Desperation is exactly it. The banks, small or large, make nothing on crypto transactions. And they want a piece of the action. Or they'll scorch and burn it if they can.

It's the government that applies the pressure in many cases. Consider the online poker boom of the early 2000's. All was going well... Deposits and withdrawals were a piece of cake. It was our elected

It's only a matter of time before a virus mutates and hits humanity. The Spanish Flu of 1918 is a prime example. With massive transportation hubs it could spread much faster and be even deadlier than the

@taskmaster4450 thank you for your comment. You are so right on with this. It's quite scary to consider the reality of your words (which is probably why 99% of the general population refuses to take their

Thank you @gsargeant12 for your comment. We certainly did not want to go the "conspiracy" route here, but there is so much conflicting information being released at this point that we and our

@dianadee indeed it is. At this point, we're just trying to make some actual sense of it, but there is so much information coming in (accurate and not) that it is hard to understand what happened, the

I am not sure if I would be as successful at MK head-to-head money games as I was back in my high school days unless I am standing at the arcade version! It's just not the same as console or PC gameplay!

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Great post here Neil. When you mentioned Mortal Kombat it took me back to my highs school days of playing MK1 money games at the local gas station before classes started! Of course, back then we were betting

I share your sentiment here Neil. It's sad to see a government respond to the will of the people with such force. As carlosdaniel noted in the comment above, Catalonia is a productive region and the

It was indeed. Apparently there is a local cover-up going on. But this story has since gone nationwide, so I expect that the Oakland Raiders and the NFL will make a statement in short order on the claims.

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Agreed, but I am not so sure the best and brightest at the world's central banks realize the fiat paper money system is flawed. I mean, you'd think they'd have figured it out by now, but maybe they actually