Getting More Anxious

US Central Command (CENTCOM) has prepared battle plans for a round of strikes against Iran.  Axios spoke with three people familiar with the Department of War’s planning to resume strikes against Iran. According to the sources CENTCOM, the US military command responsible for the Middle East, has prepared a plan for a “short and powerful” […]

JPMorgan Sued Over Alleged Role In $328M Crypto Ponzi Scheme Authored by Helen Partz via CoinTelegraph.com, JPMorgan is facing a lawsuit for allegedly enabling a $328 million crypto Ponzi scheme run by now-defunct Goliath Ventures. Investors on Tuesday filed a proposed class action in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, accusing JPMorgan of ignoring suspicious transactions and allowing Goliath to use its infrastructure to collect investor funds. A separate federal criminal complaint against Goliath CEO Christopher Delgado, however, says investor funds also flowed through a Bank of America account and directly into Coinbase...

The Frozen Market For Homes Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Mortgage rates on a 30-year loan just hit 7 percent, intensifying problems on the demand side. Mortgages plus insurance—which turns a half-million dollar house into a $1.2 million house plus property taxes—became unaffordable for another class of buyers while already out of reach for most people. On the supply side, millions of existing homeowners are locked into COVID-era mortgages of 3 percent or lower, which makes them negative in real terms. That’s a great deal unless you sell and...