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Put it in the context of economic history, and crypto is little more than another expression of capitalism’s inherent monetary schizophrenia.
Used autos are still going mad.
It’s all about USD.
Vaccine diplomacy; ice cream inflation; old Musk; and much more
Yes, literally.
Job openings hit record high in the US.
Michael Saylor sails away on his bitcoin boat of dreams.
At “Bitcoin 2021” in Miami, the cryptosphere was on display in all its sober, enlightened, radical and diverse splendour.
“This Treasury needs to create a safe space for cryptocurrency development.”
Several alternatives are vying to replace the doomed benchmark. And it’s complicating the transition.
The saga keeps on going, and even value ETF investors are involved.
With short supply, double the number of first-time buyers, and some people HODLing, prices could rise. Get your tiny violins out.
Bill Gates’ carrots; the sad end of Jack Ma Inc; the prostitution of Cornwall; the beast of inflation; and more.
Cruising again; gain-of-function; police stings
Boris; crypto pivot; drug abuse and much more . . .
Welcoming lab leaks; Block on Solutions 30; Sweden; and much more.
Mushrooms; meritocracy; stimmys; “race-norming”; and much more.
Lab leaks; crypto-cars; fake farms; a bloated blogger; big business; and more.
Quantum encryption; Energy weapons; Water shortages
The company’s new “fact-checking” service throws financial journalism into existential crisis.
The activist retail phenomenon has proven it’s here to stay.
Officials at the state and federal level are writing fallbacks for some of the thorniest Libor-linked contracts into law. They might be inadequate.
Chamath dismantled; lab origins; the Boring Tunnel and much more . . .
Wuhan lab; Cummings; Cathie Wood; and much more . . .
The art of wooing the Wall-Street Bets crowd.
Extraordinary times in the market for second-hand motors.
Big Rudy; Wuhan; Operation Warp Speed; the un-cancelled; and much more.
Dom’s whiteboard; Digital trackers; Property melt-ups
Documents reveal historical commercial relationships between executives and subcontractors at outsourcer
The end of war triggered a short lived surge in prices. Are we about to see the same thing again?
Man Group analysis shows it pays to own oil, gold and wine, and possibly also a bitcoin if and when inflation bites.
Marbella gangsters; Deutsche Bank; Stilton and much more . . .
Where there’s a prime brokerage opportunity, there’s a way. And if there’s a whale, there’s a will.
“These matters led us to conclude that the possible effects on the consolidated financial statements of undetected misstatements may be both material and pervasive.”
Wealth taxes; drone wars; Bunny the dog; and much more
Ten trading days after its shares were self-suspended, we finally have an explanation as to why from the €1.1bn outsourcer.
“A lesson. Explained with two charts.”
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