Given the continuing partisan dysfunction in Washington, DC, it was inevitable that government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would need another bailout. That eventuality was Big Government’s Valentine’s…
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A new report from the World Gold Council found that demand for the precious metal rallied in the fourth quarter of 2017, but not enough to offset the decline in…
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Members of the US Senate are showing the same confusion and ambivalence about cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin that is characteristic of so much of the rest of the American population:…
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Bitcoin, as a form or system of payment, could assume an outsized role in a collapsing civilization, Michael Lee and Antoine Martin, economists in the New York Federal Reserve Bank’s…
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Taxpayers and astute observers of the increasingly perilous financial position the federal government is heading in might be pleased to learn that pending legislation in Congress would begin to modestly…
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If you are a fan of Bitcoin and think it’s not regulated, consider this: Regulators may not be regulating Bitcoin – yet – but they are able to regulate its…
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Recent data from real estate industry firm Zillow indicate the American housing market has regained all of the $9 trillion in market valuation (paper wealth) that was erased when the…
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Propy – a global property store and decentralized title registry based in Palo Alto, CA – struck a partnership with the City of South Burlington, VT, to run a pilot…
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The following is another example of why investors and other participants in the cryptocurrency universe must exercise more care and caution than usual. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently…
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The head-spinning fluctuations in the valuation of Bitcoin – and the mixed signals sent by governmental agencies – generate a degree of volatility that makes it difficult for many investors…