Bitcoin Guns for $10,000 as Cryptocurrency Mania Defies Skeptics | Julie Verhage, Eric Lam, and Todd White

This year’s 10-fold increase adds to 120% gain in 2016 Institutional investors seen entering: Gatecoin’s Glucksmann Nov. 27, 2017 (Bloomberg) -- Bitcoin blew past $9,700 just a week after topping $8, ...

The Public Bank Option -- Safer, Local and Half the Cost | Ellen Brown

Nov. 4, 2017 (Web Of Debt) -- Phil Murphy, a former banker and governor-elect of New Jersey, has made a state-owned bank a centerpiece of his platform. The nation’s second state-owned bank in a centu ...

Dubai Will Issue First Ever State Cryptocurrency | Jon Buck

cointelegraph.com/news/dubai-will-issue-first-ever-state-cryptocurrency Oct. 1, 2017 (CoinTelegraph) -- Dubai has officially launched its own cryptocurrency called emCash, local news media report. Th ...

IMF Head Foresees the End of Banking and the Triumph of Cryptocurrency | Jeffrey A. Tucker

Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (official portrait 2011) Bitcoin 'puts a question mark on the fractional banking model we know today.' Sept. 30, 2017 (FEE) -- In a r ...

The $ 700 Billion Gorilla in the Room | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Sept. 25, 2017 As a preface to this column, something occurred concerning this writer over 30 years ago. I was taking a long-deserved vacati ...

On Repairing/Rebuilding 100,000+ Damaged Houses | Charles Hugh Smith

Texas National Guard soldiers arrive in Houston, Texas to aid citizens in heavily flooded areas from the storms of Hurricane Harvey. (Photos by Lt. Zachary West, 100th MPAD) Almost lost in all the do ...

Hurricanes Highlight Failure to Enforce Flood Insurance Rules | Christopher Flavelle

Hurricane Irma over the Virgin Islands at peak intensity on September 6, 2017 as the second most intense Atlantic hurricane on record in terms of sustained winds. MODIS image captured by NASA’s Aqua ...

The Perversity of the Equifax Data Breach and What We Must Do | Stephen Farrington, MS, PE

Photo: Courtesy my.opera.com. Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)Stephen Farrington, MS, PE -- Founder/Chief Technologist, Transcend Engineering and Technology, LLC Sept. 13, 2017 The credit reporting industry sta ...

Harvey Wasn’t Just Bad Weather. It Was Bad City Planning | Peter Coy and Christopher Flavelle

A family in Katy, just west of Houston, floats on an inflatable mattress. PHOTOGRAPHER: PHILIP MONTGOMERY FOR BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK Houston exulted in sprawling, hands-off growth. That’s no way to p ...

Trump, Russia and a Shadowy Business Partnership | Timothy L. O'Brien

Donald Trump (ABC News) An insider describes the Bayrock Group, its links to the Trump family and its mysterious access to funds. It isn't pretty. June 21, 2017 (Bloomberg) -- The special counsel’s i ...

Fed Raises Rates, Maintains Forecast for One More Hike | Christopher Condon

Central bank maintained outlook for one more increase in 2017 Policy makers set out details for shrinking the balance sheet June 14, 2017 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve officials forged ahead with an ...