By Mac Slavo The International Monetary Fund has issued a warning that’s largely been brushed aside by mainstream media. Kristalina Georgieva, the head of the IMF, is warning that the global economy risks another “Great Depression.” What makes things worse, is that the propaganda outlets in the United States are continuing to ignore the red flags of …[continue reading]
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Adoption news A central bank group will assess potential cases for central bank digital currencies (CBDC). The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central …[continue reading]
Cyber Attacks, False Allegations & TGBMS Class Actions Update Before I update you on the current state of play in the TGBMS Class Actions, I need to let you know what transpired at the end of last year, when some very serious issues arose, which unfortunately hampered the progress we intended to make in that …[continue reading]
“We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.”This infamous quote is ascribed to William Casey, the CIA Director between 1981-1987, though some dispute he ever said it, which is all the more illustrative of his words.It would seem that this vaunted disinformation program has been a resounding success. …[continue reading]
Blockchain is listed as the number one “hard skill” for 2020 in a new report compiled by jobs site LinkedIn. “Last year, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and analytical reasoning led LinkedIn’s global list of the most in-demand hard skills,” LinkedIn wrote in the report. “They’re all on the list again this year, but a skill we …[continue reading]
A new survey shows that few financial advisors have allocated crypto for their clients’ portfolios – but more say they intend to do so in 2020. According to a new survey shared with The Block by cryptocurrency asset manager Bitwise, among the 400-plus financial advisors they spoke with in December 2019, only 6% of them …[continue reading]
When Fragile becomes Friable: Endemic Control Fraud as a Cause of EconomicStagnation and CollapseWilliam K. BlackExecutive Director, Institute for Fraud PreventionIDEAS Workshop: Delhi, IndiaFinancial Crime and Fragility under Financial GlobalizationDecember 19-20, 2005AbstractIndividual “control frauds” cause greater losses than all other forms of property crimecombined. They are financial super-predators. Control frauds are crimes led by the …[continue reading]
OneGold, an online bullion marketplace that’s been accepting cryptocurrency payments since December 2018, has so far sold $50 million worth of the precious metal for cryptocurrency, which according to BitPay represents 10% of the firm’s yearly revenue. The online gold marketplace has been accepting bitcoin, bitcoin cash, ether, and stablecoin payments. OneGold essentially lets users fund their …[continue reading]
A man has won a Supreme Court appeal which centred on a claim he was entitled to more detail about how a €221,000 mortgage debt was calculated before a bank obtained judgment for the money against him. The court ruled Joseph O’Malley was entitled to such detail when it allowed he appeal against a High …[continue reading]
The European Central Bank is considering the launch of its own CBDC, according to the bank’s President – Christine Lagarde. She indicates in a recent interview that they need to adjust to this changing world and that the bank will not interfere with any private companies in coming up with a similar digital form of …[continue reading]
