The U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell gave the much anticipated Jackson Hole speech on August 27th. As strategists expected, Powell addressed inflation and the Fed’s intent to adjust its monetary policy.  Theoretically, the speech should have buoyed the sentiment around Bitcoin and gold. The Fed said it

The narrative that China could gain control of the majority over the Bitcoin network’s hashrate has been around for a while. Although many large-scale mining centers are based in China, it is not as simple as taking over all of the miners in the country. It is extremely complicated,

The International Monetary Fund is a predatory lending institution that issues dollar-denominated debts to developing countries. Recent clientele include Argentina, Ecuador, and Greece, whose economies were leveraged to the brink of collapse. What if the IMF could do that, but with a blockchain? In a recent video, the IMF provides

Obi Nwosu is the CEO and co-founder of Coinfloor, the UK's longest-running Bitcoin exchange. He has over 20 years’ experience building online marketplaces and bringing virtual currencies to tens of millions of people. Obi writes The Road to Bitcoin Hegemony, a weekly recap of some of the most

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the U.S. made several changes to the new draft of Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return. One of the alternations concerns Bitcoin users, as the agency changed the placement of the controversial “virtual currency” tax declaration section. The IRS moved the

The newly released minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee’s July 28 and 29th meeting has sent shockwaves through the global financial markets, not stopping at Bitcoin’s price action. The overall tone of the meeting was grim, with committee members expressing concerns over how the ongoing pandemic may