Decentralised-Liquidity Exchange -- 'D-L-Ex'

[BitcoinNational]

"America’s allies must strive to preserve multilateral institutions"  LOLs

THE economist is in panic mode

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21716026-donald-trump-rages-against-world-he-inherited-president-americas-allies-are-worriedand

[IMZ]

"America’s allies must strive to preserve multilateral institutions"  LOLs

THE economist is in panic mode

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21716026-donald-trump-rages-against-world-he-inherited-president-americas-allies-are-worriedand

Woo hoo! B.N. gonna stick with the project (and y'all welcome to trade Uno or any other currency).

https://sgtreport.com/2017/02/arizona-committee-passes-bill-to-support-sound-money/

[IMZ]

The Lounge Room is open! IndiaMikeZulu has been running a P2P exchange of one sort or another for three years.

https://blockchain.info/charts/mempool-count?timespan=1year -- Bitcoin unconfirmeds here.



And: ' . . . the current system, where the UK’s total liabilities are published more than a year after each fiscal year, “hinders transparency and reduces scrutiny”. '

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/02/04/governments-cloak-dagger-tactics-masks-alarming-rise-debt/

So, 'hindering transparency and reducing scrutiny' -- is that what my mate Tin-Foil-Hat Terry would call 'lies and bullshit'?

[IMZ]

'The possibility of Grexit, or euro exit, has re-emerged and bond yields have soared. The yield on two-year Greek government bonds has risen from 6% to 10% in less than two weeks as spooked investors have dumped their holdings.'

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/03/grexit-greece-debt-crisis-eu-germany-us


'Angela Merkel opponents record biggest rise in popularity in polling company's history'

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/angela-merkel-germany-election-poll-results-spd-rise-conservatives-four-year-low-a7563671.html

[IMZ]

The Lounge Room is open!

https://blockchain.info/charts/mempool-count?timespan=1year -- Bitcoin unconfirmeds here.


'The European Central Bank is bracing for a painful ‘taper tantrum’ as it reins in emergency stimulus and slows the pace of bond purchases next month, all too aware that market liquidity could dry up suddenly.

Mario Draghi, the ECB’s president, said investors have come to rely on easy money from Frankfurt and nobody knows what will happen when the spigot is turned off.'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/02/06/ecbs-mario-draghi-warns-liquidity-shock-tapering-nears/

[IMZ]

OMG . . . you'll have to click:

http://imgur.com/a/W98TI

http://imgur.com/a/mfsM1

http://imgur.com/a/S8gQa

http://imgur.com/a/PJM3L

[BitcoinNational]

I think they ate 'da puddy cat'!  No small chickens

[IMZ]

Welcome to The Lounge Room

https://blockchain.info/charts/mempool-count?timespan=1year -- Bitcoin unconfirmeds here.

Morning, B.N.! I'm doing my morning reading now. French, German, and Italian bonds all up in price. And:

'Greece’s debts are on an “explosive” path despite years of attempted austerity and economic reforms . . . '

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/02/07/eu-faces-crisis-imf-warns-greek-debts-explosive-path/


And 'Greece [is] on track for a “pretty good recovery at the moment."? (ibid.) Twaddle!

[BitcoinNational]

"austerity and economic reforms" ... code for ... taxes but no services, unless you hold bonds, bond holders always get paid ... until the Nationalist storm the gates.

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https://blockchain.info/charts/mempool-count?timespan=1year  ... maybe THE datapoint of the year, BTC is full, the spill over to alt chains is certain ... denying this fact ... will only cause more chaos when x% of BTC capital shifts over

[IMZ]

"austerity and economic reforms" ... code for ... taxes but no services, unless you hold bonds, bond holders always get paid ... until the Nationalist storm the gates.

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https://blockchain.info/charts/mempool-count?timespan=1year  ... maybe THE datapoint of the year, BTC is full, the spill over to alt chains is certain ... denying this fact ... will only cause more chaos when x% of BTC capital shifts over

' . . . the spill over to alt chains is certain . . . ' Yup. Check the chart above, readers: two ATH spikes in the last week.

