Opened trading in Bitcoin Futures on sunday. After opening at around 15,000, bitcoin once again surged past the 17,000 level. So, is bitcoin set to be the Christmas Gift that keeps on giving, ora bubble about to burst . Bitcoin started the year at around 1000, but the cryptocurrency has surged in value recently. Last week it rose to 17,000 for the first time, but many experts are doubtful that bitcoin can function as a normal currency due to its wild swings in value. Last friday, it fell by 14 in a single day. Despite this, supporters of bitcoin believe that the introduction of futures contracts will help cement its status as a mainstream asset. Futures contracts are commonplace in traditionalfinance. They allow investors to lock in a price at which they can buy or sell assets in the future. This allows them to profit from price increases or limit their losses if prices fall. So, is bitcoin ready for as leap into the mainstream 7 speaking in september, the managing director of the inte
Want to talk about home and a should Home Ownership in the United States. Some economists report lingering effects of the economic crisis. We want to talk about your experience. Isnt the same, has that changed . Do you rent, do you own . Do get assistance for housing . Maybe you have another story as well. If you own a home, 202 7488000. If you rent, 202 7488001. If you get some sort of assistance for housing, 202 7458002. If you are in some other category, 202 7488003. If you want to let us know about your homeowner experience on social media, cspanwj is our twitter address. Our facebook page, facebook. Com cspan. If you want to send us an email on the topic, do so, journal cspan. Org. The wall street journal has taken a look at homeownership in recent days. They say it is at a 48 year low. It is according to estimates published by the commerce department. It is the lowest rate since 1967. Some of the reasons listed are aftereffects of the financial crisis. The story goes on to say th
You to protest properly. [applause] max we are going to turn to the other folks here in a couple of minutes. Struck by, in the aftermath of the rights of the 1960s, you do get groups who try to take on the police more directly directly, like the panthers. In our day and age, we have black lives matter, which is a different kind of formation. Robin we have cop watch. We have Police Monitoring all the time. But they dont get attention. Harold there is physical documentation of police abuse. It happens again somewhere else and we see it again. It creates to make, without inflictedlly changing on innercity residents it changes the atmosphere somehow. Hawley there is a big blackence between the lives movement and the brothers and sisters and black berets and leather jackets. Our notion of the power dynamic is for me to get power i must take it from you. That evoke sphere in the masses. Max one issue we just test upon is economic power. We talk about the police. We talk about black lives mat
And for that, we are most thankful. She has a Natural Inclination to reach out across party and ideological lines. That is not all that common today. And in the process of the final rule, many of you participated in conversations with the administrator. You know she was try to get the most effective, efficient rule possible and a rule that would be longlasting. Before i introduce the administrator, lets talk about the flow of the event today. The administrator is going to take the podium and speak and then she and our lead expert on the Clean Air Act will take the stage and engage in a bit of q a. You have on your seats a card. If you would like to pose a question, please write it as clearly as you can and legibly so our folks can read that. As soon as the administrator is done speaking, we will collect the cards and they will be passed on to dallas. For those who are viewing this online or some other medium and have access to twitter, you can send a tweet to us in terms of a question.
Would begin accepting chip and transactions. That they would actively, and grow so the issue such cards moving forward. Layers ofut a multi our system and how retail transaction at all those layers can be more secure coming forward. Local inis in other states and entities, we put out a guidebook of sorts, tot part this is, to guide state and local entities so they can work more aggressively and actively to do what other states are doing and issue chip and pin protected cards. I encourage you to go to gsas website and see how they suggest to follow suit and address transactions more securely. Stakeholder, i will do in my closing. I will close by saying, i think we are at a strategic point. We are positioned for success moving forward with all of the people in the room, and the panel, and the private sector, various Government Agencies and other entities in the past year. But there is a lot of work that needs to be done. Nothing is a Silver Bullet. Puzzled. Pieces of the the last thing i