O BTW fresh off the press talking about CFA
The African Currency at the Center of a European Dispute.
[ Luigi Di Maio, an Italian deputy prime minister, took aim at President Emmanuel Macron of France this week, laying the blame for migration, a deeply divisive issue in Italy, on Mr. Macron.]
[ Citing a French-backed currency known as the C.F.A. franc that is used by 14 nations in western and central Africa, Mr. Di Maio accused France of using the currency to exploit former colonies.]
[ Mr. Di Maio, a member of the populist Five Star movement, which is skeptical of the European Union and Mr. Macron’s more internationalist views, set off the diplomatic spat with France when he said that Mr. Macron “first lectures us, then continues to finance public debt with the money with which he exploits Africa,” according to ANSA, the Italian press agency.]
www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/world/africa/africa-cfa-franc-currency.amp.html#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24sAnansi's notes:
Now buyer beware, this Five Star Movement is basically anti- Immigration, so maybe they can be likened to the Alt-Right?? Tho I'm not sure if that's a fair comparison.
But even so their critique confirmed my bias as it is.
Crypto Currencies, while I liked the idea of it, and have made small investment in it, it remains too volatile for me to go too deep in it right now, not certain if some clever internet bank robber or even Govt or traditional banking institutions won't sabotage it..remember there is no institutional guarantee of safety.