President Joe Biden on Wednesday reaffirmed the U.S. position that Iran cannot obtain a nuclear weapon during a high-profile meeting with Yair Lapid, the former soap opera star and ad pitchman now playing the role as Israeli Prime Minister. The meeting resulted in the U.S. signing a joint declaration with Israel that both countries would...
Pot meet kettle. Janet Yellen, the U.S. Treasury secretary, on Friday called out Russia’s representatives at the Group 20 meeting in Indonesia and blamed them for sharing in the responsibility for the economic toll that the Ukraine War has taken on the world. Yellen told Anton Siluanov, Russia’s foreign minister, and Timur Maksimov, the deputy...
Spanish farmers took part in protests last week in support of their Dutch peers who claim to face poverty if the Netherlands enforces its green climate agenda that targets agriculture. These farmers have protested in solidarity with farmers in the Netherlands who have been protesting government plans to cut harmful emissions by 2030 that they...
The United States launched a successful drone strike in Syria against an individual Washington has identified as one of ISIS’s top leaders. President Joe Biden praised the killing and said it was “a powerful message to all terrorists who threaten our homeland and our interests around the world.” TRENDPOST: The Trends Journal is completely opposed to Russia’s invasion...
Ask any American what a Tonga and Kiribati are and they would probably guess two rookie baseball players. Or, if they think it’s a country, ask them to find it on the map. But for the servants owned U.S. military industrial complex running Washington DC, it’s important for America to have a presence 6,500 miles...
WEB3 AND THE “CREATOR ECONOMY” Cryptos came for financials first. And despite the current drastic downturn, the technology will continue to transform finance in fundamental ways. But the “crypto mindset” is empowering a generation of creatives as well as the cypher punks who originally coded and participated in the underground ecosystems that bubbled up into...
For the second year in a row, Algorand, a permissionless “3rd generation” blockchain, is issuing a report detailing how central banks can utilize its technology to create CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currencies). The new 2022 report argues that Central Banks need CBDCs in order to participate in the opportunities provided by the digital economy, to...
The same EU that just did a u-turn to re-classify nuclear energy as a “green energy” source in the face of an energy crisis, wants to pick green winners and losers in cryptos. The Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) bill, a comprehensive cryptocurrency regulation, which was hammered out in late June, is being pushed by a...
Celsius, a former leading “CeFi” (centralized lending and borrowing) crypto exchange made news this past week for its bankruptcy filing, drawing a spotlight as the latest crypto casualty. The sharp downturn in the bleeding edge technology sector has exposed a number of projects and ventures that have dealt in negligent or outright corrupt financial practices....
THE TRIVERGENCE: A BUZZWORD FOR EMPOWERMENT OR ENSLAVEMENT? Don Tapscott is credited for conceiving the term “Trivergence” in December 2021 to describe the interconnection of three technology drivers of the so-called 4th Industrial Revolution: AI and Robotics (Permissionless Crypto Powered) Blockchains Internet of Things (IoT) In an article published at CoinTelegraph.com, Tapscott noted how the...