by clubswan | Jan 12, 2022 | Club Swan News, Cryptocurrencies, Traditional Currency
The launch of Bitcoin in January 2009 was a very low-key event. Hardly anyone, least of all a central bank, took notice. Nevertheless, this event seemingly marked the beginning of the end for a financial system that has been around for over 500 years. When central...
by clubswan | Dec 7, 2021 | Club Swan News, Cryptocurrencies, Traditional Currency
There was a time in history when you could walk into a bank, hand over US dollars, Sterling Pounds, or Yens—depending on which country you lived in— and the teller would give you an equivalent amount of gold with hardly any questions asked. In that era, paper currency...
by clubswan | Feb 4, 2021 | Cryptocurrencies, Traditional Currency
It’s almost clichéd to state that we live in disruptive times; disruption has in fact become the moniker of the 21st century. In a short 20 years we have watched, and largely benefited from entire industries being upended by technology. The last decade in particular...
by clubswan | Nov 24, 2020 | Cryptocurrencies, Traditional Currency, Uncategorised
Most people only care about the value of their home currency when they are about to go on a cross-border vacation. However, the importance of a currency’s strength extends way beyond holiday buying power. All citizens benefit if their currency is respected on...
by clubswan | Nov 18, 2020 | Traditional Currency, Cryptocurrencies
If you want examples of how politics, environmental issues and governance affects currency markets, you need to look no further than 2020. Few currencies have escaped the impact of the Covid- 19 pandemic and the effects of one of the most tumultuous US presidential...
by clubswan | Sep 17, 2020 | Traditional Currency
Have you ever wondered why so many countries use the dollar as their currency name? Contrary to common belief, America was not the first country to adopt the dollar moniker, in fact, the currency name originated in small town called Sankt Joachimsthal in Bohemia (Now...