Officially, I am now jeffo.sol. One of the annoyances of crypto has always been wallet addresses that typically look like this: 12jcjT8wtr4JCKKmVSyEUpo3KyVt6UT1Es Those long, alphanumeric strings are a pain in the rumpus because you have to make sure all the letters and numbers are correct. Get a single number or letter wrong and you can send your crypto to the wrong address [Read More] …
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Video Reader Mailbag—Your Questions Answered on Crypto, Stocks, Offshoring, and More
For this week’s video update, we’re doing something a little different. I regularly get questions from readers on a wide variety of topics, from going offshore to investing in crypto to buying long-term care insurance. I know a lot of my readers likely have similar concerns to those raised in these emails, so this week [Read More] …
How to Take Physical Gold With You…No Matter Where You Go in the World
A New, No-Hassle Way to Own Gold on the Blockchain I didn’t know what to do with the roosters. I have several of them. They’re sitting in a velvety purple, Crown Royal pouch in a safe deposit box at a bank in Louisiana. Should I have brought them to Prague? I don’t know. I was hesitant about crossing [Read More] …
The Fed Issues a Clear Warning…But Will Anyone Listen?
You know those pharmaceutical TV commercials that end with unexpected, eye-opening warnings like “May cause brain melting, jungle rot, and halitosis if taken on a day that ends in a Y?” Well, let me introduce you to the Federal Reserve’s latest Financial Stability Report… …in some markets, prices are high compared with expected cash flows. [Read More] …
Weekly Digest: Inflation Forces Big Changes to the Tax Brackets
Plus How I Plan to Make Money By Renting Out a Dragon Welcome to your Sunday digest…my weekly breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and talking about in the Global Intelligence world. First up this week, the IRS just undermined the Federal Reserve’s bogus claims about inflation. This week, the U.S. tax agency announced that income tax thresholds and deduction levels will increase significantly in 2022. For instance, the standard deduction [Read More] …