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Toward the end of the third quarter, as the VIX was plumbing new all time lows - a trend that has largely persisted ever since - we reported that in the latest striking development involving volatility derivative products, the total outstanding Vega
Many people do not realize that America is not only entering a new year, but within the next month we will also be entering a new economic era.
Yes, we all know the recurring complaints: it's volatile, it's new and untested, it can be hacked, and it has no central bank backing it; most established pundits hate it - today's comments by Warren Buffett a case in point - and as Goldman writes in
Jamie Dimon, chair of JP Morgan Chase, was once again asked about his thoughts on bitcoin. In a wide-ranging interview on FOX Business, Mr. Dimon was given a few of his notable quotes back to him, and asked to assess his present feelings. It appears
JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon has admitted "regrets" to his now infamous remark from last year when the Wall Street banker called bitcoin a "fraud".
Bank of America's brokerage arm Merrill Lynch has barred clients and their financial advisers from participating in bitcoin investments.
For a decade central banks have printed enormous quantities of new money.
Goldman Sachs has accelerated nearly $100 million in stock awards to top executives before the end of the year in order to avoid unfavorable changes in the new tax code, according to public filings posted Friday.
Adding to the pressures on bitcoin early this morning, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that bitcoin users across Australia are reporting that their accounts have been abruptly frozen by the country's "Big Four" banks.
As is usually the case, there is a sudden and desperate scramble for liquidity to window-dress balance sheets and it has sent China 7-day repo-rates (the premium for locking in liquidity across the calendar new year) to 6.00% - the highest since year
During the 40 months after Alan Greenspan's infamous "irrational exuberance" speech in December 1996, the NASDAQ 100 index rose from 830 to 4585 or by 450%. But the perma-bulls said not to worry:
Independently-controlled cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin may or may not survive in the long run, but blockchain technology is definitely here to stay.
There are two key thoughts here: 1) blockchains will be centralized, not distributed and anonymous and 2) all central banks are involved. If central banks take this path, it spells the end of public crypto-currencies and the establishment of global T
There are two key thoughts here: 1) blockchains will be centralized, not distributed and anonymous and 2) all central banks are involved. If central banks take this path, it spells the end of public crypto-currencies and the establishment of global T
(Natural News) While most know it as one of the scariest and most influential organizations on Earth, the World Bank is a tremendous force for good. At least, it's actively trying to be, as evidenced by its latest move to announce that it will be c
Inflation-adjusted--or 'real'--rates remain low, lending support to booming prices for stocks, property and other assets. But some worry that could vanish sooner than markets realize
Because cryptocurrencies are a threat to the banking elite, they are now threatening to close accounts if customers link them to Coinbase.
Justin's note: Central bankers are losing sleep over bitcoin.
When yesterday we discussed the latest troubles facing embattled retailer Steinhoff, whose bonds are owned by none other than the ECB, we said that while the company's bonds mature in 2025, its bankruptcy is at most months away.
This is the finished version of my original video "The truth about the lightning network"
Barely two months after JPMorgan's Marko Kolanovic previewed the next financial crisis, which he dubbed the "Great Liquidity Crisis", and which would be catalyzed by the following liquidity disrupting elements:
The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by 0.25%, the third rate rise in 2017.
The central banks of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia are jointly working on a cryptocurrency to enable cross-border transactions between the two countries.
For the financial technology industry, 2017 will be defined as the year that the threat of tech giants grew stronger, artificial intelligence cemented its importance and some startups applied to become banks.
On Monday, HSBC announced its deferred prosecution agreement with the US Department of Justice (DoJ) had expired, removing the threat of criminal prosecution for money laundering which had been hanging over the company for five years. From the Financ
The BIS is arguably the most powerful group of central bankers in the world, who collectively dominate the entire monetary system. Bloomberg rightly calls the BIS a 'bastion of global Technocracy." I think the world had better get a clue as to wh
Earlier this week we reported that as part of the stunning, unexpected collapse of South African retail giant Steinhoff, which also owns France-based Conforama furniture chain, Mattress Firm in the U.S. and Poundland in the U.K., none other than the
Embedded into Bincoin's genesis block by Satoshi Nakamoto on January 3, 2009, the day Bitcoin went live, was a message which is now well-known throughout the Bitcoin community. This message, taken from The Times newspaper of that day, read "Chanc
ECB, Global Banks On The Hook For $21 Billion In Steinhoff Implosion
Goldman Sachs, the global finance market's second largest investment bank behind JPMorgan, will begin trading bitcoin futures for its clients, once major exchanges list bitcoin futures in the upcoming weeks.
