Trump announces historic deal between Serbia and Kosovo
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News Date: September 4, 2020
Serbia and Kosovo have agreed to normalize economic relations, following U.S.-brokered talks that include Serbia moving its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem and Kosovo formally recognizing Israel.
U.S. President Donald Trump made the announcement Friday, after meeting with Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in the Oval Office earlier in the day.
Sources:twitter.com/WhiteHouse, www.voanews.com
Gold is the Real Safe Haven Asset
Gold is finally outperforming the way one would imagine. It's not always about the absolute performance as it is about the relative performance.As Bitcoin surged from March 2020 through 2021, the market was convinced that Bitcoin was the "new" digital gold, the new store of value asset.
As Bitcoin surged to new highs at each passing day, this became a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Gold was seen as the stepchild, given no attention whatsoever as traders chased the greed and FOMO 100%+ returns in crypto assets.
Year to date, Gold is now up 6% vs. Bitcoin down 25%.
Source: thestreet.com
US Rep Calls for Abolishing Income Tax
Rep. Thomas Massie posted on February 24 that the federal income tax was unconstitutional for much of U.S. history and called for its repeal.Massie: "The federal income tax was unconstitutional for most of our county???s existence.
The founders of this country would have never agreed to it.
We should repeal it."
RippleNet Listed as Direct Alternative to SWIFT
RippleNet Listed as Direct Alternative to SWIFT by Arab Monetary Fund Group.Arab Regional Fintech Group report, "Central Bank Digital Currencies: A Practical Guide for Arab Central Banks."
Mentions Ripple as an alternative system in two places.
The paper also specifically named Ripple XRP as a unique cryptocurrency insofar as it was one of the first "designed primarily for payments," in contrast to most crypto assets which were labeled as "speculative" stores of value.
Including a direct link to Ripple's "Future of CBDC" report, the advisory paper clearly sees Ripple as having a serious role to play in the future blockchain-based, global financial infrastructure.
Source: www.amf.org.ae
IMF Debt forgiveness for 25 poorest countries
IMF Executive Board approved immediate debt service relief to 25 of the IMF's member countries under the IMF's revamped Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT) as part of the Fund's response to help address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.Source:imf.org
Trump says China, Russia and North Korea will not be enemies
Donald Trump stated that Russia, China, and North Korea would not be considered enemies of the United States if it had a smart president.He claimed that these countries were not adversaries during his presidency because he knew how to manage relationships with them.
Trump also argued that America's internal issues are more severe than external threats like Russia, China, and North Korea.