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Bitcoin Tumbles Below $50,000, Other Cryptos Sink Over Biden Tax Plans

Posted on April 27, 2021 by TeamIcarus | 0 Comments

The exchange rates and logos of Bitcoin (BTH), Ether (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) are seen on the display of a cryptocurrency ATM of blockchain payment service provider…

J. P. Morgan May Launch Fund To Let Clients Invest In Bitcoin

Posted on April 27, 2021 by TeamIcarus | 0 Comments

Investing.com – JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) is preparing to launch an actively managed Bitcoin fund in what would be one of the unlikeliest embraces of the cryptocurrency, according to a crypto industry publication.

Coinbase Is Unlike Any Market Debut Wall Street Has Ever Seen

Posted on April 15, 2021 by TeamIcarus | 0 Comments

Coinbase is set to hit the public market on Wednesday, a week after preliminarily reporting a ninefold increase in first-quarter revenue to an estimated $1.8 billion.

Crypto Long & Short: Peter Thiel Defines Bitcoin’s Accidental Role in Global Politics

Posted on April 14, 2021 by TeamIcarus | 0 Comments

As early as 2013, Thiel was talking about bitcoin’s potential to “change the world,” and has on other occasions praised bitcoin’s reserve qualities.

The Promise of Cryptocurrencies

Posted on April 9, 2021 by TeamIcarus | 0 Comments

The search for digital gold began long before the launch of bitcoin. In 1996, Douglas Jackson and Barry Downey founded E-Gold, Ltd., which enabled its customers to transfer titles to…

Bitcoin Bros Rediscovering Our Monetary Past

Posted on March 18, 2021 by TeamIcarus | 0 Comments

All eyes on bitcoin, it seems, as the price hits new all-time-highs, its proponents celebrate, and the economists who have long pronounced it dead and useless scratch their head in…

Traders Speculate That Bitcoin’s Price May Continue To Trade Sideways For Now

Posted on March 7, 2021 by TeamIcarus | 0 Comments

CryptoWendyO and Cheds weigh in on where Bitcoin's price could head next.

Should We Rethink Macroeconomics?

Posted on March 5, 2021 by TeamIcarus | 0 Comments

Critiques of mainstream macroeconomics are common among Austrian economists. In a new book, titled Macroeconomics as Systems Theory, Richard Wagner goes further.

ALERT: No Gold Or Silver Available In Size In London Or Zurich Switzerland

Posted on February 22, 2021 by TeamIcarus | 0 Comments

Reports out of London and Zurich indicate that there is no physical gold or silver available in size in either London or Zurich, Switzerland. The only question remaining, is the…

JPMorgan And Morgan Stanley Are Eyeing Bitcoin. Here Are The Big Wall Street Names Warming To Cryptocurrencies

Posted on February 17, 2021 by TeamIcarus | 0 Comments

A JPMorgan co-president said he's sure banks will embrace bitcoin "at some point."