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В 2007 году мы рассмотрели российский фондовый индекс РТС — и увидели очень медвежью волновую картину Эллиотта. (В 2007–2009 гг. Российские акции упали ~ 80%).

В 2008 году сырьевые товары были на пике, особенно нефть. (Нефть упала от 147 до 32 долларов за баррель в течение нескольких месяцев).

В социономической причинности в политике — новая книга Боба Пректера, наше историческое исследование страха ядерной войны предполагает, что даже это коллективное выражение человеческой психологии следует узнаваемому паттерну.

Ripple has been the talk of the town lately thanks to its rocketing value and growing market capitalization that’s making eyes at bitcoin. $1,000 of XRP bought a year ago would be worth half a million dollars today. But away from the price action, there’s an issue bugging ripple that just won’t go away. It’s been alleged for years that Ripple Labs has the power to freeze the balances of account holders. If true, it would be a major cause for concern, especially for proponents of decentralized currency.

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The origins of the Ripple freeze go as follows: In August 2014, Ripple quietly introduced a feature called Freeze. It was put to the test a few months later when Ripple cofounder Jed McCaleb tried to cash out some of his billions in XRP after leaving the company. He’d previously signed an agreement to sell no more than $10,000 of XRP a week, only to attempt to clear $1 million worth through Bitstamp in one go.

Upon learning of McCaleb’s actions, Ripple intervened and prevented him from doing so, utilizing its Balance Freeze feature. Built into Ripple gateways such as Bitstamp by default, it enables the company to stop the movement of XRP. During the brouhaha that followed, Bitstamp, caught in the middle, filed a lawsuit to settle the dispute between McCaleb and Ripple Labs.