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Coinbase has secured regulatory approval from the Dutch central bank as a crypto service provider, allowing it to offer its full suite of retail, institutional, and ecosystem products to customers in the country. This makes Coinbase one of the first major global crypto exchanges to be approved by the De Nederlandsche Bank to operate in the country, alongside eToro and other platforms such as BitPay and Okcoin. Coinbase currently serves customers across almost 40...

Is the energy crisis something that can be resolved? Was it always inevitable? Will renewable energy make it all OK? Are Western financial policies to blame? All this and more in today’s The M3 Report! If you’re not already subscribed to GoldCoreTV then click here right now to make sure you’re all set to watch the fifth episode of our flagship show. [embedded content] Featuring Mr. Energy himself Steve St. Angelo as well as a short explanation from Brent Johnson on...

Who is really keeping oil prices high? Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun says it’s the banks. [embedded content] [embedded content] Tags: Alhambra Research,commodities,economy,Featured,Markets,newsletter

The momentum of franchise success and centralization of power are fatal. Loonshots are like moonshots, only crazier and trickier to commercialize. Author Safi Bahcall titled his book on how to nurture change-the-world innovations Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries. But as Bahcall persuasively argues, loonshot innovations aren’t enough. You also need to nurture franchises that commercialize the innovations...

Troubled Swiss bank Credit Suisse has sought to quieten rampant speculation about its upcoming strategic revamp following leaks to the media and concerns of its staff. The bank is due to announce restructuring details when it announces its third quarter earnings results on October 27. On Monday Credit Suisse took the unusual move of issuing a statement ahead of its planned strategic review update next month, mentioning a “high level of media and market...

#gold #silver #dollar #money #banking #currency Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Keith Weiner the founder and CEO of Monetary Metals. Monetary Metals website: https://monetary-metals.com/ Video Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 01:23 How Keith got involved in gold and silver after 2008 05:20 Monetary Metals and making gold capital again 15:11 Gold should be at the center of the monetary universe 21:27 Gold and silver basis and backwardation 33:35 Keith's view of the dollar,...

Im Hintergrund basteln die Zentralbanken aller größeren Länder an einer Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). Doch in Australien ist man offenbar besonders weit. Hier ist in Partnerschaft mit einem Forschungszentrum für Finanzen nun ein Whitepaper des ersten CBDC veröffentlicht worden. Crypto News: Australien veröffentlicht Whitepaper für CBDCDer aktuelle Name des australischen CBDC ist „eAUD“. Der eAUD ist an den Australischen Dollar gekoppelt.Das Whitepaper spricht...

The German bond market is normally really stable, boring. That's why the German curve had only inverted just once, back in June 2008. Until last week, that is. This time, an unprecedented distortion between the 10-year and 30-year bunds which blew out even more today, along with Britain's poor pound. Severe eurodollar strain, meaning this isn't just Germany or the UK's problem. Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysis Twitter: @JeffSnider_AIP eurodollar.university...

(Business travel will prevent me from updating the blog for the next couple of days.  Thank you for your patience.  Good luck.) Overview: After extending last week’s moves yesterday, the capital markets are mostly calmer today. Sterling is firmer, as are UK Gilts. The dollar is mostly consolidating inside yesterday’s range. Equities are stable to higher. Most of the large markets in the Asia Pacific region, but India edged higher, led by a 1.45% gain in China’s CSI...

While the pension reform, which raises the retirement age for women from 64 to 65, was narrowly accepted in Sunday’s vote, the Swiss Abroad were more strongly in favour. The majority of voting expats were also in favour of abolishing factory farming and withholding tax unlike resident citizens. My specialty is telling stories, and decoding what happens in Switzerland and the world from accumulated data and statistics. An expatriate in Switzerland for several...