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SpaceX just asked permission to launch 4,425 satellites — more than currently orbit Earth
Nov. 17, 2016 - Elon Musk's SpaceX company has filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch 4,425 satellites.
"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.
- Source: Business Insider
7 Things You Need to Know: "New World Money" Goes Live Tomorrow
Sept. 30, 2016 -
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.
- Source: Daily Reckoning
- Chinese yuan becomes IMF reserve currency, first new addition since ‘99 - RT
- International Monetary Fund
- Renminbi Joins the SDR Basket on October 1, 2016 - Infographic - International Monetary Fun-
- World Currency - Wikipedia
The writing on the wall: Technology and the Antichrist
Sept. 23, 2014 - The Bible is full of predictions that have come to pass in the past. It has much to say about our future, including
a cashless society. Evangelist Greg Laurie writes:
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.
- Source: WND
Is Bitcoin the 'Mark of the Beast'? (Op-Ed)
July 1, 2016 - Columnist Amanda B. Johnson writes:
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.
- Source: The CoinTelegraph
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Search Prophecy Central for more about Bitcoin
Apple CEO Tim Cook Says Next-Generation iPhones Will Come With Features ‘You Can't Live Without’
May 3, 2016 - Responding to questions about the lagging sales of the current version of iPhones, Apple CEO Tim Cook said
that the next-generation of iPhones (iPhone 7) would be brilliant.
“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?”
- Source: International Business Times
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Half of teens think they're addicted to their smartphones - CNN
See earlier articles: Before January 1, 2016
Links
- PositiveID- Formerly known as VeriChip
- PositiveID - Wikipedia
- National Retail Federation
- Biomark
- Technology: Preparing For The Mark - By Pastor Ron Graff
- Trovan - Implantable microchips
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