Just tidbits and info about whatever comes to my mind.
16 Sep 2021 2 minute read 6 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive
There was a James Bond movie years ago where the bad guy planned to devalue gold buy making all the gold in Fort Knox radioactive, so it was not worth anything. I’ll be honest, I think that was the premise, but it was a long time ago, so I might not...
14 Sep 2021 1 minute read 1 comment SeventyFourSeventyFive
This will be short, and I am betting you do not know where I am going with this. As I was taking a look at the charts and the crazy bump in Litecoin last night (I had actually not checked and pricing in a few days, taking a little break) I at first g...
13 Sep 2021 2 minute read 8 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive
I was writing my last article and came across this quote from John Yarmuth. Mr. Yarmuth is the Chairman of the Budget Committee in the US Congress. He sounds pretty important, right? This mental giant had this to say about creating money, not even "p...
11 Sep 2021 2 minute read 10 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive
“I wouldn’t recommend anyone invest in cryptocurrencies,” was a quote from John Paulson. He continued, “I would describe them as a limited supply of nothing. So to the extent there’s more demand than the limited supply, the price would go up. But to...
6 Sep 2021 1 minute read 1 comment SeventyFourSeventyFive
FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) warns over crypto assets pushed by stars such as Kim Kardashian West. This was a recent headline from the Guardian about a reality TV star pushing a one-month-old crypto. I’ll be honest, I have never heard of the FCA...
4 Sep 2021 1 minute read 1 comment SeventyFourSeventyFive
(I am sorry for the Spice Girls reference, I was just having a hard time thinking up a title.) Crypto firms snap up ex-regulators, but some struggle to keep them. This is the title from a recent Financial Times article. The write up mostly focuses on...
26 Aug 2021 1 minute read 4 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive
(Spoiler: These are my five most listened to songs of all time taken from of a poll of asking just me.) I was thinking what are the songs that I have listened to the most over my lifetime, the songs that never seem to get old to me. It is funny how o...
19 Aug 2021 1 minute read 3 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive
First of all, the US spent over two trillion dollars in Afghanistan. With their latest spending spree on domestic initiatives, this may not sound like a lot, but two trillion spent with what appears to be nothing gained, does have some impact. As for...
31 Jul 2021 2 minute read 8 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive
This is a story about “Joseph” as reported by the BBC. And, as it will be important later, the exact title of the article is: “We Lost Our Life savings In A Cryptocurrency Scam” Joseph is in his 70’s and lost over £250,000 his life savings in a scam....
27 Jul 2021 1 minute read 4 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive
I was going to write one of my usual critiques of a recent article I came across from the Hill. The title was “Bye-Bye, Bitcoin: It’s Time To Ban Cryptocurrencies,” by a guy named Robert A. Manning. Just to show you how important ole Bob is, this i...
