Peter's Blog

Earlier this week, Peter appeared on the Sanchez Effect for an interview with Rick Sanchez. Together they sift through the international fallout from America’s fiscal and monetary choices and explains why other countries are actively trying to reduce their exposure to the dollar. Peter connects that trend to production, trade balances, the enormous off-balance-sheet liabilities […]

Bitcoin and the blockchain are joined at the hip – so much so that a lot of people don’t distinguish between the two. Cryptocurrency and blockchain have almost become synonymous. But in fact, they are two different things, and it’s important to understand the distinction. The blockchain is a technology. Cryptocurrency is a medium of […]

There is a lot of talk about Bitcoin versus gold, but the blockchain technology that serves as the foundation for Bitcoin may become an important part of the gold market in the future. According to a Bloomberg report, the London Bullion Market Association (LMBA) plans to seek proposals including the use of blockchain to track […]

Financial guru Jim Rickards weighed in on the Bitcoin vs. gold debate and came down firmly on the side of the yellow metal. In fact, he’s said there really shouldn’t be a debate. Bitcoin and gold are two totally different things. Rickards responded to a recent note published by Goldman Sachs declaring that Bitcoin is not […]

We’ve heard a lot about Russian election hacking over the last year. But Jim Rickards said there is only one Russia story that really matters – that is the country’s efforts to break away from the hegemony of the US dollar and the dollar payment system that currently dominates global trade. Over 60% of global reserves […]