🏦❌💸 — JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says he would "close down" Bitcoin & crypto if he were the government.
"The only true use case for it is criminals, drug traffickers, money laundering, tax avoidance.", said him.
➡️ However, less than 1% of the trillions transacted annually in crypto are illicit.
➡️ The UN estimates that annually between 2% to 5% of global GDP ($800 billion - $2 trillion) is used for illicit activities and money laundering through the traditional banking system and cash.
Link | https://archive.is/MZYmw
🛢📈 — Reuters reports that oil is approaching $100 per barrel following the latest exchange of attacks between Americans and Iranians on oil tankers.
▶️The price of Brent crude has risen to $97.07 per barrel, while American WTI crude has risen to $92.28. In the past week, Brent has risen by 7.8%, while WTI has risen by nearly 10%.
▶️On Saturday, U.S. forces attacked three Iranian oil tankers, one of which was stationed near the island of Kharg, a key center for Iranian oil exports. In response, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced attacks on three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and three more U.S. ships.
▶️In this context, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has sharply declined. Over the past 10 days, an average of only 10 cargo ships have transited the strait per day – the lowest level since May.
The WHO now states on its website:
Vaccination against COVID-19 can trigger multiple sclerosis through cross-reactive CD4+-T cells that recognize the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 and myelin peptides.
In other words: Your own immune system destroys the nerve pathways and then attacks your brain and spinal cord.