Economics

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Bitcoin's Network Fundamentals Post-halving

28 May 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Interdax $0.12

It’s been just over two weeks since Bitcoin’s block subsidy halving. How have network fundamentals changed since the start of the fourth mining epoch? Summary: Hash rate has fallen ~30% but Bitcoin’s share of the combined hash rate for the top 3 SH...

"60 million people will be driven into extreme poverty." Will it help bitcoin?

21 May 2020 4 minute read 0 comments Kluma $0.26

The world Bank has predicted a deterioration in the world's economic situation due to the coronavirus pandemic. Will this lead to an increase in demand for cryptocurrencies, as is happening in countries where the population is losing confidence in na...

Protect Our Workers

6 May 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Jaemoney $0.01

A good few weeks ago we started getting reports that workers in slaughterhouses and meat plants were getting rapidly sick with COVID-19. Many operations all across the United States by companies like Tyson, Smithfield, JBS and Cargill began experienc...

Be the Cause, not the Effect

5 May 2020 2 minute read 2 comments Jaemoney $0.02

I was chatting to a friend recently, and he is always talking about the things he is doing to improve himself. Sometimes what he mentions sounds totally weird, but many times what he mentions is totally Brilliant.   This time he mentioned this idea o...

Is this a bull run?

3 May 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Gregor-Flyge $0.10

Hi, I wanted to show you the one simple chart above. I connected the low of 2015 with the low of 2018 (red fib circle) and the high of 2017 with the high of 2019 (green fib circle). We can see that Bitcoin managed to stay in the green rings and didn...

Ep. 20 with Jeff Deist of the Mises Institute

28 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Cypherpunk Scribe $0.00

In this episode Chaz, Mitch, and Erik are joined by Jeff Deist who is the current president of the Mises Institute, where he serves as a writer, public speaker, and advocate for property, markets, and civil society. He previously worked as a longtime...

China's Economy Shrinks by 6.8% in First Quarter

18 Apr 2020 1 minute read 2 comments AverageVancouverite $0.03

  Amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, the Chinese economy shrank by 6.8% in the first quarter of 2020, marking the first economic contraction since the world's second largest economy started recording quarterly figures in 1992. Official governmen...

Thanks Uncle Sam

17 Apr 2020 2 minute read 0 comments CPix $0.02

Market Update By the end of last week at least 80 million Americans received their “stimulus” payment per the CARES Act. According to The Washington Post the majority of the money is being used to buy fast food, gas, and pharmacy items, with over hal...

Busting A Popular Myth About The $1200 Economic Impact Payment

14 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Thomas Dylan Daniel $0.00

See the original post at Medium. There’s an online myth going around that the $1200 Economic Impact Payment is a tax credit which will need to be paid back on our (those of us who receive it) 2020 taxes. I’m sure you’ve seen it, if you haven’t...

Cryptocurrencies for friends who don't care about cryptocurrencies

13 Apr 2020 16 minute read 0 comments CryptoGameTheory $2.12

What you will find here is a small introduction to my thesis of the masters' degree in economic science. It's a summary of all the things that remained unexplained in my mind for a while. The purpose is to start making the right questions about the e...