Financial Markets and Money Warfare... Banks prepare for massive crypto adoption...
U.K. and inflation...
Ukraine Bans Bitcoin Purchases With National Currency Amid Martial Law... Ukraine’s central bank is prohibiting bitcoin buys with the hryvnia in an attempt to prevent what it calls “unproductive” capital outflows.
Ukraine President meets Stellar Development Foundation representatives... President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a meeting with representatives of Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) in San Francisco. President and his team discussed prospects of development of IT sector and innovations in Ukraine.
FOR FIRST TIME: ISRAEL’S CENTRAL BANK REPLACES US DOLLAR RESERVES WITH CHINESE CURRENCY... Bloomberg reported that Israel added four new currencies – among them the Chinese Yuan (RMB) – to its central bank holdings in an unprecedented move in the country’s history. Additionally, Israel’s Central Bank will cut US Dollar (USD) and EUR holdings to diversify its foreign reserves.
Israel adds Chinese RMB to Central Bank reserves for first time, cuts USD holdings... The Bank of Israel has added four new currencies, including the Chinese yuan, or renminbi, to its holdings for the first time in the country’s history, Bloomberg reported last week. The central bank will also trim US dollar and euro holdings in a bid to diversify its foreign reserves, the report said.
US Dollar Defaults On Petro Dollar And RU Banking Obligations... For the first time since 1971 the US has defaulted on it’s banking obligations and the Petro Dollar system marking ‘peak Dollar.’ While only a handful of public figures have a handle on the situation, we are concerned that the White House is spreading dangerous misinformation on how Currency Markets work so we’d like to explain key points on the nuts and bolts of the soft default and what it means for the future of global currency markets.
New World Disorder: What The UN Vote On Russia Really Reveals About Global Politics... The latest battle zone in the Russia-Ukraine war was in the quiet, mostly mannerly halls of the United Nations. There, in the UN's iconic New York headquarters, the world voted on Russia's largest invasion since World War II -- revealing fractures and fissures in global support for democracy
XRP-Backed ETP Launches on Europe’s Leading Exchange for Digital Assets... ETC Group has announced the listing of its XRP-backed ETC on Deutsche Börse Xetra, Europe’s leading exchange for digital assets
Special Report: How crypto giant Binance built ties to a Russian FSB-linked agency... In April 2021, Russia's financial intelligence unit met in Moscow with the regional head of Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange. The Russians wanted Binance to agree to hand over client data, including names and addresses, to help them fight crime, according to text messages the company official sent to a business associate. At the time, the agency, known as Rosfinmonitoring or Rosfin, was seeking to trace millions of dollars in bitcoin raised by jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a person familiar with the matter said. Navalny, whose network Rosfinmonitoring added that month to a list of terrorist organisations, said the donations were used to finance efforts to expose corruption inside President Vladimir Putin's government.
Shorting XRP / Scaring Investors Away From Ripple / Meeting W/SEC...
China Developer Sued, Shares Eye Weekly Loss: Evergrande Update... A Chinese developer has been sued by a Singapore bank over a loan-repayment demand, in the latest sign that creditors to the nation’s distressed property firms are growing increasingly impatient.
China Will Back Their Country's Digital Yuan With Gold... Some analysts predict gold would have to go as high as $64,000 per ounce if China backed their Yuan with gold.
India's Sun Gold, China National Gold to go ahead with Siberian gold project... India’s Sun Gold and China National Gold are launching a joint gold mining project in Russia’s Siberia region, the two companies said in a joint statement during a Johannesburg summit of BRICS member states.
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