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Now it’s the Russian’s fault. Belligerence surrounding Donbas and Ukraine, raw materials and energy supplies to Europe threatened by Putin’s coiled bear. Why wouldn’t markets grow worried? There’s always a reason why we shouldn’t take these things seriously, or quickly dismiss them out of hand as the temporary product of whichever political fear-of-the-day. This isn’t to write that these things aren’t important in any sense; no doubt anyone in or near Ukraine right...

The unprecedented credit-fueled bubbles in stocks, bonds and real estate are popping, and America’s corrupt leaders can only stammer and spew excuses and empty promises. Unbeknownst to most people, America’s leadership made a pact with the Devil: rather than face the constraints and injustices of our economic-financial system directly, a reckoning that would require difficult choices and some sacrifice by the ruling financial-political elites, our leaders chose the...

Noch zu Beginn des Monats schien es, als hätte sich der Markt wieder gefangen. Im Februar stieg Bitcoin im Speziellen von etwa 36.000 US-Dollar auf zwischenzeitlich über 45.000 US-Dollar. Doch seit dem vergangenen Wochenende ging es wieder runter, so dass das Monatsplus fast vollständig verpufft ist. Bitcoin News: Weiterer Markteinbruch schickt Bitcoin unter 40KWeder im Markt noch in der Industrie gab es eine große ausschlaggebende Meldung für den Absturz auf nun nur...

Switzerland is facing calls to clean up its financial sector in the wake of the so-called “Suisse Secrets” controversy, which drew on leaked data from banking giant Credit Suisse. Many see the scandal as evidence of systemic shortcoming in the Swiss banking sector, which has undergone major reforms over recent years in a bid to shake off its image as a financial haven for criminals. The calls for reform have come from at home and abroad. In Switzerland, the left...

Die Situation in Ottawa spitzt sich weiter zu. Offenbar haben nun Einwohner Ottawas eine Klage eingereicht, die das Ziel verfolgt, das an die Trucker gespendete Geld zu beschlagnahmen und es an die Bürger der Stadt zu verteilen. Auch die gespendeten Bitcoins könnten davon betroffen sein. Bitcoin News: Kanada will Bitcoin des Freedom Convoys beschlagnahmen Inzwischen wurden Cryptocoins von über 120 Wallet-Adressen im Zusammenhang mit dem Freedom Convoy in Ottawa...

In Switzerland, Phase II of Project Helvetia has been completed, successfully demonstrating that it is possible to integrate a wholesale CBDC (wCBDC) running on a distributed ledger technology (DLT) platforms into existing core banking systems. Kickstarted in 2020, Project Helvetia is an experimental initiative by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub Swiss Centre, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and financial infrastructure operator SIX that...

While geopolitical commentators are fixated on Russia’s border with Ukraine, a more interesting development is slowly boiling underneath the surface of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict that could potentially reorder international relations—namely, the death of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Founded in 1949, NATO began with only twelve member nations. Presently, NATO counts on thirty member nations, with national security elites in the Anglo-American...

Other airlines in the Lufthansa Group also announced plans to halt flights to the country. © Keystone / Christian Beutler Amid further escalations of the crisis in Ukraine, Swiss International Airlines has decided to temporarily suspend flights to Ukraine from next week. This affects flight connections in Kyiv. This content was published on February 19, 2022 – 17:22February 19, 2022 – 17:22 Keystone-SDA/jdp All flights will be cancelled from Monday, February 21...

Blockchain technology is yielding tremendous innovation and value creation for consumers and businesses around the world. As the technology becomes more mainstream, companies need scalable, secure, and sustainable infrastructure on which to grow their businesses and support their networks. Google Cloud believes it can play an important role in this evolution. Building on their existing work with blockchain developers, exchanges, and other companies in this space,...

This week, 118,555 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Switzerland, down 25% from the 157,683 cases reported a week earlier. The reported number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised also fell 20% from 492 to 392 across the week. Photo by Polina Tankilevitch on Pexels.comCovid-19 deaths were also down. Across the week, 61 Covid-19 related deaths were reported, a figure 13% lower than the 70 reported the week before. In addition, the number of Covid-19 patients in...