TIDBIT: NYSE TO LIST BITCOIN ETFS; CHINA DOUBLES DOWN ON BLOCKCHAIN; ...
February 1, 2018Apropos of today's main blog, this article was spotted by Mr. S.S., who passed it along:
NYSE files to list bitcoin ETFs, bringing cryptocurrency a step closer to mainstream
And Mr. J.S. shared this:
China's Banking Regulator Pushes Blockchain Adoption for Credit Market
This article you may find interesting and helpful:
Episode 328 – The Bitcoin Psyop
And Mr. N. found this one, and predictably, the EU is calling for global regulations:
I am curious whether – when cryptocurrency ‘regulation’ comes-up in the US Congress – any would-be regulator will be pilloried and hounded out of their position, like happened to the derivatives would-be regulator Brooksley Born:
“Under heavy pressure from the financial lobby, legislation prohibiting regulation of derivatives by Born’s agency was passed by the Congress. Born resigned on June 1, 1999.” ~Wikipedia
And here we go:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cftc-bitcoin/u-s-derivatives-regulator-to-review-bitcoin-futures-risks-idUSKBN1ET20R
My fear this, in the end, will be a twenty-first-century version of the twentieth-century credit-debit card scam.