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Aye, but not necessarily at same time. The powers that be seem to want to crush silver more often than gold.

I do over at a couple of other sites (Viralliberty.com) and Rogue Money. But since I am a paid contributor there, it wouldn't be prudent to transpose them over here at Steemit.

It depends. Most crypto owners are NOT the anarch-capitalists who have an ideological belief Bitcoin etal.. will replace sovereign currencies. No, most owners are simply investors in China, Japan, and

I personally think de-centralized gold backed cryptocurrencies will win out over simple virtual ones in the long run. And it will force economies back onto a gold standard despite what sovereign governments

Just published this today Gregory... over in Japan Bitcoin mania is now causing stock prices to soar for any business or company that has a cryptocurrency presence -

In my opinion no, because it will mean every transaction will be monitored, and everyone will be forced to have an account controlled by some form of bank.

Danke! :D

I agree. When you look at the Fed's newest report (over on Zerohedge) that 25% of Americans cant pay their bills, and 50% couldn't afford a $400 emergency, then who is buying Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

I have always been a big proponent and fan of Bitcoin as money, but once it starts getting financialized (Winklevoss Twins ETF attempt), and over-populated in one region of the world (Asia), then at that

Thanks! I do a Econ update show over on Youtube 3 days a week, and am starting to post them here on Steemit. Hopefully once more platforms come onto this great model I start doing them here when they get

If you look at Dubai's Onegram, and the CME's new collaboration with the UK Royal Mint to backstop a gold cryptocurrency, it would not behoove any new business to use paper gold backing because there are

Supposedly real metal. Will be purchased with proceeds from the ICO next Friday.

Danke! :D

I think last Thursday was the bottoming, so looking for moves towards $1300 and $18 near end of month.

Perhaps because it might not have been about money... if they used a CIA/NSA hacking tool to do it, it could easily have been a form of rebellion against the state. Also, Hackers are an egotistical and

TY! :D

Danke! :D