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Tax Day Isn’t Just for Traditional Assets The IRS wants to know: At any time during 2021, did you receive, sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of any virtual currency? This isn’t a casual or optional question. In fact, they moved it up higher on tax forms this year and simplified it to make it easier… [Read More]

ACES Act is an Attack on El Salvador’s Bitcoin City Nayib Bekele is furious, and justifiably so. The El Salvadoran president went on a rant yesterday shortly after the US Senate pushed the Accountability for Cryptocurrency in El Salvador (ACES) Act past the committee stage. “We are not your colony,” he proclaimed. “This action is… [Read More]

Netherton Syndrome (NS) is a rare and devastating skin disease that is estimated to affect between 2,000 and 4,000 people in the United States, and a similar number in Europe. It has no cure, and current treatment primarily involves the use of over-the-counter moisturizers which provide only minor symptomatic relief. Quoin Pharmaceuticals’ investigational product for… [Read More]

Russia Surrenders Global Fertilizer Domination The oil crisis is what’s getting all the headlines, but Russia exports more than crude. According to the most recent sales numbers, Putin’s teetering economy is losing billions of dollars (trillions in rubles) on sanctions in a market they have dominated for decades. We’re talking about fertilizer. Russia is the… [Read More]

Uncertainty was the Problem, Not Interest Rates The Fed increased interest rates by a quarter point on Wednesday. Atlas shrugged. No, I’m not talking about the Ayn Rand classic, though you can certainly see some parallels here. The pundits’ dire forecasts of plummeting share prices were overcome by the spirit of true capitalism this week…. [Read More]

Soligenix COVID-19 Vaccine Boosts Neutralizing Activity Against Covid-19 Including Delta and Omicron Variants Neutralizing antibodies increased up to 27-fold within one week; up to 243-fold within three weeks Soligenix, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNGX), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products to treat rare diseases where there is an unmet medical need, shared notable… [Read More]

Following milestone news about the first potential FDA-approved treatment for the rare skin disease, Netherton Syndrome, shares of Quoin Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: QNRX) rose as much as 6% yesterday. Quoin, a boutique biotech focused on developing and commercializing treatments for rare skin diseases, submitted its investigational new drug application to the FDA ahead of the price shift…. [Read More]

AMC Pivots to Precious Metals to Stop the Bleeding AMC Entertainment (AMC), the darling of the meme stock world just a few short months ago, has been slowly bleeding out since September. Their Reddit-induced high of $62.55 in 2021 is down to a measly $14.13 this morning. This week, in a desperate attempt to breathe… [Read More]

Stallone’s “Demolition Man” Was Prophetic for the Fast-Food Industry Those three seashells have been renting space in my head for thirty years, but the suggestion that Taco Bell would win the “Franchise Wars” seemed like pure lunacy back in 1993. I grew up in the 70’s. No one could possibly beat MacDonald’s in a head-to-head… [Read More]

How to Offset Rising Fuel and Food Costs The price at the pump has risen dramatically in the past week. Food costs, which were already high, are starting to go up again. Inflation has taken its toll on America. Add the Ukrainian conflict to the mix and we’re looking at all-time highs for fuel and… [Read More]

Shares rose on news of exclusive distribution deal with ER-Kim Pharmaceutical Shares of Quoin Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq:QNRX), a boutique biotech focused on developing and commercializing treatments for rare skin diseases, rose as much as 9% on Tuesday. The move appears to be a confident response to the news of the company’s ER-Kim distribution extension agreement. Advancing global… [Read More]

The Russian Ruble (RUB) dropped 22% yesterday. Since Vladimir Putin began his pre-invasion troop buildup, his nation’s currency has lost nearly a third of its value. Now, the West is threatening to cut them off from the SWIFT network. What does that mean? Don’t sell any of your Bitcoin. It’s about to get a huge… [Read More]