[IMZ]

'Greece is running out of cash, but it needs to make repayments to creditors including the European Central Bank. Major bills are coming due in July.
If Greece cannot make the payments, it will default on its debt and spiral out of the eurozone.
Meanwhile, its latest bailout -- the third since 2010 -- is effectively frozen.'

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/08/news/economy/greece-imf-bailout-eurozone/index.html

Sigh: yeh, we're sick of hearing about this; but something gotta give sooner or later.

[IMZ]

Dawn here: https://btcmanager.com/chinese-exchanges-suspend-withdrawals-due-to-regulation/

EDIT: Wheeeeee! (Mark, stop it!):

'The latest chapter in Italy’s banking crisis is being played out as UniCredit sells shares to raise 13 billion euros.

The country’s largest lender is having to rebuild its capital reserves as it expects to suffer a loss of 11.8 billion euros for 2016.

The money has disappeared in a welter of loans which Unicredit now accepts will never be repaid.

The new shares are being sold at a big discount.

On Monday, the first day of Italy’s biggest corporate cash call, UniCredit’s shares plunged 6.9 percent and subscription rights fell 18.9 percent as selling by investors who do not plan to buy into the share offer was amplified by a market slump for Italian bonds and banking stocks.'

http://www.euronews.com/2017/02/07/italy-s-unicredit-selling-13-billion-euros-of-new-shares


'The EU establishment is watching with horror as the Front National's Marine Le Pen creeps into real contention'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/02/08/madame-frexit-looms-large-french-political-centre-disintegrates/


Maybe the establishment could make themselves feel better by buying some UniCredit shares?

[IMZ]

Can't recommend this article highly enough:

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-will-be-dominated-by-western-nations-china-will-be-vassal-nation-again

[IMZ]

Wheeeeeeeeee!!

'Le Pen has pledged to ditch euro, change debt denomination

 . . . . Polls suggest the leader of the far-right National Front will eventually lose to a mainstream candidate, tipped to be conservative Francois Fillon, and also indicate that despite strong misgivings about the EU and the euro zone, most French voters want to remain members of both.

But after the Brexit vote and Donald Trump's U.S. victory, few people are taking anything for granted.'

http://www.reuters.com/article/france-debt-idUSL5N1EV182

[FallingKnife]

Can't recommend this article highly enough:

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-will-be-dominated-by-western-nations-china-will-be-vassal-nation-again

That move by PRC is going to cost the Chinese exchanges bigly.

I moved btc to cash at 1029, but missed the bottom. I was certain we were headed for the 700's.  Oh well, easy come, easy go.  This bet still has $30 to play with.

[FallingKnife]

If where you shop is now a political act,  the currency you choose to spend will become a hyper political act.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/business/nordstrom-trump.html

[IMZ]

Welcome to The Lounge Room

https://blockchain.info/charts/mempool-count?timespan=1year -- Bitcoin unconfirmeds here.

[IMZ]

The Lounge Room is open.

https://blockchain.info/charts/mempool-count?timespan=1year -- Bitcoin unconfirmeds here.

We're discussing the likelihood of the W-vi ETF being approved. Sure happy to hear opinions. (We think, 'Naah.')

http://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2017/02/10/after-bitcoin-dropped-10-how-likely-is-an-etf-now/&refURL=https://www.facebook.com/&referrer=https://www.facebook.com/#1ea84fbc1a4b

[IMZ]

Welcome to The (Anti-Fake-News) Lounge Room

https://blockchain.info/charts/mempool-count?timespan=1year -- Bitcoin unconfirmeds here.


'Some media . . . tried to manipulate. They cannot manipulate! That is our business . . . '

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-02-13/maduro-kicks-cnn-out-venezuela-accuses-it-spreading-fake-news

I'm sure it wasn't supposed to come out like that.

[IMZ]

https://cointelegraph.com/news/new-narrative-for-bitcoin-price-moves-europe

Yup.