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Omarova of Cornell Law School (CLS) has delineated concrete insight into impacts of FinTech’s systemic importance. Financial experts, governments and policymakers have only recognized the longevity of financial technology in the last five years. For most, early FinTech was considered purely disruptive in a democratizing fashion: providing unorthodox financial solutions to outlier demographics such as lending to less wealthy demographics, or providing currency alternatives to speculative renegade traders. However, the advent of Blockchain technology’s wide reach into countless industries has propelled FinTech as innovative, stabilizing and fostering of long term growth. Policymakers are now realizing that disruptive does not mean destabilizing!\n\nOmarova’s CLS whitepaper “New Tech v. New Deal: Fintech As A Systemic Phenomenon” makes the point to not trivialize the impact which FinTech has on the financial system. 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      "body": "By: Paul Vancea | May 7, 2018\n\nhttps://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmc4zSMf79Q7jA1w7W3cbViWPokjqmXDGtAfkbE9i3d3bb/foliage-1157792_1920.jpg\n\nThe cultivation of Cannabis can be traced back at least 12,000 years, which places the plant among humanity’s oldest cultivated crops. Ancient empires such as China, Egypt, Syria, and India employed every component of the plant: the root for medicine, the stem for textiles, the flowers for medicine and intoxication, and the seeds for food and oils. Older civilizations used Cannabis as a remedy for headaches, edema, inflammation, rheumatism, gout. It was even used to relieve sorrow and bad humor. Cannabis was the great plant, as it was considered a gift from God, a plant that can be used ubiquitously, in virtually every part of human life. However, as society evolved, Cannabis restrictions were introduced.\n\nHISTORY OF CANNABIS LEGISLATION\nIn the past century, there have been no less than 16 pieces of legislation that criminalized Cannabis in the United States. These pieces of legislation have dictated the U.S. policy towards Marijuana and Cannabis use without regard for modern innovation, medicinal uses or public support; none were based on scientific studies or sound logic – they were the result of special interests and sloppy voting practices by politicians. While states have made tremendous progress in legalization, this historically irrational legislation of Cannabis survives on a federal level in 2018 and is the single biggest obstacle the Cannabis industry is facing today.\n\nCannabis prohibition began in many states in 1906, and by the 1930s Cannabis was fully regulated as an illegal drug in every state. The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 was the first federal regulation of the plant. In 1969, the Supreme Court ruled the Marihuana Tax Act to be unconstitutional, violating the Fifth Amendment regarding self-incrimination. In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling, the Nixon administration supported Congress and passed the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in 1970, which stated the Cannabis has a high potential for abuse, and no medical use. CSA prohibited the use of Cannabis for any purpose (recreational and medical), and classified the plant under Schedule I, together with heroin and LSD.  President Nixon formed the Shafer Commission in 1972 to study the use of Cannabis and provide policy recommendations. The Shafer Commission reported in its findings that Cannabis did not cause any considerable dangers to society, and recommended decriminalization of the plant. President Nixon publicly rejected the findings and fully ignored the recommendations.\n\nSince then, multiple efforts to reschedule cannabis under the CSA have failed. On the state level, governments have continued to push for policies that conflict with federal law, beginning with California’s Proposition 215 in 1996. By 2018, 30 states plus Washington D.C. have legalized medical cannabis, and 8 states have legalized recreational use.\n\nHEALTHCARE IMPLICATIONS\n\nhttps://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYHaoKGUu2mPo6jTHHyYPSXF4p4soQf4ZFnKNagoXiuYu/caduceus-2789577_1280.png\n\nResearch shows that Cannabis is not a gateway drug, but on the contrary, it is an addiction exit drug. Cannabis has been proven to help opioid, heroin, and even alcohol addicts avoid the nasty withdrawals associated with opioid addiction. Millions are suffering from addiction to opiates (Heroin, Codeine, Morphine) and synthetic opioid medications (Oxycodone, Fentanyl, Hydrocodone etc.). Abusers of opioid drugs had a 16-percent lower likelihood of relapsing when they had the assistance of marijuana for their recovery. 