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Inflationary pressures were sustained in February, with the number of manufacturing firms worldwide reporting higher prices for raw materials nearly 4.5 times higher than normal. Comparisons of benchmark pricing data against Price Pressure Indicators derived from Manufacturing PMI sur...

The upcoming EU crypto regulation is very welcome as it brings much-needed clarification of responsibilities. Yet, as the crypto-universe develops very fast, a number of questions remain unanswered. Financial services regulation serves a number of distinct purposes. For furt...

Cryptocurrencies operate differently than the money that we are used to. A “consensus mechanism” is the process of validating transactions across many nodes of the network. Current cryptocurrency adoption rates outpace early adoption rates of the internet. For ...

Inflation pressures were already elevated heading into 2022, and the Russia/Ukraine war is creating additional concerns. The current macro outlook has darkened. The mixture of higher inflation and lower demand adds to an already precarious policy environment. For further det...

Given the incredibly unfavourable macro outlook set to weigh down crypto assets over the coming quarters, it is difficult to see Bitcoin, Ethereum, or any other crypto assets making a sustained move higher in the immediate future. Sentiment is slowly but surely reaching levels of extr...

I have seen a fair amount of chatter about currency regime shifts. Although such an event may be happening, there is no particular reason to get too excited about it from the perspective of the developed countries. The events of recent years hopefully have made corporations more cogni...

Not only are chips at the literal heart of all our tech devices, but they also power the software and experiences we’ve all become so reliant on. Most importantly, they are the leading-edge indicator of where important technology trends are headed, because chip designs and the ...

Taiwan is the world’s leading manufacturer of one of the most crucial industrial technologies—semiconductors. Taiwan has a particular edge because it could leverage trust in its data to help feed a next generation of machine learning algorithms––a sector wi...

Proponents of Bitcoin have been known to downplay the costs, or even count them as benefits, while opponents have been known to downplay the benefits and even count them as costs. Bitcoin’s demand for electricity contributes to total demand and thereby to determining the price ...

The most recent sanctions are wreaking havoc on global financial markets. The Russian ruble is also plunging, and the Russian economy is being squeezed. Most global equities are also down since the start of the war, and with investors on edge, volatility is spiking. The effects of thi...