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Money Laundering Scandals Bring Court Charges and Record Job Cuts to Euro Banks

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The international financial establishment is known to express concern about the risks of money laundering when the crypto space is mentioned. A string of scandals indicates, however, that traditional banks are not only susceptible to the phenomenon but sometimes complicit, whether knowingly or inadvertently. New chapters have been added to the saga over the last … Read more

‘Don’t Worry We Can Just Print More Money’ – Swedish Central Bank Ponders -1.5% Interest Rate

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At a press conference on Wednesday, the head of the Swedish Central Bank admitted that interest rates could potentially go as low as -1.5%, and quipped that Swedes likely wouldn’t even protest. Other countries implementing negative interest rate policies are producing lukewarm results that don’t address the root causes of currency devaluation. Nor do they … Read more

Three Bank Failures Open New Chapter in Never-Ending Financial Crisis

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The collapse of three banks on three different continents indicates a new global crisis is brewing. But it may also show that the last one never really ended and the tools used to manage the global economy simply don’t work. Also read: Side Effects of Economic Growth: Is Snowden Right to Say Bitcoiners Shouldn’t Be … Read more

Bitcoin Cash ETP Lists on Leading Swiss Stock Exchange

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Cryptocurrency tracking instruments traded on established equity exchanges allow institutional and retail investors to gain exposure to digital assets. Now there is a new option to invest in bitcoin cash (BCH) with an exchange traded product in one of the most advanced markets in the world. Under the ticker ABCH, bitcoin cash is the sixth … Read more

4 Shocking Financial Market Changes Sparked by a Donald Trump Tweet

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In the financial world, different markets are correlated more tightly than most people anticipate. It is also evident how one single individual can effectively influence markets to move in certain directions, either knowingly or by accident. When President Trump Tweets weird stuff, the markets do indeed respond in mysterious ways.  Gold Inches Ahead Back in … Read more