What gives crypto currency its current value ? Stephen Gould is an Oxford-educated finance teacher and a risk management consultant. So, we threw the crypto questions on to his lap. Does any crypto currency have an inherent value? What makes it go up in value and sell for a particular price? And what about blockchains as an inflation- fighter? Stephen weighs in and his answers will surprise you!

Shakeena is a love and happiness consultant whose journey involved from "doing dirt" to finding peace! Join us as she discusses the first step for changing your mind, and changing your reality!

It was a new experience for many couples, sheltering- in-place and seeing each other , night- and- day without fail. How did everyone get through it, or did they? And what pearls of wisdom can be gleaned from this?

Emery Coppola Jr. PhD is a water expert, a hydrologist. He deals with environmental contamination in waterways and the "clean up@ involved. Can you drink the water anytime sooner than 10,000 years, if Russian President Vladimir Putin acts on his nuclear threat? And, what's going on inside his head, anyway? Dr. Coppola actually crossed paths with people who know Putin intimately. Is the Russian President off-the-rails or sharper, and more deadly than ever? Dr. Emery A. Coppola Jr., is the President of NOAH, a firm that uses advanced data analytics for water management. He has a Ph.D. in Hydrology from the University of Arizona. Dr. Coppola has consulted both in the U.S., and internationally, on water resources projects, including in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and Australia. Dr. Coppola's articles http://www.noahlc.com/about-noah.html https://wrrc.arizona.edu/events/brown-bag/abbreviated-history-and-overview-ai-example-applications-hydrology https://techparks.arizona.edu/tucson-startup-focused-artificial-intelligence-ai-water-managment-project-helps-sustain-european

Saturo Nagao, PhD of the Hudson Institute discusses the very possible scenario that China uses the distraction of the Russia Ukraine invasion to attack Taiwan? US is already providing help to NATO? Would we stand down and allow it to occur? Who are our allies in the Indo-Pacific? Dr. Nagao discusses the QUAD (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) comprised of US, Japan, Australia and India and possibly Israel and the UAE. The QUAD is designed as a peace-keeping, multi-national force in the Indo-Pacific theatre. QUAD may be the best hope in an ever-changing, geo-political world to answer the challenge of likely China aggression after the Ukraine invasion !

Harry Yeh Managing Partner and Founder of Fintech says crypto currencies are here to stay; the only question for investors is how to explore it. Yeh distinguishes risk stocks from Cryptos and discusses the future of the Defi market.

Rep. Mondaire Jones (D. NY) of New York's 17th District spoke out openly against the US Supreme Court in 2021, in opposition to their perceived hostility toward federal voting rights protections. Jones talks about GOP opposition to the 2021 version of the Voting Rights Act, and how, in his opinion, "White Nationalists" used the Senate's filibuster rule to prevent the Act from being passed into law. Congressman Jones takes issue with the Supreme Court on other issues , such as their striking a federal OSHA COVID-19 vaccine mandate. And he raises the likelihood that SCOTUS will change reproductive health law, and overturn the Roe v. Wade decision issued in the 1970s. Jones advocates for Supreme Court expansion in hopes of balancing a 6-3 conservative leaning court. He has cosponsored a bill aimed at increasing the court from 9 to 13 justices. Join us for this candid discussion with Congressman Mondaire Jones!

Bitcoin --and other crypto currencies are suffering from growing pains. Pump-and-dump schemes and wild price fluctuations threaten the appeal, indeed the perpetuity, of block chain currencies. And the inability to separate the crypto world from the influence of NASDAQ and interest rate moves has some pundits declaring that this is just another variation of NASDAQ tech stocks. But Todd White, founder of the American Blockchain PAC says "no," and insists that crypto currencies are a viable alternative to government-issued currency. And that they offer investment opportunities heretofore unseen. Moreover, that they're here to stay. Join us in the first part of a talk about the current state of crypto currencies, and where Mr. White, and others, endeavor to see them go. Todd White Is the Founder of the American Blockchain PAC. As managing partner of Rulon & White Governance Strategies, in Washington, White created the first independent digital currency and blockchain government affairs firm in the US. In addition, he has spoken internationally on issues regarding regulation of digital assets, including CNBC’s Crypto Trader. To visit the website for his pac, visit blockchainpac.org

Crypto currency was intended to be an inflationary hedge but as the news of a 40 year high in the consumer-price-index and rising interest/rates set in Friday February 10, stocks and crypto currencies tumbled in value. Financial advisor Dagan LaCorte of Rockland County, New York weighs in on crypto currencies: How block chain currencies, especially Bitcoin, behave a lot more like stocks than as currencies.

CRYPTO MARKET UPDATE 2-6-22