When institutional elites communicate with one another to implement plans that may significantly affect the rest of the non-elite world, they usually do so inconspicuously, through technical documents that are shared between members of the group. It’s not that the documents are inaccessible to the public (they are, upon request), it’s just that the public …
There’s this mythic notion that we associate with the term “smart money.” For many of us, “smart money” often refers to investors who are able to make a consistent profit in the markets; investors whose decisions are seemingly right most of the time. Even the well-known technical analyst Thomas Bulkowski refers to market charts as …
Although we privilege gold and silver over cryptocurrencies for the very reason that the metals, as sound assets, have stood the test of time, we nevertheless pay attention to cryptomarkets for another important reason: they stand as “new” measures of mass discontent and resistance toward government and central bank monetary policies. A strange techno-synthetic “ally” …
If today’s digitized financial system is vulnerable to attack, then so are your assets! The timing of cyberattacks cannot be predicted, the extent of damage cannot be anticipated, and the size, location, and strength of cyber aggressors remain unknown. Without this information, all digital systems are virtual sitting ducks. And this information is virtually impossible …
Investors across the globe have invested nearly $57 BILLION into cryptocurrencies Among the 100 cryptocurrencies that make up this total market capitalization, Bitcoin, the most popular of these alternative currencies, makes up roughly 50% of this entire volume (over $28 billion). Bitcoin’s market cap is so large that if it were a country, it would …
2017 marks that year in which cryptocurrencies finally penetrated mainstream consciousness. A victory lap for the cypherpunk culture that pioneered its foundational technologies and underlying philosophy over twenty years ago Sort of, but not quite. A schism took place in the perception of the technology itself, widening the gap between two of its primary attributes: …