By Tyler Durden, Authored by ‘NAMCIOS’ via BitcoinMagazine.com, Ukraine’s central bank is prohibiting bitcoin buys with the hryvnia in an attempt to prevent what it calls “unproductive” capital outflows. The Ukrainian central bank has banned bitcoin purchases with the national fiat currency. The bank said the move seeks to prevent “unproductive” capital outflows in a […]

By Tyler Durden, One of the most dominant stories since the COVID pandemic began has been the fiercely competitive housing market. The median sales price of a home in the US climbed above $400,000, as aggressive bidding wars drove home prices higher. The current challenges of the housing market have come from a potent combination of supply- […]

By Tyler Durden, For the second quarter in a row, Netflix stock has cratered after reporting earnings: NFLX plunged 28% – losing $42 billion in value – after the company announced that not only did its paying subs shrink for the first time since 2011 in the first quarter, but the company forecast the loss […]

By Tyler Durden, While most analysts and traders were digging through Goldman’s stronger than expected Q1 earnings report which beat on revenue and EPS, and despite some weakness in investment banking more than redeemed itself with stellar FICC numbers, thanks this time to the Commodity not Credit “C“… … which sent Goldman stock higher, for the third quarter in […]

By Tyler Durden, An odd thing happened this week: for obvious reasons, Russian usage of the Chinese yuan has been booming in recent weeks, with the Nikkei reporting that Russia boosted yuan holdings over dollar just before the invasion (having previously dumped all of its Treasury holdings all the way back in 2018 telegraphing what was coming to anyone […]