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Disrupting the Disruption: Will Bitcoin be Hijacked by Wall Street?

Is the blockchain to the financial industry what Uber is to the taxi industry, Tesla to the car industry, or Apple to the watch industry? Is it disruptive or sustaining?

A Bitcoin Adventure: How to Buy and Sell Crypto-Currencies

User experience needs to improve, but the moving parts of the Bitcoin future are all in place. What’s left to determine is if enough people will use them.

Linkfest: JPMorgan’s big settlement; Lonely shorts; Secular stagnation

Today’s most shared: JPMorgan’s $13b settlement dissected… Shorts see big opportunities after big down years… Secular stagnation, world Japanification, liquidity traps, bubbles, and changes in corporate behavior… Bloomberg News restructuring tilts away from news chief… READ MORE ›

Linkfest: Unemployment figures faked before election? ‘Money Honey’, ‘Turbotax Tim’ find greener pastures

Today’s most shared: Household unemployment survey manipulated for political reasons? … ‘Money Honey,’ ‘Turbotax Tim’ find new jobs… Bitcoin surges on US ‘endorsement’, China buying… Bloomberg’s China syndrome… Giving free stuff to kids who don’t spend builds Internet billions.
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Linkfest: QE confessions; China news upbeat; Financial innovation seen harmful

Today’s most shared: Buyer’s remorse for man who implemented massive QE purchases… China news upbeat as iron market firms, Alibaba sets records, car sales rise… When someone says ‘financial innovation’, hold onto your wallet… President… READ MORE ›

Linkfest: Currency wars; Hard money faction blasts ECB; How bravest bargain-hunters of crisis struck gold

Today’s most shared: Every currency can’t be weak… Wall Street’s chat rooms a hive of villainy? … German hard-money faction displeased with ECB rate cut… When you’re cryin’ you should be buyin’ – the investors… READ MORE ›

Linkfest: ECB’s surprise rate cut; Twitter’s IPO; Wall Street bonuses up, except for bond traders

Today’s most shared: Triumph of the doves: reaction to ECB’s surprise rate cut… Triumph of the nerds: Twitter goes public… Wall Street bonuses predicted to rise, except for sell-side bond traders… NYC Police Commissioner to… READ MORE ›

Linkfest: Loeb’s skeletons; Fama v. Santelli; Fink and Greenspan on bubbles; Apple’s cash

Today’s most shared: Dan Loeb profile… Sears’s decline… SAC’s guilty plea… Hilarity ensues when Fama, who thinks markets are uber-efficient, meets Santelli, who thinks that they are manipulated by Fed… Fink sees bubbles… Greenspan thinks there were… READ MORE ›

Linkfest: Strong economic recovery MIA amid financial market recovery; Flawed punditocracy; JPMorgan too big to manage?

Today’s most shared: So far, strong global economic recovery is the dog that didn’t bark amid financial market recovery… Did China kill your dog (literally)? …. Shades of Internet bubble with hot IPOs, raised price targets, silly season…… READ MORE ›

Linkfest: Microsoft tries to turn back clock; Germans buy Italy; Treasurys see ETF inflows; Aussies cut rates; Regulators eye Bitcoin

Linkfest.com finds today’s top headlines by following the best ‘curators’ on the Web and on Twitter, and by your votes and social media shares – pick the most important stories you think should appear by voting READ MORE ›