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"...the country’s propagandists took censorship to such an embarrassing level in attempts to portray the decision as widely popular amongst the masses, it merely served to betray that opposite might be true..."
Having neared $12,000 last week, Bitcoin prices have dipped back into the red for February, accelerating below $10,000 this weekend as news that the US' largest cryto-exchange, Coinbase, will be turning over 13,000 customers' information to The IRS.
"Not three days after the FBI’s gross malfeasance and incompetence in their mishandling of the Parkland Florida massacre, these cretins have the unmitigated gall to publicly ask for another $300 million to add to the FBI’s budget..."
"While we’ve never underperformed like this, our prior worst underperformance compared to the S&P came in March of 2000, which was a similar environment."
With the US on holiday for President’s Day and many Asia markets still closed for Lunar New Year holidays, it has been a quiet start to the week, even as last week's dollar turbulence has resumed, while S&P futures are doing their best to levitate without anyone manning the controls.
"You could say that right now, rather than stocks rising around the world, it is the dollar falling against almost everything" - JPMorgan Asset Management
In China and other Southeast Asian societies, a red envelope is a monetary gift exchanged during holidays or special occasions. Over the past couple of the years, the tradition has gone digital...
What prompted Thiel to take the drastic action was his disappointment with "what he sees as the intolerant, left-leaning politics of the San Francisco Bay Area" .
