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Singapore to become Asia’s benchmark for bitcoin pricing
September 14th, 2020
Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) is creating two new cryptocurrency indexes with the goal of setting the pricing standard for bitcoin and ethereum in Asia. SGX’s iEdge Bitcoin Index and iEdge Ethereum Index will use inputs from exchanges determined by ...
A critique of modern socialism
September 2nd, 2020
Socialism has moved on from the Marxist version of the state owning the means of production to one whereby production remains in the hands of individuals but are heavily regulated — echoing Mussolini’s fascist-socialist model. But after nearly ...
Doubling down on failed policies with central bank digital currencies
August 27th, 2020
Many central banks are researching retail digital currencies, which if implemented, would allow them to issue a new currency directly to the public, managed on a centralised ledger bypassing commercial banks. While there is an element of feeling the ...
An unexpected systemic crisis is for sure
August 18th, 2020
Downturns in bank credit expansion always lead to systemic problems. We are on the edge of such a downturn, which thanks to everyone’s focus on the coronavirus, is unexpected. We can now identify 23 March as the date ...
Gold at $2k+. So why the fuss?
August 10th, 2020
There appears to be no way out for the bullion banks deteriorating $53bn short gold futures positions ($38bn net) on Comex. An earlier attempt between January and March to regain control over paper gold markets has backfired on ...
The pound’s future in a dollar collapse
July 28th, 2020
In recent articles for Goldmoney I have pointed out the dollar’s vulnerability to a final collapse in its purchasing power. This article focuses on the factors that will determine the future for sterling. Sterling is exceptionally vulnerable to ...
Crypto trading volumes plummeted in June, but Altcoins are moving up
July 14th, 2020
This week the price of Bitcoin (BTC) started trading around $9,200 and quickly moved up to $9,450. A potential rally was rejected close to $9,500 and BTC’s price then moved back down to $9,150, but it has since recovered ...
The new deal is a bad old deal
July 10th, 2020
So far, the current economic situation, together with the response by major governments, compares with the run-in to the depression of the 1930s. Yet to come in the repetitious credit cycle is the collapse in financial asset values and ...
Prices are going to rise — and fast!
July 7th, 2020
With stockmarkets barely ruffled, few are thinking beyond the very short-term and they are mostly guessing anyway. Other than possibly the very short-term as we emerge from lockdowns, the economic situation is actually dire, and any hope of ...
Fondex adds another funding method to its payments arsenal
July 7th, 2020
Fondex, the multi-award winning and regulated online CFD broker, proudly announces further expansion of its available account funding methods, with the addition of B2BinPay. B2BinPay is one of the leading cryptocurrency payment providers supporting crypto/crypto and crypto/fiat payments. Fondex ...
