In what amounts to a very significant step forward for the financial mainstreaming of crypto currencies, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved Ledger X, LLC to operate the first regulated

The introduction of the new Goldman Bitcoin report, illustrates how mainstream Wall Street is paying much closer attention to bitcoin, despite high volatility and lack of regulation in the digital currency

Here is the June 2017 update: The United Nations 7 United Nations Agencies Are Now Investigating Blockchain Applications Ethereum Blockchain Used By United Nations For Sending Aid to Syria UN Blockchain

With all of the hype lately, it may be a good time to reality check how small Bitcoin actually is still. And how much room it still has to run. I mean look, Google founder Larry Page’s net worth beats

Sweeping banking reforms are coming to the United States banking system. Deregulation is the game: ***Fed, OCC officials agree that Volcker Rule is too complicated ***OCC acting chief supports the Treasury’s

Federal Reserve policy makers agreed to raise their benchmark lending rate for the third time in six months, maintained their outlook for one more hike in 2017. Not only that the Fed set out some details

After years of development, flickering just outside of mainstream consciousness and acceptance, Ethereum is being embraced as the new darling of the world’s largest institutions and now countries. The

It is becoming common knowledge that a number of lower-skilled jobs will disappear in the coming 5-10 years, due to the human element being replaced by autonomous machines. “And while you probably think

It used to be considered crazy CONSPIRACY THEORY to talk about the constant and obvious central bank interventions in equity markets (or should we use TPTB’s favorite new term “fake news”). Some early

Since the financial collapse of nearly a decade ago, two new bubbles were aggressively inflated by the Federal Reserve and Federal Government. Looking at the chart below, mission accomplished. With student

There are now just over 830 “alt-coins,” which the alternatives to bitcoin are now called, out there, with new ones being added rapidly. The “market cap” of all these cryptocurrencies combined, according

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker Jim Donovan is under consideration for the No. 2 job at the Treasury Department, said a person familiar with the deliberations, but he’s got one big thing working against

The Department of Education recently released a memo admitting that repayment rates on student loans have been grossly exaggerated. Data from 99.8% of schools across the country has been manipulated to

The world has never been more in debt. According to the International Monetary Fund, total non-financial sector debt has hit $152 trillion worldwide, the highest gross debt ever recorded. The debt-to-GDP