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As bitcoin prepares to vault to $100,000, I can't help but wonder if cryptocurrency – not artificial intelligence – is the mother of all financial market manias. Despite its increasingly widespread adoption as an investment vehicle, the…

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 04:09 EST, 1 January 2025 <!-- <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- Bitcoin may have grabbed the headlines…

The pro-bitcoin U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis has reportedly unveiled her plan to introduce a comprehensive crypto bill that will cover everything from how cryptocurrencies are taxed and categorized to consumer protections. The bill…

Billions of dollars of value have been wiped off the cryptocurrency market in the last few weeks. Companies in the industry are feeling the pain. Lending and trading firms are facing a liquidity crisis and many firms have announced…

This is an opinion editorial by Dan, cohost of the Blue Collar Bitcoin Podcast.Series ContentsPart 1: Fiat Plumbing IntroductionBusted PipesThe Reserve Currency ComplicationThe Cantillon ConundrumPart 2: The Purchasing Power…

While many banks think the Federal Reserve will hold off from a truly supersize rate rise on Wednesday, fearful of what such an unexpected action could do to markets and the broader economy, some believe the central bank may need to…

A bystander uses a Bitcoin ATM in San Salvador, El Salvador, on May 16, 2022.Alex Pena | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesEl Salvador bet its economic salvation on bitcoin, but so far the gamble isn't paying off like President Nayib Bukele…

The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, has revealed that his country holds 44,106 oz. of gold in its reserves that has lost some value over the past year. He told gold bug Peter Schiff that if El Salvador had sold its gold…

I always love writing about the bridge between current events and their (often entertaining) counterparts or parallels in history. The current “war-on-cash” we see by the nation states along with the planned economy of the Amazons,…

This is an opinion editorial by Andrew Hetherington, a contributor to Bitcoin Magazine.Since the Nixon Shock of 1971, wealth inequality has soared to levels not seen in over a century. The dollar was no longer redeemable for gold but was…