Precious Metals and Market News

Gold falls below $4,100, silver plunges 6% as hot CPI boosts Fed-hike bets - Kitco PM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Gold and silver prices were sharply lower in late U.S. trading Wednesday, as hotter-than-expected U.S. consumer inflation lifted Treasury yields, strengthened the dollar and increased expectations for further Federal Reserve tightening.

Gold's weakness is a buying opportunity as Jefferies sees $5,000 price in 2027, healthy mining margins - (Kitco News) - Gold prices continue to struggle in the face of persistent inflation pressures and growing expectations for higher interest rates; however, one bank continues to see short-term weakness as a buying opportunity and expects higher gold prices to continue to support the mining sector.

Can gold hold $4,000 with an October rate hike still in play? - (Kitco News) - Hotter-than-expected consumer prices have put an October rate hike back in play, pushing real bond yields higher and dragging gold prices below a critical near-term support level.

U.S. Treasury’s gold revaluation could restart the ‘debasement trade’ as yield pressures fade – UBP’s Kinsella - (Kitco News) – Gold has likely seen the worst of its Treasury-yield-driven losses, and once the Iran situation improves and Fed rate hike expectations ease, the Treasury department itself could provide a new tailwind for bullion prices between now and year-end, according to Peter Kinsella, Head of Investment Services for the UK at Swiss private bank UBP.Kinsella noted that gold has traded lower...

Hot CPI ‘far enough from consensus’ to put October Fed hike back in play – Natixis - (Kitco News) – September’s higher-than-expected CPI report means that August’s above-trend data wasn’t just an outlier – and it puts an October rate hike right back on the table, according to Natixis.

Gold, silver drop as hotter CPI revives Fed-rate pressure - Kitco AM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) – Spot gold and silver prices are sharply lower in early U.S. trading Wednesday, after hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation data revived concerns that energy-driven price pressure will keep the Federal Reserve’s year-end tightening path in place.

Gold price drops to session lows as U.S. CPI heats up in September - (Kitco News) - Gold prices have fallen to session lows, testing critical support as hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation data reinforces expectations that the Federal Reserve will have to raise interest rates by year-end, increasing the opportunity cost of holding the non-yielding precious metal.

Metals weaken as front-end yields, Hormuz risk offset softer dollar - Kitco PM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold prices were lower and spot silver prices were sharply lower in late U.S. trading Tuesday, as traders cut exposure ahead of Wednesday’s U.S. inflation report while front-end Treasury yields and December Federal Reserve rate-hike risk remained firm.

Silver’s industrial demand, mining dynamics and free float mean price rally might not impact supply until it overwhelms it – Sprott’s Zhu - (Kitco News) – Silver has key differentiators that insulate the impacts of the price action from the underlying supply and demand dynamics – but when investors do pile into silver, the grey metal’s constrained physical supply means the market can go parabolic in a way that gold is unlikely to ever do, according to Kenny Zhu, Director of Research and Investment Strategy at Sprott.

Silver prices could be headed back to $50 - Bloomberg’s McGlone - (Kitco News) - Silver prices could remain under pressure for years as the precious metal struggles to recover from its historic rally, and one market strategist warns that prices could fall back to $50 an ounce in the near term before finding meaningful support.

Why Diesel Prices Are So Much Higher Than Gasoline - Why Diesel Prices Are So Much Higher Than Gasoline Authored by Robert Rapier via OilPrice.com, Diesel has generally cost more than gasoline since 2004 due to higher production costs, taxes, and global demand. Global refinery disruptions, export restrictions, and low inventories have widened the diesel price premium in 2026. Strong US crude production and refinery outpu...

"De-Risk As Fast As Possible": EU Eyes Vietnam For Critical Materials To Cut Alarming China Dependence - "De-Risk As Fast As Possible": EU Eyes Vietnam For Critical Materials To Cut Alarming China Dependence Brussels appears increasingly aligned with the Trump administration's view that securing reliable, conflict-free supplies of critical materials is important for the incoming rearmament supercycle. Continued reliance on China exposes Western defense manufacturers to export restrict...

'Newspeak': Oxford University Tells Staff To Avoid Everyday English Phrases - 'Newspeak': Oxford University Tells Staff To Avoid Everyday English Phrases Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Oxford University has advised its staff to avoid common English idioms such as "learn the ropes" and "find your feet," on the grounds that they may confuse international students or that they perpetuate negative stereotypes. The guidance appears in the univer...

