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The State of Delaware just took a historic step toward ensuring that US stock exchanges will soon be violently disrupted by blockchain technology – possibly to the extent of being rendered obsolete. CoinDesk reports that lawmakers in the state’s general assembly passed a law that makes explicit the right to trade stocks on a blockchain. Details of the bill are still emerging. One source indicated that the bill passed with near unanimity, with a single vote against.

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While some of us may have no problem getting up and addressing a crowd, others would rather spend the afternoon getting their teeth pulled than deliver a presentation. In fact, a 2014 study by Chapman University found that Americans fear public speaking more than pretty much anything else. Yet 70% of workers agree that strong presentation skills are an integral part of building a solid career.

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I posted up a summary of the Tokyo election here:
and I’ve just added what I reckon the policy implications are here (towards the bottom of the post)
For the USD/JPY (and yen crosses) its been a lower ‘opening’ to the week 9and new trading month):

Due at 2350GMT – the results of the Bank of Japan’s Tankan Survey
Tankan Large Manufacturing Index
– expected is 15, prior was 12
Tankan Large Non-Manufacturing Index

On Sunday Japanese PM Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party suffered what Reuters called a “historic defeat” in the Tokyo assembly election, and “plunged into a crisis” after losing to an upstart outfit in an vote that is seen as a harbinger for Japan’s national elections, and signaling trouble ahead for the premier who has suffered from slumping support after a series of political scandals

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Authored by James Holbrooks via TheAntiMedia.org,

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Kanye West departed from Jay-Z’s streaming service Tidal due to a financial dispute, according to TMZ.