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Cryptocurrency News Highlights – August 28, 2018
Can Permissionless FInancial Infrastructure Eliminate Discrimination and Reputational Risk? “The cypherpunk approach is not to rely on the government upholding the Bill of Rights, but to write code that will guarantee those liberties cannot be taken away....
Price Analysis: Largest Cannabis Stocks Are Mostly Surging
Canopy Growth Corp (CGC) Canopy reached an all time high of 45.92 last Friday, August 24. The initial breakout (notice the breakout gap) from what appeared to be a downtrend (earnings wasn’t very stellar either) took place on August 15 when Constellation Brands...
News Briefs and Remixes: This Week’s Stories You Might Have Missed
America Is Overdue for Another Economic Disaster Source: Will/National Review "Underneath the current economic boom, there are some truly worrying signs. This Wednesday, according to the Financial Times' Robin Wigglesworth and Nicole Bullock, 'the U.S. stock market...
Weekend Reading: Impeachment Risk
Source: RealInvestmentAdvice Yesterday, the President stated: “If I ever got impeached, I think the market would crash. I think everybody would be very poor. Because without this thinking, you would see, you would see numbers that you wouldn’t believe in...
Bakkt to Bring Bitcoin to Wall Street and Main Street
Backed by ICE, Microsoft, Boston Consulting Group, and Starbucks, Bakkt Aims to Provide a Federally Regulated AND Decentralized Cryptocurrency Marketplace What’s one critical factor preventing Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from entering the mainstream from...
There’s a New Bitcoin ETN on the Horizon…But Is It Worth the Risk?
The cryptocurrency market’s response to any news concerning the possibility of a Bitcoin ETF has always been positive, typically triggering a rally. But then markets turn south every time the prospect gets shot down post regulatory scrutiny. The narrative is becoming...
World’s Largest Cannabis Stock Skyrockets to All-Time Highs
Ever since Canopy Growth (CGC) began trading on the NYSE in May, it had been slowly moving upward (1) until its shares took a hit when Ontario had announced delaying its launch of retail marijuana outlets (2). It’s most recent earnings report was far from stellar (3),...
What Fueled Last Week’s Cryptocurrency Plunge?
Although it’s generally hard to pinpoint the particular reasons why cryptocurrencies have fallen so much over the past week (some have already begun to recover), here are a few possibilities to consider. First, there is a possibility that blockchain or cryptocurrency...
Constellation Brands Poised to Create a Cannabis Mega-Empire
If you are a wine or beer enthusiast, you’re probably aware of Constellation Brands. A Fortune 500 company, Constellation is not only an international producer and marketer of alcoholic beverages, they are also known for their acquisitions of smaller wineries and...
Is the End Near for the Current U.S. Economic Expansion?
Bull markets expire. Bear markets expire. That’s why they call it a market cycle. This cyclicality is inevitable and unavoidable. When a bull market is nearing its end, we often have a difficult time seeing (let alone believing) it. Likewise, when a bear market...
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