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The Wall Street Journal surveyed economists on who should be the new Fed Chair, and also on who they whtink will actually get the job.
WSJ Fed-watcher Timiraos compares the should/will gap and tweets the result.
This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.
The Wall Street Journal surveyed economists on who should be the new Fed Chair, and also on who they whtink will actually get the job.
WSJ Fed-watcher Timiraos compares the should/will gap and tweets the result.
This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has launched one of its largest-ever financial crime crackdowns, moving to seize 127,271 bitcoin valued at about US$12 billion from Chinese national Chen Zhi and his Cambodia-based Prince Group, which Washington has designated as a transnational criminal organization.
The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), working with the U.K.’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, said the Prince Group orchestrated industrial-scale “pig-butchering” scams—long-term relationship frauds that trick victims into bogus investments before disappearing with their funds. The network is also accused of human trafficking, forced labour, and sexual exploitation within “scam compounds” in Cambodia.
U.S. authorities say Chen’s organization laundered illicit proceeds through real-estate, banking, and bitcoin-mining ventures, including a Laos-based operation called Warp Data Technology Lao Sole Co., allegedly used to funnel digital assets into wallets controlled by Chen.
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Bitcoin was designed to be censorship-resistant — a digital asset beyond government control because ownership is recorded on a decentralized blockchain and secured by private keys only the holder can access. In theory, this makes it immune to seizure. Yet in practice, authorities can still confiscate coins when they gain control of wallets, custodial accounts, or private keys through investigations, arrests, or cooperation with exchanges. The U.S. Treasury’s move to seize 127,000 BTC highlights that while the network itself can’t be shut down, human custody and off-chain weaknesses remain the system’s most vulnerable points.
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The unprecedented seizure of over US$12 billion in bitcoin underscores intensifying U.S. scrutiny of crypto flows linked to online fraud and human trafficking. The action may heighten compliance pressure on exchanges and financial institutions across Asia handling high-risk crypto transactions.
Its also helpful for funding Trump’s BTC reserve!
This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has launched one of its largest-ever financial crime crackdowns, moving to seize 127,271 bitcoin valued at about US$12 billion from Chinese national Chen Zhi and his Cambodia-based Prince Group, which Washington has designated as a transnational criminal organization.
The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), working with the U.K.’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, said the Prince Group orchestrated industrial-scale “pig-butchering” scams—long-term relationship frauds that trick victims into bogus investments before disappearing with their funds. The network is also accused of human trafficking, forced labour, and sexual exploitation within “scam compounds” in Cambodia.
U.S. authorities say Chen’s organization laundered illicit proceeds through real-estate, banking, and bitcoin-mining ventures, including a Laos-based operation called Warp Data Technology Lao Sole Co., allegedly used to funnel digital assets into wallets controlled by Chen.
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Bitcoin was designed to be censorship-resistant — a digital asset beyond government control because ownership is recorded on a decentralized blockchain and secured by private keys only the holder can access. In theory, this makes it immune to seizure. Yet in practice, authorities can still confiscate coins when they gain control of wallets, custodial accounts, or private keys through investigations, arrests, or cooperation with exchanges. The U.S. Treasury’s move to seize 127,000 BTC highlights that while the network itself can’t be shut down, human custody and off-chain weaknesses remain the system’s most vulnerable points.
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The unprecedented seizure of over US$12 billion in bitcoin underscores intensifying U.S. scrutiny of crypto flows linked to online fraud and human trafficking. The action may heighten compliance pressure on exchanges and financial institutions across Asia handling high-risk crypto transactions.
Its also helpful for funding Trump’s BTC reserve!
This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.
RBNZ Chief Economist Paul Conway says will close the gap between Dec, Feb meetings
Whoops my bad, the final meeting of 2025 is on November 26. The first meeting of 2026 is on February 18. What a joke.
Conway says the gap will be filled in the 2026/27 year roll over. November – February is summer in New Zealand, so it would appear RBNZ officials have already booked their 3 month holidays for this year.
This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.
RBNZ Chief Economist Paul Conway says will close the gap between Dec, Feb meetings
Whoops my bad, the final meeting of 2025 is on November 26. The first meeting of 2026 is on February 18. What a joke.
Conway says the gap will be filled in the 2026/27 year roll over. November – February is summer in New Zealand, so it would appear RBNZ officials have already booked their 3 month holidays for this year.
This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.
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