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Seit 2009 haben China und Hongkong den Krypto-Markt bei 19 verschiedenen Gelegenheiten “verboten” oder anderweitig für Aufregung gesorgt, Tendenz steigend. Der Bitcoin-Kurs ist kürzlich um 5 Prozent gefallen, nachdem die People’s Bank of China (PBoC) alle Kryptowährungstransaktionen für illegal erklärt hatte. Vor diesem Hintergrund sollten wir einen nostalgischen Blick auf die letzten 12 Jahre an Schlägen gegen die digitalen Währungen aus China werfen und sehen, ob...

[Editor’s note: Two interviews from August 1992, given by Murray Rothbard to the Swedish student publication Svensk Linje (continuously published since 1942) were recently discovered in the Rothbard Archives and translated by Sven Thommesen for the first time. In this interview, Anton Wahlman, an economist from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, interviewed Rothbard about Sweden and European integration with the rise of the ECU (euro). The interview...

Is it delta COVID? Or the widely reported labor shortage? Something has created a soft patch in the presumed indestructible US economy still hopped up on Uncle Sam’s deposits made earlier in the year. And yet, there’s a nagging feeling over how this time, like all previous times, just might be too good to be true, too. To start with, the rebound from last year’s recession is decidedly, maybe even uniquely uneven. Not just explosive goods sector vs. moribund...

© Francisco Javier Zea Lara | Dreamstime.com Compulsory Swiss health insurance premiums are on average set to fall by 0.2% in 2022, announced the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) on 28 September 2021. This is the first time since 2008 that average premiums have fallen. Basic health insurance is compulsory in Switzerland and governed by federal law called LAMal. Insurers must offer basic insurance to everyone who applies regardless of their health or habits....

Eine Analystin des globalen Bankriesen Deutsche Bank erwartet, dass Bitcoin in absehbarer Zukunft einen “First-Mover-Vorteil” gegenüber anderen Kryptowährungen haben wird. Marion Laboure, Analystin in der Research-Abteilung der Deutschen Bank, sagte, sie könne sich vorstellen, dass Bitcoin in Zukunft die Rolle von digitalem Gold einnehmen wird: jahrhundertelang haltbar und weitgehend nicht von der Regierung kontrolliert. In einem Update auf der Website der Deutschen...

It was a bloodless coup d’état against an unresisting Confederation Congress. The original structure of the new Constitution was now complete. The Federalists, by use of propaganda, chicanery, fraud, malapportionment of delegates, blackmail threats of secession, and even coercive laws, had managed to sustain enough delegates to defy the wishes of the majority of the American people and create a new Constitution. The drive was managed by a corps of brilliant members...

The Swiss economy continued to recover in the third quarter. Turnover increased both in the services sector and in manufacturing and construction. • Despite the positive development, infrastructure utilisation remains low, especially in the services sector. The fact that international travel is still subject to major restrictions is having a hindering effect. Utilisation in manufacturing, on the other hand, is slightly higher than average, underpinned by robust...

Overview: Energy prices pulled back late yesterday, but it offered little reprieve to the bond market where the 10-year benchmark yields in the US, UK, Sweden, and Switzerland reached new three-month highs.  November WTI traded to almost $76.70 before reversing lower and leaving a potentially bearish shooting star candlestick in its wake.  The US S&P 500 and NASDAQ gapped lower and did not recover, setting the stage for today’s drop in Asia.  All the major...

One reason why I still believe the US most likely would have entered a recession at some point in 2020 even without COVID wasn’t just the yield curve inversion that popped up several months before then. In August of 2019, the small part of the Treasury curve most people pay attention to (2s10s) did send out that dreaded signal, suggesting already to expect contraction in the intermediate term ahead of then. But there was more to it than that, much moving in the...

Bitcoin-Derivatemärkte drehten von neutral auf bärisch, nachdem Chinas “Krypto-Verbot” einen BTC-Kurssturz auf 40.600 Dollar auslöste. China verbietet Bitcoin (BTC), wieder einmal. Nein, wir reisen nicht in der Zeit zurück. Am 24. September veröffentlichte die People’s Bank of China (PBoC) eine neue Reihe von Maßnahmen, um die Koordinierung zwischen den Ministerien bei der Bekämpfung von Kryptoaktivitäten zu fördern. Die Maßnahmen zielten darauf ab, “Zahlungskanäle...