NGO Says "Climate Change" To Blame For Increase In Child Marriages - NGO Says "Climate Change" To Blame For Increase In Child Marriages The climate change industry (and yes, it is an industry) generates approximately $18 billion globally for NGOs, and a big part of that cash flow is the relatively new agenda of "Climate Justice".  This is the melding of the global warming fraud and the social justice fraud into one very big and very lucrative mega-f...

"Russian Bots", Burning Data-Centers, & Partitioning The Internet - "Russian Bots", Burning Data-Centers, & Partitioning The Internet Authored by Kit Knightly via OffGuardian, The Ukrainian military used their surfeit of drones to destroy Yandex data centres in Russia, and as a result, "hostile" Russian bot activity dropped to almost zero. That's the story. There's no evidence it's true, of course, but since when did that make any difference? ...

Iran Hormuz Attack Spree Starts Choking Oil Flows (Again), UBS Warns - Iran Hormuz Attack Spree Starts Choking Oil Flows (Again), UBS Warns A surge in Iranian drone attacks on commercial ships appears to be weighing on Middle Eastern energy exports through the Strait of Hormuz, with 24 attacks reported so far this month. The latest reports indicate that two Emirati container ships were struck and sank in the narrow waterway within the past 24 hours. ...

NATO's De Facto Expansion To The Caspian Sea Is Inevitable - NATO's De Facto Expansion To The Caspian Sea Is Inevitable Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Russia still has time to propose Ukrainian-like security guarantees for averting another special operation... Politico recently published a piece about how "France and Turkey block NATO's drive to deepen ties with Caucasus countries", not because they're opposed to it in principl...

Germany Puts Ukrainian Ex-Officer On Trial For Nord Stream "War Crime" As Defense Says Pipelines Were Fair Game - Germany Puts Ukrainian Ex-Officer On Trial For Nord Stream "War Crime" As Defense Says Pipelines Were Fair Game Four years after the largest act of infrastructure sabotage in postwar Europe, Germany finally has a defendant. Just one. Serhii Kuznietsov, a 50-year-old former Ukrainian army officer, went on trial Wednesday at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg, accused of...

Does China Have Enough Water For Its Thirsty AI Data Centers? - Does China Have Enough Water For Its Thirsty AI Data Centers? Authored by James Gorrie via The Epoch Times, According to China's Ministry of Water Resources, China has nearly one-fifth of the world's population but only about 6 percent of global freshwater resources. That presents planners in Beijing with a challenging problem: How to support 20 percent of humanity, more than 1...

"It's A Pity...": Zelensky Feels 'Betrayed' By Trump & Elon Musk - "It's A Pity...": Zelensky Feels 'Betrayed' By Trump & Elon Musk Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he feels betrayed by President Trump in the wake of the US deal to buy Russian fuel from Moscow, which was announced last week. Zelensky went on a newly aired episode of Piers Morgan's show, and he was asked point blank by the British show host if he had been "betrayed" by ...

‘Some people did everything right’: I lost my home in the Great Recession. I rent in my 50s. Why is that judged as failure? - ”I earn $110,000 a year.”

I’m 64 years old, with two sons, but only one works in the family firm. Should I leave him 70% of the business? - “I have some reservations about the long-term stability of my younger son’s marriage.”

‘New Girl’ star Jake Johnson lists lush and private Pasadena estate for $3.3 million - Jake Johnson is looking to sell his four-bedroom, four-bathroom Southern California property, which offers approximately 3,153 square feet of living space.

Why the AI trade is not set up for a rebound like July’s, according to JPMorgan - Fewer shorts, buybacks ending, no inflows and too many longs imply no recovery is imminent, says a JPMorgan strategist.

TSMC CEO sees no sign of a slowdown as chip foundry reports record profit - The semiconductor foundry announced third-quarter net profits of 763.34 Taiwanese new dollars, marking a record.

Anthropic’s slowing growth could be the AI trade’s latest red flag - Anthropic’s revenue growth appears to be cooling as the company prepares for its public debut, further stoking investors’ AI jitters

Rocket Lab’s stock slides as the company pushes back Neutron’s first launch - Neutron, a medium-lift rocket meant to rival SpaceX’s Falcon 9, will no longer launch this year.

