Glenn Beck is raising concerns about a new banking initiative in Canada that would allow money to move between financial institutions as programmable digital tokens, warning that the same technology designed to make payments faster and more convenient could also be used to restrict access to funds.

Beck said the six largest banks in Canada are working together on the effort: Royal Bank, TD, BMO, Scotiabank, CIBC, and National Bank.

by Tyler Durden

An inconvenient reality for the Trump administration's race to rebuild Western conflict-free critical materials supply chains outside China, whether domestically or through friendshoring, is that it won't break China's chokehold this decade.

Posted by Tyler Durden;  Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack,

Regardless of why Putin might have held off on this for so long, he's now arguably motivated at least in part by the tantalizing possibility of reaching big-ticket resource deals with the US after the conflict ends, the details of which his and Trump's envoys have been negotiating for over a year already.

By STEPHEN M. LEPORE, US SENIOR REPORTER, dailymail.co.uk

Posted by Tyler Durden:  Authored by David Manney via PJ Media,

President Donald Trump is sending well over 20 million Medicare enrollees $90 apiece, and plenty of recipients will understandably welcome the money. With the standard Medicare Part B premium at $202.90 a month this year, $90 isn't pocket change for someone living on Social Security.

by Dave De Camp, antiwar.com

While oil exports from the Middle East have reportedly exceeded pre-war levels, attacks on tankers in or near the Strait of Hormuz have also risen over the past week, with at least 11 coming under attack since last Monday, according to a count from The New York Times.

Posted by Tyler Durden:  Authored by Larry C. Johnson via SonarIntelligence (Sonar21),

By Martin Armstrong,  Armstrong Economics