"The system is designed to provide a wide range of broadband and communications services for residential, commercial, institutional, governmental and professional users worldwide," SpaceX wrote in its application.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) officially adds the Chinese Yuan to its basket of currencies comprising its special drawing right (SDR). It has enormous long-term implications for the dollar.

Since the IMF abandoned the gold standard in 1973 the SDR has been dominated by the “Big Four” (U.S., U.K., Japan and Europe. This development may not make headlines now, but it is an important step toward a new world standard of currency that will probably devalue the dollar.

There is coming a day when a charismatic leader will emerge on the world scene, identified in the Bible as the Antichrist, and no one will be able to do any kind of financial transaction unless they have his mark.

If the Bitcoin maximalists get their way, and the whole world uses Bitcoin in its current form, the “compliant” masses could seriously usher in the “Mark of the Beast.”

She gives several reasons why Bitcoin could fulfill this prophecy. For starters, Bitcoin addresses would be tied to identity.

“We are going to give you things that you can't live without, that you just don't even know you need today...You will look back and wonder 'how did I live without this?”