On-going Canadian Crypto Exchange scandal — #1 Canadian exchange QuadrigaCX shuts down amid sole director’s sudden “death” in India, losing $150-250m in funds — lots of twists and turns, things aren’t adding up.

by RDS QuadrigaCX was the #1 canadian crypto exchange, had over 100,000 active accounts and has lost approx $150-$250M dollars of creditor’s funds (~$70M fiat and $150M crypto). For more information, see here: https://www.coindesk.com/quadriga-creditor-protection-filing CBC coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RO9-DcCP0c&feature=youtu.be (thousands of clients is …

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Are Energy Hedge Funds Going Extinct?

By Tsvetana Paraskova Last year’s heightened volatility in energy markets—typically a welcome background for fund managers to make profitable trades—proved to be less than stellar news for energy-focused funds. Energy-exposed funds have been suffering since 2016—first because of subdued volatility, …

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Dallas Fed just realized they might be going into recession?

by StockCassandra   2 days ago, services went to hell. https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/business/dallas-fed-texas-service-sector-activity-decelerates-retail-sales-growth/article_bb543482-0fcb-11e9-98fd-074a0502514b.html Texas service sector activity grew at a slower pace in December, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey. The revenue index, a key measure of …

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“Shooting going on at the border close to the bridge to Pharr, TX” Are parts of the border with Mexico as dangerous as this video claims? If so, why hasn’t this made the news cycle?

by Tha_Dude_Abidez Crazy video that claims to be audio footage of a gunfight going on across the border with Mexico. https://youtu.be/k6nS-6cRan4   Anthony was live — shooting on the bridge to Pharr, TX , lasted over half hour yesterday… #SecureTheBorder …

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Be careful going into 2019

by Troy With the start of a new year, some of these market studies are going to look at the stock market in 2018 and see what that implies for 2019. Go here to understand our fundamentals-driven long term outlook. Let’s …

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Social credit’ system is going live 2020

by Buck Rogers    China has started ranking citizens with a creepy ‘social credit’ system — here’s what you can do wrong, and the embarrassing, demeaning ways they can punish you https://www.businessinsider.com/china-social-credit-system-punishments-and-rewards-explained-2018-4 China plans to rank all its citizens based on …

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