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Other than significantly reducing with use, addiction and withdrawal, medical marijuana is used in treating a myriad of medical conditions, including cancer, seizures, HIV, Parkinson’s, etc. Wide-spread legalization will only accelerate these cures and studies. Cannabis’ full impact on the healthcare industry is still to be determined, but it is well within tens of billions of dollars, and provides a much safer, healthy and less painful alternative to opioids.\n\nBUSINESS IMPLICATIONS\n\nMoney does not like uncertainty. With the current uncertainty in U.S. federal law regarding Cannabis, there is a lot of money that is shy to enter and help develop the U.S. Cannabis industry. Still, legal sales of Cannabis reached $6.9 billion in 2016 and are projected to rise all the way to $50 billion by 2026. Legalizing Cannabis nationwide would create at least $132 billion in tax revenue and more than a million jobs in the U.S. within the next decade.\n\nDespite 30 states having legalized Cannabis in some capacity, including 8 states that legalized it for recreational uses, it seems that AG Jeff Sessions is offering no chance of legalization at a federal level.\n\nEven though many States have legalized cannabis, the Federal regulations stops the entrepreneurs from operating at fully capacity. National prohibitions against interstate cannabis commerce and federal banking and drug laws are the biggest obstacle for this industry. Cannabis entrepreneurs have very limited access to funds, loans, even bank accounts, business and personal.\n\nSome of the entrepreneurs we spoke with expressed their frustration with the current legislation. First, they cannot find banks that allow them to open business accounts for their companies. This makes it extremely difficult to conduct any kind of business; they cannot properly receive investments, process payroll, pay suppliers, use credit cards, etc. There are many cases where banks agreed to open an account for a Cannabis business, only to cancel those accounts weeks later and kick those businesses out. In some cases, not only did they cancel the business’ account, but they canceled the business’s founder’s personal accounts with the same bank, even though they have been banking with that institution for many years.\n\nEntrepreneurs in the Cannabis industry have no tools to be transparent about their business, cannot write off any business expenses, and cannot even file their taxes properly. How do you file federal taxes for a Cannabis business when Cannabis is illegal?\n\nEven non-Cannabis, ancillary companies are suffering under this law, simply for being attributed with possible Cannabis applications. 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      "body": "In this blog I want to give you a look into a very dangerous, stealthy and disruptive cycle, which is the deep tap root cause of the US 2008 housing crisis. The crude oil price cycle was followed in lock step by the 2008 financial and economic collapse of the U.S. and the world.\n\nIn 1992 I started a project that I completed in late 2012 and tested in 2013: Geometric Percent Fractals. However, in 1995, while working on this project I made an accidental discovery which resulted in a side project of several hundred hours to document the “spot cash” crude oil prices back to 1902. I hand assimilated monthly charts of oil prices up to 1968-69, then created digital charts up to 1996. This resulted in a staggering revelation.\n![Crude Oil Price Cycle](http://www.financialpolicycouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/valute-arrow-1024x630-opt.jpg)\n\n<h1>THE CRUCIAL AND DANGEROUS 30-YEAR PATTERN OF CRUDE OIL PRICES</h1>\nFrom 1910-20 there was a gentle price jump, then the price was relatively steady from 1920-40. From 1940 to 1950 the price of crude oil spiked by 350% to just under $4.00.\n\nFrom 1950-1970 the price again held steady between $3.50-4.00 and then from 1970-1980 the price spiked again by approximately 350%, to just under $30.00.\n\nFrom 1980-2000 prices held steady between $10.00-20.00 (only exception was the Gulf War scare spike), and then again, the price spiked to $80 by 2006. By 2007, crude oil prices were just under $100.00.\n\nThe $100 crude oil price began to cause severe stress in our economy, specifically on all transportation-related industries, and the monthly housing market was declining. I was holding my breath. I was thinking of all the real possibilities which were mostly catastrophic.\n\nWith the economy in full decline, the crude oil price remained steady in the last quarter of 2007; however, by 2008 crude oil spiked again for almost 6 months straight, peaking at $147.3. The metastasizing effect of the crude oil price was dragging the CRB index up lock-step with it. Crude oil prices touch all items in our economy from birth to death – all our world’s consumables. Why did the crude oil price spike with such intent while the world’s economics were tumbling in downward spiral?