Category: Finance

Economics by GeoPolitic.orgJul 20, 20211:21 am

Bitcoin’s Line In The Sand: Where Whales Are Buying

One thing that distinguishes Bitcoin from traditional financial instruments is its open immutable ledger. Anyone can see anything that is going on on-chain and nobody can temper with the data. That means, in principle, on-chain […]

Americas by GeoPolitic.orgJul 16, 202111:24 pm

Federal Debt: A Rock Around America’s Neck

The Federal Debt has tied a stone around the United States’ neck. It grows and grows in a dizzying way as sleepwalking dominates Washington D.C.: Will the U.S. wake up in time to avoid the […]

Economics by GeoPolitic.orgJul 15, 202112:04 am

Gold “Underpriced,” Heading Back to $2,000: Goldman Sachs

This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest top stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: Gold’s path to $2,000 is open, falling Treasury yields are a major tailwind for […]

Economics by GeoPolitic.orgJul 11, 20213:00 am

Silver Through the Ages: The Uses of Silver Over Time

Silver is one of the most versatile metals on Earth, with a unique combination of uses both as a precious and industrial metal. Today, silver’s uses span many modern technologies, including solar panels, electric vehicles, and […]

Economics by GeoPolitic.orgJul 8, 20214:08 pm

Can the Dollar Survive both Cryptocurrencies and China?

In his book Denationalisation of Money, F.A. Hayek argued that governments have never devoted their power to providing proper money over time. They “have refrained from grossly abusing it only when they were under such a […]

Economics by GeoPolitic.orgJul 7, 202110:39 pm

Currency Wars: The World Is On The Verge Of An Epochal Monetary Revolution

Currency Wars – Special report on the future of the monetary system The world economy may be on the verge of the largest upheaval of its monetary system in a century. The competition between freely-created […]

Economics by GeoPolitic.orgJul 7, 20211:16 pm

Beyond the Dollar Creditocracy: A Geopolitical Economy

Preface by Alexander Losev, Director General, Sputnik Asset Management “Beyond the Dollar Creditocracy: A Geopolitical Economy” is how American and Canadian economists Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai, respectively, titled their paper centred on the rise of the dollar to the financial Olympus […]

Economics by GeoPolitic.orgJul 7, 20211:05 pm

From Livestock to Bitcoin: “Legitimacy” and the Evolution of Money

Once a society embraces the division of labor, direct exchange becomes increasingly infeasible. Without money, specialization is constrained; without money, dreams of constructing an advanced society are merely a utopian pipe dream. At its core, […]

Economics by GeoPolitic.orgJul 6, 20213:07 pm

Ethereum 2.0 Will Supercharge Staking Industry By Tens Of Billions, JPMorgan Estimates

It’s hardly a secret that the Wall Street/central bank establishment is not a fan of energy-intensive proof of work (PoW) crypto tokens in general and bitcoin in particular. Even Elon Musk infamously U-turned in his […]

Economics by GeoPolitic.orgJun 27, 20217:17 pm

Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance Banned In The UK

Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, was banned on Sunday from any regulated activities in the UK when Britain’s financial watchdog the Financial Conduct Authority imposed stringent requirements against Binance, a sprawling digital […]