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Ark Invest CEO Warns Fed’s Actions Could Lead to 1929-Like Great Depression — Elon Musk Agrees

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The CEO of investment management firm Ark Invest has warned that if the Federal Reserve does not pivot, the current economic setup will be similar to 1929 when the Great Depression started. Tesla CEO and Twitter chief Elon Musk agreed. The Fed, Inflation, and the Great Depression Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood, who is also the investment management firm’s founder and CIO, shared her thoughts about inflation and how the Federal Reserve could push the global economy into a 1929-like depression in a series of tweets Saturday. She explained that the Federal Reserve raised interest rates “to squelch financial speculation” in 1929, followed by Congress passing the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act in 1930, which put more than 50% tariffs on over 20,000 goods and pushed the global economy into the Great Depression. “If the Fed does not pivot, the setup will be more like 1929,” she warned. Tesla, Spacex, and Twitter boss Elon Musk concurred. Wood pointed out that “If inflation is unwinding, as we beli

FTX Collapse: Africa-Focused Payments Firm AZA Finance Slams ‘Erroneous Inclusion’ in FTX Bankruptcy Filing

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The founder and CEO of an Africa-focused payments firm, Elizabeth Rossiello, claimed on Nov. 11 that the beleaguered crypto exchange FTX had incorrectly included AZ Finance in its chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing. The CEO insisted that her firm does not hold customer funds and is presently taking steps to correct the “erroneous court filings.” AZA Finance Does Not Hold Users’ Funds The founder and CEO of AZ Finance, Elizabeth Rossiello, has slammed the “erroneous inclusion” of her firm in FTX’s Nov. 11 chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. According to Rossiello, all AZA Finance entities are not affected by the collapsed crypto exchange’s bankruptcy. She said steps were being taken to correct what she described as erroneous court filing. As reported by Bitcoin.com News, FTX listed AZA Finance among the 134 entities that will be included in the bankruptcy process. Under the United States bankruptcy laws , an entity that fails to meet its obligation file for protection under 11 of th

Indian Authority Freezes 150 Bitcoins Held at Binance Crypto Exchange

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India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) says that it has frozen 150.22 more bitcoins held at cryptocurrency exchange Binance. The freeze is part of an investigation into mobile gaming application E-nuggets, which was designed to defraud the public, the ED said. India Freezes More Bitcoins at Binance India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) announced Friday that it has frozen 150.22 bitcoins under the country’s Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The ED is the government of India’s law enforcement and economic intelligence agency. The case involves Aamir Khan, s/o Nesar Ahmed Khan, who launched a mobile gaming application called E-nuggets, which “was designed for the purpose of defrauding [the] public,” the ED described. The official ED Twitter account tweeted explaining that the agency investigated a crypto wallet and user ID at cryptocurrency exchange Binance, which led to the freezing of 150.22 BTC . The ED further detailed: It was revealed during investigation that multiple