Airport Gold Seizure in Amsterdam Points to Bitcoin Utility for Private, Borderless Travel
By Graham Smith A 27-year-old Brazilian man was arrested at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam Friday for failing to declare 15 kilograms of gold bars to…
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Next Step Mobile Surveillance: How You Walk, Your Heartbeat – How Bitcoin Combats Privacy Invasion
By Graham Smith It may sound like something from a dystopian cyberpunk movie, but payment providers could soon be validating transactions by the way users…
Bitcoin and Doomsday Preppers — Would Crypto Have Any Survival Value If SHTF?
By Graham Smith As so-called “doomsday prepping” grows in popularity thanks to news of coronavirus lockdown in Chinese cities, red flag gun laws and rampant…
Germans Rush to Buy Gold as Draft Bill Threatens to Restrict Purchases
By Graham Smith Reports have emerged depicting long lines in front of a physical gold sales location in Germany, in view of pending legislation which…
YouTube “Christmas Purge” Has Content Creators Pointing to These Alternate Platforms
By Graham Smith Recent widespread video removals have crypto YouTubers searching for greener and more dependable pastures for content production. While reports have since emerged…
Restrictions Worldwide Show Why It’s Vital to Be Your Own Bank
By Graham Smith As capital controls and banking restrictions continue to affect various populations worldwide, standing in the way of individuals and their hard-earned savings,…
3 Major Signs That Precede the Fall of World Reserve Currencies
By Graham Smith The story of reserve currencies is long and stretches far back into ancient times. As modern history shows, however, the average lifespan…
Bad for Business: How KYC/AML Makes Everyone a “Terrorist”
By Graham Smith Two reports from risk solutions group Lexisnexis assert that anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) policies can negatively affect a…
Global Crisis Looms as IMF Report Cites Its Own Policy as Dangerous
By Graham Smith In a new report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) entitled “Global Financial Stability Report: Lower for Longer,” the group gives an…
Martial Law? Economic Turmoil in Hong Kong Escalates as Colonial-Era Law Is Imposed
By Graham Smith Colonial-era law has been imposed in Hong Kong causing the economic situation to degrade further, with empty ATMs and bank runs becoming…
The White House Just Blamed Bitcoin for America’s Opioid Crisis
By Graham Smith The opioid epidemic is the new devil Bitcoin is being blamed for inflaming, to be added to the already long list of…
The Push to Kill Cash – Australia’s Proposed Ban Shows It’s Not Conspiracy Theory
By Graham Smith The supposed coordination of governments and tech companies to create a one-world, cashless society is often viewed as little more than fodder…
Normalizing Negative Interest: It’s Flabbergasting How Closely Media Parrots the Government
By Graham Smith Negative interest rates have been making big headlines lately, as several countries and big banks are now experimenting with the unorthodox monetary…
Crypto Is Part of Free Speech, and Free Speech Is Everything
By Graham Smith On July 23, U.S. Attorney General William Barr gave a speech demanding big players in the tech industry work with government agencies…