Privacy Is a Human Right Worth Fighting For
By Kai Sedgwick Privacy is a basic human right. It’s there in Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “Freedom from Interference with…
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The Myth of Authority: Mnuchin Denies USD Is Used Criminally
By Graham Smith U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has once again weighed in on Bitcoin, claiming the U.S. dollar has not been used to finance…
Crypto Bullishness Spreads on Capitol Hill
By Kevin Helms U.S. Congress has shown that it is starting to care about cryptocurrency as a number of lawmakers spoke up in favor of…
Money Laundering Fines Worth Billions Help Bankers Avoid Prosecution and Unpleasant Labels
By Lubomir Tassev The recent seizure of a cargo ship owned by JP Morgan, a vessel loaded with 20 tons of cocaine according to latest…
Monetary Metals Don’t Need a “Gold Standard” Proxy System
By Stefan Gleason President Trump moved recently to nominate an avowed sound money advocate, Judy Shelton, to the Federal Reserve Board. That triggered a flurry…
The Dollar, Not Crypto, Is a National Security Issue
By Peter C. Earle U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin piled on to comments made recently by President Donald Trump by calling cryptocurrencies a “national security…
California Committee Approves Measure to Create Banking Alternative for Cannabis Industry, Bypass Federal Reserve
By Michael Maharrey Last week, a second California Assembly committee unanimously passed a bill that would establish limited state-chartered banks to serve the cannabis industry. Final…
Bitcoin and the Hypocrisy of Donald Trump
Op-ed by Peter A. Kirby Big Bitcoin news dropped today. In a series of tweets, President Donald Trump attacked Bitcoin, Facebook’s Libra, and cryptocurrencies in…
Money and Democracy: Why You Never Get to Vote on the Most Important Part of Society
Op-Ed by Jamie Redman It’s very odd that citizens never get to vote or have any say in regard to society’s money, even though it’s…
IRS Agents Propose Draconian Tactics to Investigate Bitcoin Users
By Jamie Redman A recently published U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) slide describes alarming recommendations on how tax agents should deal with digital currency users…
Money Laundering Scandals Bring Court Charges and Record Job Cuts to Euro Banks
By Lubomir Tassev The international financial establishment is known to express concern about the risks of money laundering when the crypto space is mentioned. A…
A Currency Upheaval Is Coming
By Jeffrey A. Tucker Sometimes forces line up in just the right way to mark the end of an era. That era is dollar supremacy….
Big Tech, Big Banks Push for “Cashless Society”
By Stefan Gleason The War on Cash isn’t a conspiracy theory. It’s an open agenda. It’s being driven by an alignment of interests among bankers,…
Why Outlawing Cryptocurrency Purchases is a Terrible Idea
By Rainey Reitman A member of the U.S. House of Representatives last week called for a bill outlawing Americans from making cryptocurrency purchases, aligning with…