Digital Currency Revolution Series: Bitcoin ETNs Likely To Be Listed On Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Oct 31, 2019 06:27 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views

As we have seen series of regulatory obstacles to introduce Bitcoin ETFs due to which the massive price plunge was seen in the year 2018 (BTCUSD has tumbled from all-time highs of $19k areas to the current $9k mark), the...

What a boycott that never happened can reveal about blame, consumer psychology and the free-market system

Oct 31, 2019 06:14 am UTC| Insights & Views Business

Imagine that a passenger is asked to leave an overbooked flight. When the passenger refuses, saying he is needed for important work, he is physically assaulted and dragged off the flight. Imagine that the American...

Central Banking Series

Why the Fed has no choice but to keep cutting interest rates?

Oct 31, 2019 06:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks Economy

The U.S. Federal Reserve is stuck between an apparently booming economy and a financial crisis that might be right around the corner. Thats why its decision to cut interest rates by another quarter point on Oct. 30 its...

Speaking loudly but carrying a small stick: is the EU powerless against Erdogan?

Oct 31, 2019 06:10 am UTC| Insights & Views

The European Unions stance on Turkeys military incursion in Northern Syria is one of the rare instances in which the EU spoke loudly and with a single voice. While the EU publicly condemned Turkeys operations in northern...

Global Geopolitics Series

Could Congress reverse Trump's decision to pull troops out of Syria?

Oct 31, 2019 06:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

The political and humanitarian outcry condemning President Donald Trumps decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria came soon after he made the announcement. Trumps actions paved the way for Turkish troops to attack...

The impeachment resolution: Politics, the Constitution and everything in between

Oct 31, 2019 06:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

For something with such important consequences, the Constitution is surprisingly vague when it comes to impeachment. Most of the language in the Constitution lays out what happens once Congress decides to impeach. But...

Suburban change is transforming city life around the world

Oct 31, 2019 06:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

We are living on a suburban planet. While the majority of humans around the world now call some form of urban habitat their home, most of us live, work and play in environments that would not usually be recognized as the...