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Hyperinflation Hits Lebanon: Food Prices Soar 200%, Biggest Crisis Since Civil War

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Lebanon has entered hyperinflation, the first country in the Middle East and North Africa to do so. With a 462% annual inflation rate and food prices rising by almost 200% this month, Lebanon has joined Venezuela in hyperinflating. Meanwhile, the Lebanese pound has lost 82% of its value this year. Lebanon in Hyperinflation Lebanon has … Read more

EU Leaders Approve $2.1 Trillion Budget, US Lawmakers Expect Another Round of Covid-19 Relief Money

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The world’s bureaucrats have been on a money creation spree and on July 21, the European Union approved an unprecedented $2.1 trillion coronavirus relief budget. Additionally, American leaders are in the midst of approving a new stimulus relief act amid July’s unemployment extension benefits expiring. Reports say that the estimated $3 trillion HEROES Act will … Read more

Food and Cash Shortages Push Cubans Toward Permissionless Cryptocurrencies

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The Nation of Cuba is dealing with a national food crisis, as Venezuela has stopped offering aid to the small island nation. Moreover, the coronavirus outbreak has caused a shortage of cash couriers called “mules” and everyday items are becoming scarcer. Amid the crisis, a number of Cubans are resorting to leveraging cryptocurrencies like bitcoin … Read more

Demand for Bitcoin Will See a Dramatic Shift in 8 Years – Retail Addresses to Eat up Entire New Supply

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A recent report from ZUBR Research explains that by 2028, retail demand for bitcoin will exceed the supply. The report highlights that in eight years as Bitcoin’s supply rate decreases “retail size addresses [will] begin to eat up all the new supply alone.” Even the next halving in 2024 could see retail accounting for acquiring … Read more

Average Price of Bitcoin More Than Quadrupled Between Reward Halvings

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Investing in bitcoin has been somewhat of a phenomenon, as millions of individuals have invested funds into the crypto-economy since at least 2010. One specific and lucrative method of investment is dollar-cost averaging. If an individual was to invest $10 a week into purchasing bitcoins since July 2010, the $5,130 USD (overall cost of investment) … Read more

Limitless Bailouts: US Federal Reserve Announces Billion-Dollar Corporate Bond Purchase Program

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During the last three months, the U.S. Federal Reserve has created a system of monetary avarice, as the central bank can literally do whatever it wants with zero oversight. The American public recently witnessed the Fed’s announcement on Monday, which explained the central bank will be buying individual corporate bonds on a regular basis. Moreover, … Read more

Fed Chair Jerome Powell Discusses Leveraging an Ethereum-Based Libor Replacement

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The Federal Reserve’s Chair, Jerome Powell has hinted at using an Ethereum-based interest reference rate in a transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor). Powell also detailed in a letter to Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), that the Ethereum version of Libor, a software called “Ameribor” may not be for everyone. The United States Federal … Read more