Something’s Brewing in China
After yesterday’s piece on central bankers’ crypto trash-talk, our attention quickly pivots to events unfolding in China right now.

After yesterday’s piece on central bankers’ crypto trash-talk, our attention quickly pivots to events unfolding in China right now.

Vulcan Energy Resources [ASX:VUL] shares are motionless today, on the back of a company-driven trading halt. The halt is in place after the lithium producer announced a capital raising effort.

Okapi Resources Ltd [ASX:OKR] shares, however, are having a difficult time right now, down 4.1% to 70 cents a share. Despite the slump today, OKR shares have gained 240% over the last 12 months.

MGC Pharmaceuticals said this marks the first time an epilepsy treatment containing THC and still undergoing clinical trials was approved by UK authorities for import. The news saw MGC Pharmaceuticals [ASX:MXC] shares jump 10% at the time of writing.

In other words, Spain’s imperial economy was not a ‘win win’ scenario. It was based on colonisation, slave labour, and serfdom.
By Callum Newman,

‘Central banker says fiat is better and crypto will crash because they get paid in fiat and also, boo crypto, can I keep my job, please?’
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