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Fed Balance Sheet Hits $8 Trillion for the First Time, US Inflation Sees Biggest Surge in 13 Years

The balance sheet of the Federal Reserve has topped $8 trillion for the first time, according to the weekly data published by the US central bank on its holdings. At $8 trillion, the Fed’s assets have about doubled since it started large-scale purchases in March 2020 to combat the effect of the coronavirus pandemic. дальше »

2021-6-11 16:05


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Deutsche Bank Warns: Ignoring Rising US Inflation Akin to ‘Sitting on a Time Bomb’

Deutsche Bank published a report Monday noting that the United States is facing “the very real specter of consumer-driven inflation. ” The bank’s chief economist David Folkerts-Landau and others notably highlight the Federal Reserve’s monetary easing policy and recent tolerance toward higher inflation. дальше »

2021-6-8 18:00


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Bitcoin Stands to Benefit Greatly From “Deflationary Supercycle”: Here’s How

One of Bitcoin’s main narratives is that it will greatly benefit from a period of inflation, whereas fiat money can buy less and less over time, proving the value of scarce assets. But over the past few weeks, as the macroeconomic outlook has changed, there’s been a serious discussion of an impending deflationary cycle. дальше »

2020-5-15 10:05


Amidst Hyperinflation-Related Problems, Venezuelan President Prints New Bolivar Notes

Within a matter of just six months, Venezuelan President ‘Nicolas Maduro’ (for the second time this year) has released a circular stating that his government will be issuing new banknotes — with denominations ranging from 10,000 to 50,000 Bolivars — so as to keep up with his country’s ongoing inflation problems. From a technical standpoint, […] дальше »

2019-6-16 19:20


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Cryptos Act as Hope in a Hyperinflation-Striken Venezuela

Venezuela’s inflation rate is expected to hit ten million percent in 2019. In this time, Venezuelans are struggling to afford two square meals a day. Online news outlet City News 1130 shared how nonprofit organizations are sending direct relief to people in Venezuela in cryptocurrencies and helping them escape the severe financial crisis. дальше »

2019-5-23 23:00


Bitcoin’s Benefits Rise to the Top Against Not Only Inflation, but a Cashless Society Proposition Too

Bitcoin (BTC) continues to be in a bear market but it does not mean that its fundamentals are also weakening. Indeed, Bitcoin’s features besides its price continue to expand as time passes. Bitcoin can be used as a hedge against inflation in many countries such as Venezuela, additionally, it is also possible to think of […] дальше »

2019-2-13 20:00


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Top Officials at Two Korean Cryptocurrency Exchanges Face Fraud Indictments

Several of South Korea’s top crypto exchanges have found themselves in hot water, with executives at a couple of exchanges facing criminal charges and jail time. According to a news report on the Korean website Blockinpress, the CEO of Komid, a Korean crypto exchange, has received a three-year prison sentence for committing fraud against investors by artificially inflating the exchange’s actual trading volume. дальше »

2019-1-23 00:57


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Governance, Part 2: Plutocracy Is Still Bad

Coin holder voting, both for governance of technical features, and for more extensive use cases like deciding who runs validator nodes and who receives money from development bounty funds, is unfortunately continuing to be popular, and so it seems worthwhile for me to write another post explaining why I (and Vlad Zamfir and others) do not consider it wise for Ethereum (or really, any base-layer blockchain) to start adopting these kinds of mechanisms in a tightly coupled form in any significant way. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


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The Genesis Files: With Bit Gold, Szabo Was Inches Away From Inventing Bitcoin

As his Hungarian parents had fled post-war Soviet regime to settle in the United States, Nick Szabo came to call the Californian Bay area of the 1990s his home. Here, he was among the first to frequent the in-person “Cypherpunk” meetings organized by Timothy May, Eric Hughes and other founding members of the collective of cryptographers, programmers and privacy activists centered around the ’90s mailing list of the same name. дальше »

2018-7-13 17:16