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I chose to have my paypal account in dollars instead of GBP but oh well i'm guessing both USD and GBP are in the same boat.  Maybe I need to get Chinese Yuan though their money is quite hard to get too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap0-gn8vCmw

I watch him on RT [Russia Today] and he is very smart about economic matters, especially the US economy.



Max Keiser Makes Price Of Bitcoin Surge After Mentioning It On UK Primetime TV, But Who Is He?

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By Christopher Harress
on November 06 2013 12:36 PM

“Can you explain to us in an entirely understandable way what Bitcoin is?” was the question that introduced many Britons to Russia Today financial commentator Max Keiser as he presented his plainspoken approach to money on the BBC satirical news show "Have I Got News For You."
Who Is Max Keiser?

His answer was simple. “It’s an electronic currency that’s used exactly like money except it’s not backed by any state, so you have no state interference and they can’t print it,” he said during the Nov. 1 primetime broadcast, which was watched by 7 million people.

Almost immediately after the audience heard Keiser's explanation of something that few understand, the value of bitcoin shot up by about $30 (from about $210/unit) over the following three days.

“In Cyprus, when the banking system started to collapse, the adoption of Bitcoin skyrocketed. Same thing in Greece. Same thing in Venezuela,” said Keiser, whose full name is Timothy Maxwell Keiser.

The energetic and controversial presenter has built a reputation on saying the things that others appeared too scared to say and has been a constant thorn in the side of many in the banking world, including JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), which he alleges sold silver that did not physically exist to artificially hike the price. The reality is if someone came to collect that silver, JPMorgan would be forced onto the open market to buy it, he has said. While his trash-talking may come across as a mere ratings ploy -- for example, he called for a fatwa on then-U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson at the height of the global financial crisis -- Keiser has been cited in nearly every top business publication to date giving his view on a wide variety of financial issues.

Keiser, 53, grew up in Westchester, N.Y., and attended New York University, where he studied theater. He took a part-time job at Paine Webber as a stock broker in the 1980s before going on to create the HSX Holdings/Hollywood Stock Exchange, allowing traders to exchange virtual securities with convertible virtual current, known as the “Hollywood Dollar.” The exchange was later bought by renowned financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald.

Keiser then went into a broadcasting career producing short financial documentaries for Al-Jazeera before moving to BBC World News to do "The Oracle with Max Keiser," where he covered current affairs with a humorous spin.

While he continues to present "The Truth About Markets" on Resonance 104.04 in London and RDU 98.5 in Christchurch, New Zealand, he and his wife, Stacy Herbert, also work on "The Keiser Report" on the Kremlin-funded RT television network. The show takes complex financial issues and presents them as easy-to-understand chunks with an edge and a lot of shouting.

Such is the popularity of the show, he’s been able to invite names such as actress Roseanne Barr, political figures like George Galloway and a host of comedians to discuss politics and finance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApJQayATWlM

heres a short clip of the episode. although i do not think this one episode caused the surge..

checking historic charts snce april there has been a pattern of a huge growth, leading to a drop at the start of the month (first week of EVERY month) then followed by 3 weeks of slower upward movement.

so this week is just part of that same pattern

Let's make that more objective: it was decided by the producers of a UK Primetime TV show that Max Keiser promoting Bitcoin was edited in, not edited out. It was a panel comedy show about newspaper stories, and it was not a live broadcast. I looked at all this on Youtube, there are at least 10 minutes of out-take footage that was not included in the airtime edit of the show (probably pretty typical for this type of show).

Someone at the BBC likes Bitcoin, I think. It wouldn't have gone out like that otherwise, it's inherently a political topic.

Big fan of Max Keiser too ever since I discovered Russia Today.

I'm also a big fan of Have I got News for You. Didn't realise he'd been on, will have to catch that episode.

Been to a few filming of HIGNFY and yes they film a lot, and keep what they best judge to be funny and is required for continuity. They have a team watching for the final edit and sometimes re-shoot a few bits at the end (normal the guest hosts bits) too to improve on the original takes and improve continuity.

Who says the camera never lies.

I watched that episode and I have to say, I didn't get the impression he was entirely clear on how it worked either.

He also unfortunately came off slightly loony. He would go off on rants about the financial system and it lost him credibility.

It was also clear that the panel will barely remember anything about Bitcoin.

He left no lasting impression.

Max is and definitely has been a huge supporter of bitcoin for quite some time.

you should google up "max keiser pump and dump." he kind of comes across to me as an asshole too. imo, just because he supports bitcoin does not make him a good guy. and just because he has his own underground program doesn't make him the good guy either.

Watched a recent analysis he did about bitcoins. Awesome really!  :D

I like him and whats he's doing but like you I don't care for the ranting, seems cheap.

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lets go

king max show  8)

http://youtu.be/79suBRCg4Sk

http://youtu.be/79suBRCg4Sk (http://youtu.be/79suBRCg4Sk)

http://youtu.be/79suBRCg4Sk

Im in the UK and watch HIGNFY most weeks, I was surprised (gobsmacked) when the panel was introduced and Max was on, Ive watched RT and seen vids of him on youtube and although he is knowledgable, he always has to spoil it by going on a global financial apocolypse rant! and then comes across as a loony, this doesnt help spread the bitcoin word, I also got the impression he didnt know much about bitcoin other than what he'd been told.

still it was good to hear bitcoin mentioned on the BBC at primetime on a friday night, cant hurt.  ;D

You realize he is right about the US economy collapsing soon right?

Being the king's jester seems to be his trademark. Without the humour his messages would get buried under the noise emitted by the mainstream media who try to mask their incompetence by projecting a serious image. It also offers a layer of protection because he can always say: "but Your Honour/Dear Mafiosos, the show is satirical. It wasn't meant to be taken seriously!"

Dont get me wrong, i like Max and he's very knowledgeable, I just meant when on the BBC at primetime you need to guage your comments wisely to get your bitcoin points across.

Im sure he's right about the US, not a question of if, but when.