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Viva La Bitcoin!
• http://us6.campaign-archive1.com, Darryl W. PerryFor better or worse, Bitcoin has been in the news quite a bit recently.
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WHERE IS OUR MONEY: $473 Million In Bitcoins Vaporized As Mt. Gox Exchange Files Bankruptcy
• shtfplan.comDue to inherent problems within the exchange mechanism used to trade the Bitcoin crypto-currency, the Mt. Gox exchange has closed up shop and filed for bankruptcy.
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Ukraine Imposes Capital Controls, Limits Foreign Currency Withdrawals
• zerohedge.comYesterday we reported that as part of the Ukrainian central bank's plan to bailout the nation's largely insolvent private banks, it would provide any needed funding but only "if they will remain under open control of the National Bank of Ukraine."
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'Pony' botnet steals bitcoins, digital currencies - Trustwave
• http://www.cnbc.com,Cyber criminals have infected hundreds of thousands of computers with a virus called "Pony" to steal bitcoins and other digital currencies, in the most ambitious cyber attack on virtual money uncovered so far, according to security firm Trustwave.
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Billionaire Hugo Salinas Price: "Everything in Our Modern World is a Lie" (January 23, 201
• Daily Paul.comQ: Mr. Salinas, why is it important to go back to sound money (gold and silver)?
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U.S. Mint Considering Ending Pennys and Nickels
• http://www.dailypaul.com, pawnstorm12The mint is considering an end to minting pennies and changing the metal content of nickels.
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Bitcoin Exchange Prices Plummet as Investors Brace for Bankruptcy
• Wired.comA week after Mt. Gox said it would temporarily prevent customers from removing their bitcoins from its online bitcoin exchange, the site has become the cheapest place in the world to buy the digital currency
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Expert Warns of Hyperinflation: “The American Way Of Life Will Be Destroyed”
• shtfplan.comIf there’s one thing that’s certain about what’s happening in the world right now it’s that uncertainty is pervading every aspect of the global economy.
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Bitcoin Update: "Your Money May Be 'Tied Up' In Unconfirmed Transactions"
• zerohedge.comAs the torch of responsibility is rapidly handed off from exchange to exchange to the Bitcoin source code, Gavin Andersen (one of Bitcoin's protocol core developers) explains just what is going on -
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There Is "No Evidence" We Encouraged Forex Manipulation, Bank of England Says
• zerohedge.comIn what has to be the most disappointing denial of central bank manipulation of a market in recent history, and probably never, the Bank of England today announced that it "has seen no evidence to back media allegations that it condoned or was aware
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Bill Gates Says Digital Currencies Could Be Huge
• Business InsiderBill Gates is hosting an AMA on Reddit right now.
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Bitcoin’s Political Problem
• Technologyreview.comIf cryptocurrency is to succeed, its proponents need to acknowledge that it’s hard to divorce money from politics.
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Argentine Banking System Archives Destroyed By Deadly Fire
• http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler DurdenWhile we are sure it is a very sad coincidence, on the day when Argentina decrees limits on the FX positions banks can hold and the Argentine Central Bank's reserves accounting is questioned publically, a massive fire - killing 9 people - has destroy
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36 U.S. Cities in 20 States "Abandon" the Dollar
• .With the U.S. dollar losing 38.5% of its value since 2002, Buffett's concerns are unfortunately justified. 36 cities in 20 states have taken aggressive measures to abandon the U.S. dollar.
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Yen Breaks 102 Focal Point
• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenAs we already noted earlier today in our overnight recap "Alarms Going Off As 102 Dollar-Yen Support Breached", all eyes are glued on the USDJPY 102, which moments ago decisively breached the 102 support level. We said that "if support below the USDJ
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Turkish Lira EXPLODES Higher After Stunning Central Bank Move
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Joe WeisenthalBOOM.
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Russian Bank Halts All Cash Withdrawals
• Daily Paul.comIt would appear the fears of a global bank run are spreading.
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From 'Ripples' To 'RonPaulCoin'; There Are Now 83 Cryptocurrencies In The World
• zerohedge.comWhile Bitcoin (and Litecoin) garner the most attention in the cryptocurrency world, there are now 83 (and counting) virtual currencies to store your wealth in.
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ARGENTINE BOND TRADER: Here's Worst Case Scenario For Argentina Going Forward
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Linette LopezEconomic meltdowns are hardly impossible in Argentina.
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In Gold We Trust (from Wired Magazine January, 2002)
• Wired.ComFor online consumers, especially those making international purchases, e-gold offers an ease of use and a degree of anonymity that credit cards can't match. And for some merchants, of course, the only selling point e-gold needs is that there are peop
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Emerging Market FX: The Straw That Broke The Carry-Trade's Back
• zerohedge.comFX markets featured significant volatility in the past week, though the driver of that volatility was a combination of several idiosyncratic factors, rather than a core underlying narrative.
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Lagarde warns of risks to global economic recovery
• Associated PressThe International Monetary Fund's managing director warned Saturday of the risks posed to global economic recovery from the reduction of the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus and falling prices in the eurozone.
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Contagion Spreads in Emerging Markets as Crises Grow
• BloombergThe worst sell off in emerging-market currencies in five years is beginning to reveal the extent of the fallout from the Federal Reserve’s tapering of monetary stimulus, compounded by political and financial instability.
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US stocks slammed; Dow falls 300-plus points in worst week since 2011
• cnbc.comU.S. stocks fell sharply and Treasuries rallied on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbling triple-digits for a second session and posting its worst week since November 2011, as investors pulled money from emerging markets and other ass
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Your Front Row Seat To Argentina's (Latest) Currency Collapse
• http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler DurdenUPDATE: The Argentine Trade Balance missed surplus expectations by the most in 3 years (and 2nd most on record).
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This Is What A Central Bank Losing Control Looks Like
• Zero HedgeWith chatter that over $3 billion has been thrown into the FX market to buy Turkish Lira, it appears the central bank is losing control quickly and Turkish stocks are tumbling.
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It's A Bloodbath In The Global Currency Markets Today
• businessinsider.comWe are seeing some huge moves in global currency markets this morning.
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What 2014 Holds in Store for Us
• http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Karen Kwiatkowski2013 is over, and I’m in the large group of people who are sort of glad to see it go.
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Texas Health Clinic Accepting Bitcoin
• thelibertybeat.comA North Texas health clinic has begun to accept bitcoin as payment.
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Letter Re: How To Use Your IRA /401k to Fund a Survival Retreat Property
• http://www.survivalblog.com, T.C.Sir, I have a question in regards to the reply article on turning one's IRA or 401(k) into a survival retreat property.
