vu, somebody flicked the "DUMP VIX, BUY NASDAQ" swicth at exactly the moment US equity markets opened...
It appears Bay Area TV anchor Frank Somerville's honest description of "the hate" he experienced from "violent, clad in black" protesters in Berkeley was the tipping point for the liberal media to turn against AntiFa en masse.
I experienced hate first hand today... It came from these people dressed in all black at a protest in Berkeley.
Ironically they were all chanting about NO hate.
Some had shields and gloves. Some had helmets. Some had gas masks.