World Bank Report: Bitcoin is a 'Naturally Occurring' Ponzi
A recently published World Bank policy research working paper on Ponzi schemes mentions bitcoin as a "naturally occurring Ponzi", clarifying that it has nothing to do with deliberate Ponzi schemes, as some bitcoin critics have claimed. Kaushik Basu, World Bank economist and author of 'Ponzis: The Science and Mystique of a Class of Financial Frauds' points out that most Ponzis today are not always as obvious as in the past, being far more sophisticated and more difficult to identify. Market-driven bubbles. "The problem stems from the fact that we can have what Robert Shiller calls....
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Ponzi scheme: A fraudulent investment operation where the operator, an individual or organization, pays returns to its investors from new capital paid to the operators by new investors, rather than from profit earned by the operator. Many of the under-informed, the under-educated, and the under-control masses have lobbed this parting shot at Bitcoin over the years. People tend to fear things that they don't understand, and will hide behind that fear with blind attacks that sound right, but are just as ignorant, if not more so. Bitcoin clearly does not fall into the definition of a "Ponzi....
Deliberately insufficient policy responses by successive Lebanese governments combined with the self-serving agreements by politicians are largely to blame for the country’s economic crisis, a report by the World Bank has said. The report concludes that the country needs to seriously engage “in the macro-fiscal, financial, and sector reforms the World Bank has been stressing for decades.”
Politicians Defending ‘a Bankrupt Economic System’
In its latest report on Lebanon’s economic situation, the World Bank asserts that the Middle East....
Estonia's Central Bank is warning citizens to be wary about getting involved with bitcoin, according to a report from Bloomberg, insinuating it could prove to be little more than Ponzi scheme. The emerging digital currency "is a problematic scheme," according to Mihkel Nommela, who heads the central bank's payment and settlement systems. "All risks are assumed by the user, who has no one to turn to for help." The call for caution comes amidst a slew statements from central banks around the world echoing similar sentiments, such as the currency's volatility, susceptibility to theft, and....
It wouldn't be an ordinary day without another world government coming out against digital currency bitcoin. This time around it's the Central Bank of Kazakhstan, with its governor making some interesting comments. Kairat Kelimbetov, the bank's governor, said that bitcoin may be deemed as a ponzi scheme by the central bank at a press conference Tuesday in Almaty. "The issue is rather complicated. Some claim the currency is a good tool of money laundering and an absolute evil. That's why some monetary authorities, like those in China, have banned Bitcoin," said Kelimbetov, incorrectly....
Since June 2013, the bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has been struck by severe problems with fiat currency withdrawals. According to their press release of June 20th, cash withdrawals would be suspended for 2 weeks. On July 4th, a press release stated that withdrawals had fully resumed. Despite this positive tone, it was shortly noted by the user community that few withdrawals seemed to be occurring in a timely manner. Queries to Mt. Gox support since that time have normally been answered with a statement that it is taking several weeks for withdrawals and to please be patient. Unfortunately, as....