It’s not about currency or geopolitics — The U.S dollar is wreaking havoc globally, and it’s only just starting to pick up momentum. You’d have thought by now that other nations would have bailed from its hegemony. But in reality, there’s no way out. Right now, the consensus belief is that global liquidity has been deteriorating rapidly…

In the depths of a seemingly unending energy crisis in Europe, predicting the endgame has become near impossible. But the so-called European Paradox might hold the answer — After a series of botched negotiations at the end of a cold winter in 2009, Russia, through its majority state-owned energy firm Gazprom, cut off major gas supplies to Ukraine. Stemming flows completely, after Ukrainian gas company Naftogaz failed to pay numerous debts on previous supplies, Putin detached the whole…

The longer America remains a lone superpower, the greater the Federal Reserve’s reach over global finance — After a pandemic and multiple financial crises, we’ve finally entered a lengthy period of rising interest rates. But while most are aware of the ominous outcomes this could create, those who understand how the Fed actually controls interest rates will gain an edge in predicting the future. Because of recent…

Don’t rely on a Federal Reserve rescue — For the past few months, we’ve been told that the monetary system has experienced considerable financial tightening. But now, with risk assets rebounding, the dollar wrecking ball taking a breather, and volatility subsiding, markets apparently disagree, believing that a Federal Reserve Pivot™ is looming. In reality, we could be miles…

Tether has survived the latest market turmoil, but that hasn’t stopped the stablecoin giant fibbing about its past — If you’re running a dubious financial scheme, the worse move you can make is to mock those who’ve asked seemingly routine questions about your operation. Taunting critics and detractors is a surefire signal to the hardened financial detectives, fraud hounds, and short-sellers of the world that you’re engaging in a…

Peter Thiel’s latest Bitcoin speech exposes his and his fellow elite’s hypocrisy — Celebrating the rise of the latest form of private money not to be swiftly quelled by nation-state powers, Bitcoin’s global community descended on Miami last week for a “pumptastic” convention. After posing in front of a futuristic version of Wall Street’s Charging Bull, the crypto giant’s most loyal fans, promoters…

Out of nowhere, nations are becoming prominent advocates of their own subversion — This Monday was an “interesting” start to the week for crypto. Mike Tyson promoted his latest NFT (non-fungible token) collection in partnership with Binance, the world’s largest casino posing as a platform that enables “financial freedom” — whatever that means. Meanwhile, the U.K Treasury asked the Royal Mint to construct…

This generation’s large-scale swindle is “the future of finance” — It was April Fools last Friday. But nevertheless, on Crypto Twitter, it became almost impossible to tell what was a joke and what was real. For the so-called “future of finance”, it was business as usual. Crypto remains a bizarre nexus of Ponzi scams posing as an intricate arcade game…

It’s time to stop beating around the bush — I could write about the rampant corruption within the legacy bankster class, though it’s crucial to instead try to expose crypto, the suggested resolution to shenanigans in legacy finance, as an even bigger cesspool of fraud, corruption, and criminality. I admit that I don’t have a clear solution to fixing…