\n\nIt is because it was absorbing the devaluation of the USD. This is specifically what makes the crude oil cycle so unmerciful! It is not responding to normal supply-demand factors. Also, it will not respond to any Federal Reserve action, period.\n\nCrude oil is the strongest hard asset currently on the globe, with gold following a very close second. It appears the devaluation of USD is not a smooth transition. As crude oil absorbs the USD’s devaluation built up over the previous 2 decades, it manifests itself as a quick and violent event. After crude oil had satisfied its target and collapsed during the last two quarters of 2008, gold immediately spiked up from $850.00 and marched steadily up to $1900.00 area. It finished absorbing USD’s devaluation, which crude oil expelled as it fell in price.\n\n<h1>THE CRUDE OIL CYCLE CAUSED THE 2008 CRISIS:</h1>\nThe issue is that these drastic crude oil price increases that take place every 30 years, caused the 2008 crisis in a very direct (yet silent) way. In 2007, daily consumption of gasoline use in the US was approximately 391,000,000 gallons. From 2000 to 2007 the price per gallon increased by an average of $1.50. This resulted in an increase of $586,000,000.00 “per day” for gasoline. If you multiply this expense by 30 days in a month, you get a staggering monthly expense – an enormous pressure on an already tight and strained family budget.\n\nFamilies chose to spend their money on transportation to go to work, maintain their money flow and provide for their family. This decision meant there wasn’t enough money to pay for their mortgage, which caused the housing payment defaults, which triggered the crisis.\n\nIt was a tragedy. Unfortunately, the biggest issue is yet to come: if the crude oil cycle continues with this historical and documented pattern (and there is no reason to think otherwise), I estimate that between 2030-2040, the crude oil price will reach at least $400-$500, with a possibility of peaking at $600-$700!\n\nIf the US (and world) economy barely survived a $147.3 crude oil price, how will it survive a $600 price crude oil price? Such a spike would resemble an enormous tax increase – a huge sum of money extracted from our economy, from our pockets, on a monthly basis. It would be a financial Armageddon.\n\n<h1>REAL WORLD SOLUTIONS TO THIS VICIOUS AND UNMERCIFUL ECONOMIC DISRUPTOR:</h1>\nI.      IMPLEMENT A LARGE/SERIOUS REDUCTION OF CRUDE OIL CONSUMPTION:\nWe need to begin relying on battery-powered cars and buses in our cities, as well as battery-powered 18-wheelers trucks for food and cargo transportation.\n\nAlso, hydrogen-assisted combustion engines can greatly increase the fuel mileage and reduce emissions. This increased fuel mileage would lessen the impact to higher gasoline/diesel prices. Hydrogen fuel cells are totally segregated from crude oil, and are an excellent alternative.\n\nII.     USING NATURAL GAS TO CREATE GASOLINE:\n\nThe natural gas price does not appear to be as reactive to the crude oil price expansion and does not have strong sympathy trade with crude oil.\n\nA California company named Siluria Technologies has a patented catalytic process which can use natural gas to produce gasoline. These scalable plants can be scattered across the globe to convertnatural gas into white crude oil or directly into fuels. This fuel will work in all current transportation including jet engines, diesel engines and gasoline without any alterations. It actually works better than black crude oil fuels as it is ash-free, which greatly decreases maintenance as well as potential repairs.\n\nSiluria Technologies claims the ability to produce gasoline priced at $1.00 (in August 2014). This is stunning claim. Why are we not hearing about this? Why is this technology not being pursued? When Crude oil starts to explode in price after 2030, we don’t have time to create these fuels. It takes years to create fuels from these plants. We must begin now.\n\nThese solutions (natural gas to gasoline, diesel and jet fuels plants), which are scalable and strategically scattered around the globe, could literally knock the legs out from under our next crude oil price expansion.\n\nI fully believe our growing crushing world government debt is the deep tap root for this unnatural crude oil price expansion! What are the odds of our political leaders fixing this growing debt? If my thoughts are correct, this next crude oil price expansion will prove unmerciful and the world will be unable to recover. If we do nothing, the world will in be in total financial collapse.\n\n<h2>Sources:</h2>\nhttp://www.govtech.com/products/Siluria-Technologies-Turns-Natural-Gas-Into-Gasoline-in-Hayward-Calif-.html\n\nhttp://stockcharts.com/freecharts/gallery.html?$WTIC\n\nhttps://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-114shrg94051/html/CHRG-114shrg94051.htm",
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