Author: Anthony M. Orbison

What We’re Reading: Bitcoin: A Global Liquidity Barometer I have been intrigued by the significant increase in global liquidity during 2024, driven by extensive money printing and debt expansion, and how it impacts Bitcoin’s price. Bitcoin is an expression against the government’s monetary expansionist policies, so its price follows global liquidity, as seen here on this chart.It was fascinating to read the recent report by Lyn Alden and Sam Callahan analyzing Bitcoin’s correlation to global liquidity. This further reconfirmed my view that more monetary expansion drives more people to Bitcoin, increasing prices. Their rigorous analysis found that over 12-month periods, Bitcoin’s price moves…

Investing.com — NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) shares added 1% after hours Wednesday after CEO Jensen Huang said demand for its Blackwell product is “insane.””Blackwell is in full production, Blackwell is as planned, and demand for Blackwell is insane,” Huang said on CNBC’s Closing Bell Overtime Wednesday afternoon. “Everyone wants the most, and everyone wants to be first.”Huang was on CNBC with Accenture’s (NYSE:ACN) CEO Julie Sweet to discuss their expanded partnership. This includes Accenture’s formation of a new NVIDIA Business Group to help the world’s enterprises rapidly scale their AI adoption.“We are breaking significant new ground with our partnership with NVIDIA…

(Reuters) -Toyota Motor would postpone the production of electric vehicles at its Kentucky plant in the United States to the first half of 2026, citing design adjustments and slowing sales, the business daily reported on Thursday. ” Toyota (NYSE:) recently told suppliers that the start date will now be delayed by several months,” Nikkei Asia reported. Sources had earlier told Reuters that supply disruptionsand governance issues had prompted the Japanese manufacturing giant to delay the start of the production of EVs in the U.S. by six months to around June 2026. The automaker would also scrap its plans to manufacture…

WHERE WE’RE SHOPPING: SLNTIf you’re like me (and you’ve been stacking Bitcoin relentlessly), you’ve probably looked for ways to improve your privacy.  I’ll admit, it’s a bit of a battle for me. As someone who had a public presence from writing their first article in Bitcoin back in 2013, I don’t have much of a choice – a lot of my personal information is out there, probably forever.That said, little improvements go a long way (or so they say). At least, they make me feel better about the fact that I’m guarding basically all my wealth with no one to hold accountable…

Unlock the US Election Countdown newsletter for freeThe stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White HouseDonald Trump engaged in a “private criminal effort” to overthrow the 2020 general election, the prosecutor appointed to lead federal cases against the former president has alleged, in a bid to advance one of the most serious cases against the Republican presidential candidate.Trump and his allies “pursued multiple criminal means to disrupt” the 2020 vote, Jack Smith, the special counsel overseeing the US Department of Justice’s cases against Trump, said in the 165-page court document unsealed on Wednesday. The…

Business travel can be costly and account for a significant portion of small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) annual expenses.  Yet a survey conducted by Corporate Traveler found business travel managers aren’t as focused on the bottom line as you might expect. When Corporate Traveler — part of leading business travel trade organization Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) — asked 300 SME travel managers from across the U.S. to name their top priorities when it comes to booking travel for employees, only a small percentage reported cost savings as their top concern. Don’t miss the move: Subscribe to TheStreet’s free daily newsletterSurprisingly, more…

Rene Pickhardt recently kicked off a thread discussing the differences between two party and multiparty (more than two participants) payment channels as it relates to his research work around payment reliability on the Lightning Network. He voices a growing skepticism of the viability of that direction for development. The high level idea of why channel factories improve the reliability of payments comes down to liquidity allocation. In a network of only two party channels, users have to make zero sum choices on where to allocate their liquidity. This has a systemic effect on the overall success rate of payments across…

Markets fluctuated on Wednesday but improved from their Tuesday close, just barely. Wall Street had dipped following Iran’s missile attack against Israel, and markets have continued to cool off from record highs reached last week. S&P 500 Futures: 5,762.25 ⬆️ up 0.043% S&P 500: 5,709.54 ⬆️ up 0.014% Nasdaq Composite: 17,925.12 ⬆️ up 0.082% Dow Jones Industrial Average: 42,196.52 ⬆️ up 0.094%  STOXX Europe 600: 521.14 ⬆️ up 0.050% Hang Seng Index: 22,443.73 ⬆️ up 6.20% Nikkei 225: 37,808.76 ⬇️ down 2.18% Bitcoin: $60,299.80 ⬇️ down 0.71% US: Markets recover after missile rattlingThe S&P 500 remained largely flat in afternoon trading, closing up…

By Karl Plume ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of western North Carolina residents remained without running water on Wednesday, six days after Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida and carved a destructive path through much of U.S. Southeast, killing more than 160 people. The powerful storm inundated the region with catastrophic flooding, destroying pipes, damaging water plants and cutting off power. As of midday, one-fifth of the 1 million residents in the western half of North Carolina either had no water at all or low system pressure, according to an online state database. Nearly 1.3 million homes and businesses…

The digital asset sector was met with a harrowing reality Tuesday morning, as Bitcoin liquidations have surpassed the $500 million market amid a down crypto market. Indeed, the leading cryptocurrency fell drastically amid ongoing geopolitical tensions arising in the Middle East.The development has certainly been difficult for traders who expected a much different start to October. There had been rumblings that BTC would return to its $70,000 yearly highs with ‘Uptober‘ nearing. Yet, those kinds of levels are certainly in jeopardy amid the current state of the market.Also Read: Stay Ahead: Metaplanet’s ¥1 Billion Bitcoin Purchase ExplainedBTC Liquidations Reach $500…