Posts by Jeff Berwick

[featured-img] [cresta-social-share] [vifblike] Bitcoin smashed through $1,400 for the first time on Monday. And, two days later, it has now smashed through $1,500. So far today it has hit a high of $1,516.04 on Bitstamp and $1542.63 on Coinbase. That’s a gain of $1.6 billion in just two days! To celebrate bitcoin breaking the $1,500…

[featured-img] [cresta-social-share] [vifblike] It was just a few days ago that we trumpeted that bitcoin had hit a new all-time high above $1,330 and it has since blasted through $1400. And, it hasn’t stopped there… at all. Bitcoin has continued to smash through new highs nearly hourly since. And today it hit a high of…

[featured-img] [cresta-social-share] [vifblike] Pope Francis came out last week with a scathing assault on libertarians. “I cannot fail to speak of the grave risks associated with the invasion of the positions of libertarian individualism at high strata of culture and in school and university education,” the Pope said in an message sent to members of…

[featured-img] [cresta-social-share] [vifblike] If someone told you that they are a vegan and a meat eater, what would you think? Aside from looking for hidden cameras or waiting for a punchline, if it turned out the person was quite serious, most people would dismiss them as being a complete idiot. Well, Donald Trump just said…

[featured-img] [cresta-social-share] [vifblike] Having followed bitcoin since it was $3 in 2011 we have had many, many “all time high” celebrations. Breaking $10 was a small celebration. Breaking $100 had us cheering and buying a round of drinks at the bar. And, when it broke $1,000, TDV subscribers were heard around the world buying sports…