Jeff D. Opdyke

On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.75 percentage points for the third consecutive time, as it continues its bullheaded …

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Blood in the streets? Wine in the cellar is more like it.  America and much of the Western world are on the cusp of another recession. And …

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6,566%.  In just over two months.  Yesterday, I sent you a dispatch explaining why I have a hunch that the crypto and NFT markets have …

[Read more...] about This NFT Soared 6,566%…Even Amid the Crypto Downturn

A funny thing happened on the way to total annihilation—the beginnings of a bull market seem to have emerged.  Now that’s going to sound like …

[Read more...] about An Important Piece of Insider Info About Crypto

Welcome to your Sunday digest…my breakdown of the things we’re thinking about and talking about in the Global Intelligence world.  First up …

[Read more...] about Weekly Digest: Why Celebs Are Obsessed With These Quirky Crypto Tokens

Dark, pregnant clouds hung low over the small coastal town. Rain threatened. But my wife was hungry.  She did not, however, want to venture …

[Read more...] about This Is Your Last Chance to Get This Second Passport in Europe

A package arrived at my apartment recently—from Russia with love.  It had come by way of Amsterdam. A bit of John le Carré spycraft, really. …

[Read more...] about Why My Wife Wants to Reclaim Her Ukrainian Passport

More than 70 countries later and I finally found the place where I can definitely say, “This is the place I love the most.”  That place: …

[Read more...] about My Whisky Road Trip in Scotland