The AI trade is splintering as inflation fears rattle hyped-up tech stocks - Investors are wondering if steep inflation and increased borrowing costs could derail the AI buildout.

My sister moved in with our mother, 78, and says she deserves the $925,000 family home. Is she right? - “The house is worth $925,000 and mom owns it outright. She also has $480,000 in investments.”

You’re probably too invested in equities. Why a 60-40 portfolio is still the smart way to go. - For most of U.S. history, an all-stock and a 60-40 portfolio have run neck-and-neck for trailing 30-year returns.

Nvidia, AMD, Micron fall as AI stock sell-off deepens - A sell-off in global technology hardware stocks deepened Thursday.

Elon Musk says Trump is 'ultimately' responsible for any curbs on Ukraine's Starshield systems - "Any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS," Musk wrote.

Ukraine to resume strikes on Russian refineries, shattering hopes of an 'energy ceasefire' - Ukraine will now resume attacks on Russian energy targets after Moscow hasn't held up its end of the proposed deal brokered by Trump.

Analysis: Why a $2 trillion deficit and 5% Treasury yields are becoming America's biggest economic challenge - Treasury yields above 5% are raising borrowing costs for households and the federal government, highlighting the challenge of financing $2 trillion deficits.

These stocks offer some of the best risk-adjusted upside on Wall Street - Recent stock market volatility has created some potentially attractive opportunities for investors willing to look past near-term choppiness.

Analysis: Why a $2 trillion deficit and 5% Treasury yields are becoming America's biggest economic challenge - Treasury yields above 5% are raising borrowing costs for households and the federal government, highlighting the challenge of financing $2 trillion deficits.

China indicates rare earths will keep flowing to EU, regardless of U.S. trade deal expiration - European trade commissioner Maroš Sefčovič met with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in Beijing last week.

UK economy grew 0.1% in August, beating expectations - The U.K. is grappling with a cost-of-living crisis sparked by sticky inflation and surging energy costs.

How high inflation became a 'fact of life' in the U.S. - U.S. inflation has stayed elevated for years, raising concern at the Federal Reserve that consumers may come to expect stubbornly high prices.

Consumer prices rose 3.7% annually in September as gas prices skyrocket - The consumer price index was expected to increase 0.6% in September on a monthly basis and 3.6% from a year ago, according to the Dow Jones consensus forecast.

Prepare for generational opportunities -- and risks -- at the New Orleans conference - GATA Secretary Chris Powell will be among the speakers. * * * By Brien Lundin, PublisherGold Newsletter / Golden OpportunitiesCEO, New Orleans Investment ConferenceMetairie, LouisianaWednesday, October 14, 2026 There are moments in the markets when being in the right place, with the right people, can make all the difference. I believe we're approaching one of those moments right now.  Gold is s...

CFTC staff were told to retract analysis of suspicious oil trades - By Charles Gorrivan, Lydia Beyoud, and Nicola M. WhiteBloomberg Newsvia The Japan Times, TokyoWednesday, October 14, 2026 When U.S. President Donald Trump backed away from threats to strike Iranian power plants on March 23, it sparked a frenzy of buying and selling across oil, equities and other markets.Traders had grown accustomed to prices lurching wildly on developments in the Middle East.  ...

Bank of America fined $1.2 billion for money laundering and sanctions violations - By Samantha DelouyaCNN, New YorkTuesday, October 13, 2026 The U.S. Treasury Department today announced it was imposing a more than $1.2 billion fine on Bank of America, accusing the bank of violating anti-money laundering and sanctions laws. The bank, the second-largest in the U.S., failed to mitigate and report "priority national security risks, including Chinese money laundering networks and ...

DRCongo to demand franc payments, not dollars, to boost currency, investment - By Michael J. KavanaghBloomberg NewsMonday, October 12, 2026 Democratic Republic of Congo’s central bank will soon require a range of payments to be made in francs instead of dollars -- including to mining subcontractors -- to strengthen the local currency and encourage domestic investment, Governor Andre Wameso said. Miners, who are already required to repatriate 60% of their export revenues t...

