Currencies and Gold

Emergency Cash: Bitcoin or Dollars?

Originally posted on December 1, 2017. Bitcoin is being considered by some as their emergency stash. For me, when the power goes out, I prefer...

Digital Currency Risks: Sweden Considers Cashless Society

When you consider good governance vs bad governance, Sweden typically falls into the good camp. Life is pretty good if you’re a Swede. But...

Ready to Pay Your Bitcoin Taxes?

After raking in some profits on bitcoin (if they were lucky enough to find a greater fool) investors are now being targeted by the...

Crypto Volatility Hurts

Crypto currencies are getting hammered once again in markets this week. CNBC reports: Prices of major cryptocurrencies saw a sharp downward slide Thursday, amid closer...

Forbes: Weakening Dollar Trend Isn’t Good

“Everyone understands the basic need for fixed weights and measures in daily life: the amount of liquid in a gallon, the number of ounces...

Paul Singer Epically Savages Bitcoin

You can count hedge fund manager Paul Singer as among the bitcoin skeptics. He recently savaged bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as a form of investment...

CNBC Blows the Whistle on Blockchain Abuse

When Bioptix Inc. changed its name to Riot Blockchain Inc., investors flooded in to the company they thought was working on blockchain technologies. CNBC...

Bitcoin: Bubble, Ponzi Scheme, and Environmental Disaster

Bitcoin is a “combination of a bubble, a Ponzi scheme and an environmental disaster,” a top central-banking official recently cautioned, referring to the large...

Bitcoin is Interesting, But It’s Not the Next Gold

Last year the word bitcoin became part of the everyday lexicon in America, and many parts of the world. The phenomenon "investment," was being...

Bitcoin Down 70% from High

A central bank official quoted by the Wall Street Journal's Steven Russolillo and Andrew Jeong referred to bitcoin as the combination of a bubble,...