One of the best-selling books of this year is Caste, the origins of our discontent by author Isabel Wilkerson. It is the follow-up to her Warmth of other suns of last year and claims that the US’s class society is loosely based on India’s caste system.Over in the continent of Narendra Modi, the lowest class are known as the untouchables. […]
As we’ve remarked repeatedly on this site in the past few days and weeks, Bitcoin refuses to release the $10,000 mark, letting some to believe that a new (temporary) support has been found (around $10,400) and that, as per the immortal words of 1980s singer Yazz, the only way is up. Bitcoin is currently above the […]
Just as stock markets are about to finish their words month of September in the past decade, Bitcoin is refusing to budge or to let go of it’s strong support around the $10,000 mark. At the time of writing, it is trading near the $10,700 mark.With the US dollar strengthening and a growing decoupling from […]
Singapore-based exchange KuCoin admitted being hacked and having lost some anywhere between $150 million and $200 million in funds (expect the total figure to become clear in a few days). In a carefully drafted announcement, the exchange which is keen on being seen as “the People’s Exchange” promised that every crypto coin lost during the […]
About two years ago, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had to appear before congress. In a lively and well prepared (on his part) hearing, Americans watching the events on C-span were astounded to see how little their elected Senators really knew about tech companies, the internet or the workings of apps on smartphones. Zuckerberg repeatedly had […]
Venture Capitalists have made a name for themselves thanks to programs like Shark Tank (in the US and Australia) and Dragon’s Den (in the UK) in the past few years. The original show started in 2001 with the Japanese program Tigers of Money.The fact that Venture Capitalists investors dare to risk it all on a […]
Although Bitcoin is by now a digital currency with a bright future which is included in several Wall Street firm’s portfolios, its beginnings as a trading mechanism were rather dark. Whatever one’s opinion of the dealing of Silk Road (the now defunct black market that sold drugs and other illegal goods on the internet) it […]
A few days ago, we reported how the European Commission seemed to be fearful of Facebook’s Libra project as it could really undermine the European Central bank’s ability to control the flow of money. Five days after the Commission launched a document criticizing digital currencies and promising to regulate them by 2024, the European Central Bank […]
About 17 days ago, we were wondering whether Bitcoin at $10k was a buying opportunity. Ever since then, the limits of Bitcoin’s selloff has been tested multiple times. It sounded like the world came to an end in global stock markets, like a second coronawave had entered Europe and like tech stocks were posed for […]
Whereas most of the world’s media will be talking about a possible second coming of the great March selloff for stocks and Bitcoin due to an upsurge of coronavirus infections in Europe, it was the world of DeFi that has so far seen the largest pullback.Coins like YFI, UNI and Chainlink have all been met […]
