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Still struggling with mentally grasping the crypto markets and blockchain technology? Let this -award winning- investigative documentary guide you through the complex world of cryptocurrencies, the promise of a global decentralized financial network, present / future risks and potential benefits, amidst the current global monetary tightening of the central banking system, before the coming recession .

Closing the year 2022 with some articles I found interesting to read and sharing some personal thoughts and opinion. Have a great 2023! Private pension schemes offered in China and managed by various US funds. Still considered a Communist state? Don't think so. "JPMorgan, UBS and others vie for bigger share of China's pension market" - Read  HERE H εταιρεία Τουρκικών συμφερόντων @LCWaikiki με σημαντική παρουσία και καταστήματα στην Ελλάδα, παρουσίασε κερδοφορία. - Read HERE Stathis' commentary: "The crypto industry is going through a major crisis. Why? When the blockchain manifesto started circulating between crypto and tech enthusiasts, promising the creation of a new global decentralized financial system, to be built on the ruins of the traditional credit system which collapsed in 2008, it quickly evolved to eventually becoming the same system it was despising. All or most of the exchange money supply from small investors was gathered among few companies, ...

Πώς τα crypto «έκαψαν» δυο τρισεκατομμύρια δολάρια σε 12 μήνες - Read HERE Regulating Crypto - Read HERE FTX is the latest cryptocurrency company this year to come under financial pressure as crypto assets have collapsed in value. Other failures include Celsius, a bank-like company that took in crypto deposits in exchange for yield, as well as an Asia-based hedge fund known as Three Arrows Capital - Read HERE Energy "hungry" EU, stocking up oil and gas for coming winter, means depriving energy resources for the developing world. The latter is already facing decreasing purchasing power as the strong dollar crushes their weakening internal national currencies. Because of Russia Ukraine war, EU goes after other international energy suppliers who prefer higher profit margins that the rich world can offer, than serving weak governments or poorer countries like Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Philippines. Climate change and environmental catastrophes add up to the economic hurdles of ...

We are living in complicated and very challenging times (Russia - Ukraine - NATO - USA dispute). The world is going through an enduring health crisis which is heavily touching the very fabric of our societies, affecting our lives, social norms, work conditions and habits, our economies, established industries and supply chains. The virus and its mutations are spreading horizontally in every corner of the world which is more connected than ever. While governments are reacting to Covid-19 with similar policies to tackle with the downsides of their citizens health, it is important to remember that our global economies were standing on a different growth level even before the world was hit with the pandemic. This means that countries that were aiming to improve their citizens welfare, upgrade their economic status, provide government structures to enable investments and private initiatives in order to create new jobs and foster growth, are now shifting priorities until the health cris...