The U.S. Federal Reserve favors innovation in digital financial products, but “it is easy to see the risks” in some new products, including cryptocurrencies, that would require new regulatory frameworks, Fed chair Jerome Powell said in a 23 March comment at a gathering of central bankers hosted by the Bank for International Settlements. In assessing...
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INVESTMENT ADVISORS STILL CAUTIOUS ABOUT CRYPTO
About 85 percent of investment advisors are not yet putting clients’ funds into cryptocurrencies, according to a Bitwise Asset Management survey, released in January, of 500 financial advisors. Among the 15 percent who include crypto in clients’ portfolios, digital assets typically make up no more than 5 percent of the clients’ holdings, the survey found....
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“DUMBPHONES” SEEN AS A SMART OPTION FOR SIMPLICITY
Dumbphones have seen a noticeable uptick in usage over the last few years, the BBC has reported. It represents a front-running example of what the Trends Journal noted as a more widespread predicted Top Trend of 2022, “LOW TECH SIMPLICITY” (30 Nov 2021). According to a survey by software company SEMrush, Google searches for them...
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THREE STRIKES YOUR OUT! FOURTH COVID JAB COMING. BAD GETTING WORSE
Health officials are beginning to roll out a fourth COVID-19 vaccine jab for the elderly and those considered to be immunocompromised, but a debate is raging about whether another dose should be given to those who are otherwise healthy. The Financial Times reported that the European Union’s drug regulator has raised concerns about the fourth jab...
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THE WESTERN WORLD HAS HAD ITS RUN
By Paul Craig Roberts, Institute for Political Economy Lots of startling changes yesterday. Russia announced, apparently, a gold-backed or gold-related ruble. I haven’t had time to think about all the implications. Information is hard to come by, because the U.S. blocks Russian news in order to control the Ukraine narrative and war propaganda. The Bretton...
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AND WHAT ABOUT THOSE BIOLABS?
Stop the narrative I want to get off! By Philip Giraldi The semi-official United States government plus media lie machine knows that constructing a plausible reason to bomb the crap out of someone all depends on where you begin your narrative. If you keep starting your accusations at a point where the target has done...
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COVID WAR BLUES: NEGATIVE POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA WERE 4.7 TIMES AS WIDESPREAD AS RUN-OF-THE-MILL MONDAY BLUES
Researchers from MIT found that the COVID-War had a major impact on the emotional state of individuals—regardless of what country they live in—by comparing negative social media posts on Mondays during normal times and posts during the onset of the outbreak. These researchers found that negative posts in the early stages of the outbreak were...
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RUSSIA SURROUNDS UKRAINIAN FIGHTERS IN DONBAS, ADJUSTS TACTICS
The Russian military has refocused its attention on the Donbas region of Ukraine and seems to be attempting to surround Ukrainian forces before a major offensive, according to a report. The Financial Times, citing Western defense officials, reported that Russian gains in the eastern region would be a significant blow to Kyiv because of its...
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HUNTER BIDEN’S LAPTOP SUPPORTS RUSSIA’S BIOLAB CLAIM. THINK FOR YOURSELF!
Try as he might, and with a compliant mob of Presstitutes who obey their Washington whore masters, President Joe Biden cannot shake off his son Hunter Biden’s laptop. A report in the U.K.’s Daily Mail published Friday said Hunter Biden’s computer contained emails that suggested that he helped in the financing of Metabiota, a Pentagon contractor that...
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NYC MAYOR ADAMS: ATHLETES AND CELEBRITIES COUNT: COMMON MAN IS CRAP
Another little nothing of a nobody with a bad attitude who bows down and sucks into the system, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, faced criticism last week after announcing that professional athletes in the city and celebrities will be granted special vaccine mandate exemption. But average citizens—1,400 city workers, including police and teachers who...