The Winklevoss brothers make an argument that, in the long run, bitcoin is the only good safe haven. The essay looks systematically at the problems of the slate of current store-of-value assets, including the U.S. dollar, oil and gold. The brothers argue why those assets have, or are starting to have, value in their safe haven function, while bitcoin is on the rise. Source link
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“Bitcoin is … the only known commodity in the universe that has a deterministic and fixed supply,” the Winklevoss brothers wrote in a blog post saying the cryptocurrency may one day hit $500,000. Source link
…by Jonas E. Alexis If you remember the Blues Brothers in the 1980s, then you remember the destruction of hundreds of cars all at once in a single film. It’s been 40 years since the first movie came out. And one can say that Canadian actor and screenwriter Dan Aykroyd, American actor John Belushi, and director John Landis were the forerunners of Fast and Furious. But what is not usually remembered is that both the stars in the movie were all on drugs when those movie series were produced. Dan Aykroyd (who played Elwood Blues), admitted: “At the time, cocaine was […]
“I’m in Eastern Ontario. Thousand Islands. Great Lakes. Doing what everyone else is doing in North America—trying to stay inside as much as possible,” Dan Aykroyd said on a phone call in April. Technically, he was outside at that moment. Aykroyd was walking around his family’s farm in Canada, which has the luxury of space and the drawbacks of weak cell service and several unfortunate incidents involving Aykroyd’s mouth and some wayward gnats. This summer marks the 40th anniversary of one of Aykroyd’s most famous and famously chaotic movies, The Blues Brothers. An outgrowth of the blues band Aykroyd and his […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) moved to halt an allegedly fraudulent digital asset investment fund run by two Pennsylvania brothers. The SEC announced Friday it had filed a temporary restraining order and asset freeze against Sean and Shane Hvizdzak and their corporate entities, alleging the brothers stole millions from victims who thought they were investing in high-growth crypto opportunities. Investors had been told they were getting in on a high-growth fund that doubled its money in a single quarter and grew an additional 90% the next, according to the SEC. The Hvizdzaks ran multiple firms, including “Hvizdzak Capital Management” […]
Norwegian Princess Märtha Louise claimed that she has been given a “crash course” in how “white supremacy” works by her black lover who is a self-proclaimed shaman and a healer. In conjunction with the violent Black Lives Matter demonstrations in the US and Europe, sparked by the death of African American George Floyd at the hands of US police, the phenomenon of whites taking a knee has started to kick off. In Norway, this trend received a royal touch as Princess Märtha Louise posted a photograph of herself and her three teenage daughters kneeling on her Instagram account. The 48-year-old princess […]
With live ceremonies canceled across the U.S., former President Barack Obama gives graduating seniors a virtual commencement address during “Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020” on Saturday. Getty Images for EIF & XQ hide caption toggle caption Getty Images for EIF & XQ With live ceremonies canceled across the U.S., former President Barack Obama gives graduating seniors a virtual commencement address during “Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020” on Saturday. Getty Images for EIF & XQ Celebrities, activists, artists and students themselves recognized America’s 3 million-plus high school graduates in a widely broadcast […]