New Zealand I had no idea who New Zealand’s Reserve Bank Governor was until this week. In a discussion with a parliamentary committee he had this to say about the actions of the Central Bank: “We actually fund ourselves and work out what dividend to pay. It’s a great business to be in Central Banking,

Sideshow Enter the AFR Economics editor. The article makes the case that the legitimisation of bitcoin through the ETFs essentially blesses the use of digital assets. This will usher in an era of government issued central bank digital currencies which people will naturally prefer to bitcoin. Unbacked cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin are one, but they

Consensus Is it time to jump on the “Bitcoin bandwagon” asked the AFR. Their full article here is not unreasonable; urging caution and small allocations. “Most advisers, and their licensees, will give them a wide berth at least until there’s a solid performance track record, and an ‘investment grade’ asset consultant rating,” Even now, with

ETF In the end; it was an embarrassment. First of all, the SEC Twitter account announced on Wednesday that the ETF had been approved. Some 15 minutes later, the Chairman of the SEC popped up to claim that the account had been hacked and no such thing was true. A further 15 minutes after that