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always chasing cars actually caught one. Well the "dog" (ProShares) just caught its coveted Bitcoin ETF, sort of. It's a Bitcoin FUTURES ETF. Big difference. But, at least at long last, the SEC finally approved a Bitcoin "flavored" Exchange Traded Fund, well then, yippee!

Gold retires. Yes, it's true. After 5,000 years of impeccable service to global monetary development and stability, Gold announced its retirement. The world is grateful.

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Just when you think there could not possibly be anything left to politicize along comes a new entrant. Crypto. How might potential voters view legalizing crypto for payments? Would Republicans or Democrats be more inclined to accept crypto as legal tender? Where do they live? Red state? Blue sate? How would they vote? If you are contemplating running for political office you need (?) to know, right? Well let's dig in.

s I write this on October 4th, and we're all watching the complete blackout of all Facebook-related sites, many people may not realize that the firm is a huge player in the payments space, and that is currently offline as well.

Better late than never. Looks like that's the thinking over at JPMorgan. For the very first time in its 222 year history, the banking giant has decided to open its first international expansion. So with a big jump "across the pond," JPM is set to launch its new digital bank...... Chase..... in the UK next week. The official announcement is expected next Tuesday (28th).

Did you know (I sure didn't) that there are 195 countries in the world? Did you know (I did) that only one so far has made Bitcoin legal tender? That country is El Salvador down in Central America. And sure, as dominoes fall there will be many more following El Salvador's lead.

Global central banks will continue to acquire and hold gold in their treasuries, but why? If you are not going to back fiat currencies with gold, all you have is a pile of shiny rocks sitting in a vault. I'm pretty positive that, even as a store of value, it would at least be expected to provide an increasing rate of return.

Thinking adjustment. A recent poll consisting primarily of banking executives discovered that most feel that bitcoin and digital assets could replace fiat currencies like the U.S. dollar within the next 5 to 10 years. Hard to believe since most financial professionals were bitcoin skeptics only a few years ago. But hey, guess you can teach old banker types new tricks.

Bitcoin ETF just rushed over to door number two. Yells of "let me in" are getting very loud. So what's behind door number two? Bitcoin futures. Recently the SEC dropped hints they MAY be receptive to ETFs that will trade in bitcoin futures rather than the cryptocurrency itself. Thus the stampede and excitement got all the management firm's juices flowing.