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Some Hope re: Crypto Regulation
https://www.coindesk.com/banks-need-to-adopt-crypto-now Continue reading
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Short-Term Thinking
The same regulators and legislators who gripe about China’s increasing control o the global economy are the same ones pushing legislation and regulation that undermine the United States’ competitive edge. So frustrating. https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-ceo-trump-administration-may-rush-out-burdensome-crypto-wallet-rules Continue reading
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Legislators Need Education
I posted a Tweet last night when I saw the below letter from 6 Members of Congress to the acting Comptroller of the Currency, Brian Brooks. Essentially they are telling the OCC to focus on legacy banking issues and to… Continue reading
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Ari Gold on Elon Musk
From a post I wrote in 2017…. Two of my favorite characters. One is a fictional character, closely based on a small few of Hollywood’s elite agents (and played to perfection by Jeremy Pivens). The other a brilliant entrepreneur and… Continue reading
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Banks of the Future Will Not Look Like Banks of The Past (Part 3,289)
These are just a few of today’s articles and headlines about changes coming to the banking and financial services industry. https://www.coindesk.com/singapore-bank-dbs-looks-to-be-planning-a-digital-asset-exchange https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/why-wyomings-governor-supports-the-states-crypto-banking-law-2020-10-26 https://cointelegraph.com/news/indian-bank-to-offer-crypto-services-across-its-34-branches Continue reading
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Technamentals
A combination of Technical Analysis and Fundamental Analysis When I was running FX risk many years ago I often used the term “technamentals” with the dealers. They knew what I meant. It was the intersection of fundamental analysis and technical… Continue reading
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DoJ vs Cryptocurrencies Post 2
Seems the journalists at Coindesk.com and a few prominent attorneys view the DoJ Framework for Cryptocurrencies as I do. The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent crypto enforcement framework is a threat to digital privacy rights, according to an attorney… Continue reading
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Cryptocurrencies: DoJ vs PBOC
I am skeptical of regulators ability to prevent fraud. The key word there is “prevent”. They are pretty good at catching those who egregiously break the rules. But it is rare that a regulator can create and enforce regulations that… Continue reading
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Great Quote from TE Lawrence
All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds Awake to find that it was vanity; But the dreamers of day are dangerous men, That they may act their dreams with… Continue reading