Are cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin a replacement for sovereign currencies like the dollar, or are they more comparable to bonds, securities, or commodities such as gold?  That is the question that

It was President Barack Obama's former Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel who once said, "never let a crisis go to waste."  And whether one is a student of the Hegelian Dialectic which advocates creating

At the heart of all monetary matters is the emotional belief known as confidence.  And without it, both currencies and markets crash or collapse in very short order. This is one of the reasons why

You know that an industry has reached bubble status when celebrities like Paris Hilton promote them, and world boxing champion Floyd Mayweather can't get love for a cryptocurrency he has created.  And

Following China's announcement prior to last week's annual BRICS conference of their plans to implement a new oil contract that will be denominated in Yuan and convertible to gold, Russia is ramping up

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As more and more countries expand their markets to include the trading of gold futures which are deliverable on demand in the precious metal, one of the potentially largest markets on the earth is also

No matter how much truth is provided to the public on how Bitcoin is simply a de-centralized medium of exchange no different than the dollar or Euro, as long as the hacker community continues to publicly

During the first decade of the 21st century, any country who dared to go against the Petrodollar standard was summarily sanctioned, or in the cases of Iraq and Libya, invaded and decapitated by U.S. led

It will be years if not decades before all the consequences of the recent hack on American consumer's data will be completely sorted out, but this is not stopping a $70 billion class action lawsuit being

It appears that even Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are not immune to government policies or interventions as the price for Bitcoin plunged over 8% in a minute's time following the announcement by

Nearly all the elements are finally in place to put to rest America's dominance over the world's unipolar reserve currency, and to end the Petrodollar agreement that has ruled global finance for the past

There are many different types of technical ratios that gold has been tied to over the years.  There is the gold to Dow ratio, the gold to silver ratio, and even the gold to oil ratio.  But with

On Sept. 6 a company called Sparkle Coin, Inc introduced a new resource backed cryptocurrency to the market.  However what is different about SparkleCoin is that it is not being backed by commodities

Over the past couple of years there have been a number of fringe property deals in which the owner of a residence was willing to accept Bitcoin in lieu of cash. A casino owner-turned-commercial developer

Going back more than 20 years, the month of September is almost always a boom time for gold and it appears that 2017 is no exception.  And through just the first few days of this month, gold demand

Last weekend, officials from China's Shanghai International Energy Exchange dropped a bombshell that the Asian power would soon be introducing a new oil contract that would be denominated in the Yuan currency,

On Sept. 6 a UK home developer announced that they were going to accept Bitcoin as a down payment for the purchase of a home.  And while this action does not exactly turn Bitcoin into a complete medium

The United States financial system may be taking another hit soon if Congress fails to come up with a legitimate bill to raise the debt ceiling by the end of September. According to Moody's ratings agency

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