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View More NewsFrom Martins v. Romero, decided today by Judge Kay Behm (E.D. Mich.) (for more on the Complaint, see this post): According to the Complaint, Fr. Martins is a well-known priest of the Catholic Church and has built a large social media following due to his work as an exorcist. The Exorcist Files is a podcast co-created and co-hosted by Ryan Bethea and Fr. Martins. As co-host of The Exorcist Files, Fr. Martins recounts many years’ worth of real-life stories where Fr. Martins has helped “set people free all over the world.” Due to the popularity of the podcast, Fr. Martins…
Bitcoin and the broader digital asset market got a taste of “not-QE” this week — and liked it.The price of Bitcoin (BTC) jumped more than 23% toward $79,000 and Ether’s price crossed $2,400 after the US Treasury moved to double certain long-dated bond buybacks, adding fuel to an increasingly important question for digital asset markets. If Washington keeps finding new ways to support liquidity without technically embarking on quantitative easing, could Bitcoin and other risk assets become some of the biggest beneficiaries?That question is already shaping business decisions across crypto. Standard Chartered sees Bitcoin heading toward $100,000, Metaplanet is taking…
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A very interesting article by my Hoover Institution Andy Hall (who is also at the Stanford Graduate School of Business); here’s the Introduction, though…
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