by clubswan | May 23, 2022 | Traditional Currency
Crisis is inevitable! We might experience long periods of political and financial stability, but eventually, it does happen. Wars, financial meltdowns, and natural disasters are a part of human history. In the recent past, the globe has dealt with a major pandemic...
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 | Dec 8, 2020 | Cryptocurrencies, Traditional Currency
Nothing beats the surprise of finding forgotten cash in a coat you haven’t worn for a while. Whether it’s ten or fifty dollars, you somehow feel a little richer. Finding forgotten banknotes in your pockets may however be lost forever, as we inch towards a cashless...
by clubswan | Dec 8, 2020 | Traditional Currency
The world’s economic and political landscape has experienced some serious disruption in the last year. We have been dealing with tumultuous Brexit negotiations, BLM protests, the Hong Kong/ China fall out and the Covid-19 pandemic. Geopolitical events significantly...