Even CNBC gets it now: How China's gold-buying spree helps the yuan go global - How a Gold-Buying Sppree Helps the Yuan Go Global By Evelyn ChengCNBC, New YorkMonday, October 12, 2026 China's decades-long push for yuan internationalization is getting a lift from the buildout of Hong Kong as a gold trading center -- denominated in the Chinese currency. "As those trading volumes grow, there would be a growing volume of the physical gold trade that is denominated in RMB and n...

When AI Spending Starts Slowing, Start Worrying - Wolf Richter on Thoughtful Money.

Inflation Spreads across the Economy, Not Going Back into the Bottle: CPI, Core CPI, Core Services CPI Spike - Core services CPI +4.5% annualized, Core CPI +4.1% annualized, all-items CPI +8.1% annualized in September from August.

The Social Security COLA for 2027 Will Be Largest since 2023 - The numbers are out for the Cost-of-Living Adjustments for Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income.

These Countries May Be Next To Accept Bitcoin as Legal Tender - One of the main knocks against cryptocurrency has always been that it will never gain universal adoption, meaning its usefulness will always be limited. This perhaps changed forever on September 7, ...

This Day In Market History: Legal Tender Act Of 1862 - What Happened? On this day in 1862, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Legal Tender Act into law. Where The Market Was: The Legal Tender Act predates both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones ...

Bill Introduced To Make Bitcoin A Legal Tender In Arizona - Senator Wendy Rogers has introduced a bill proposing to make bitcoin a legal tender in the U.S. state of Arizona. The bill seeks to add bitcoin to the list of instruments considered legal tender in ...

Legal Tender - Legal tender is a medium of payment recognized by a legal system to be valid for meeting a financial obligation. Paper currency and coins are common forms of legal tender in many countries. Legal ...

What Is Considered Legal Tender in the US? - "Legal tender" means that the financial instrument in question legally serves to pay any public or private debt. Federal law guarantees its printed value regardless of its intrinsic convertible value, ...

Live updates: Bitcoin back under $81,000 as AI selloff worsens - September inflation came in above forecasts and the selloff in AI stocks picked up speed, dragging bitcoin back toward last week’s low.

Hyperliquid founder wants U.S. oversight of trading platforms, not his blockchain - Jeff Yan told Bloomberg that U.S. regulatory oversight should apply to the firms using the blockchain, not to the underlying network itself.

Australia’s financial watchdog seeks stiffer rules for crypto exchanges ahead of licensing deadline - The country’s regulator, ASIC, has proposed tougher rules to protect users’ digital assets, crypto trading and to safeguard the country’s financial stability.

Hex founder Richard Heart arrested in Istanbul, Turkish media report - Police reportedly seized $4 million in cash and 64 luxury watches during a raid on the crypto founder's Istanbul residence.

BlackRock's Fink names a U.S. recession trigger, sounds alarm over $40 trillion national debt - BlackRock's CEO says "a moratorium of some sort" on data center buildouts would put the U.S. in a recession.

Nearly $1 billion in crypto bets liquidated as bitcoin, ether and XRP slide - Ether accounted for nearly 60% of the forced closures across the two largest cryptocurrencies, falling roughly twice as much as bitcoin.

Bitcoin mining pool once handling 2.3% of network shuts after hashrate falls 65% - Computing power directed at Binance Pool has fallen from 26 EH/s in December to about 9 EH/s. Its remaining miners must choose another provider before a Nov. 10 cutoff.

Bitcoin wilts as Fed rate uncertainty weighs. Kospi plunges 8% - Bets on an October Fed rate hike briefly spiked to nearly 50% after Wednesday’s inflation report, but have since cooled.

Kalshi CEO says state-led oversight of U.S. prediction markets would push them out - CEO Tarek Mansour said he feels "pretty good" about the pending outcome of the current legal fight over who has the right to regulate prediction markets.

AI agents make 138 million crypto payments as U.S. dominates spending on AI models - U.S.-linked wallets account for just over 88% of tracked AI model payments, dwarfing China’s 0.1% share, according to new Chainalysis research.

Tether Paid a Firm Owned by a Former White House Crypto Official, WSJ - A Wall Street Journal investigation alleges that Tether paid approximately $6.3 million to a consulting firm partly owned by Bo Hines while he served as a senior White House cryptocurrency official. Hines helped advance the GENIUS Act, legislation with major implications for Tether, before leaving government to become the stablecoin issuer’s U.S. chief executive. His […]

Bitcoin Price Teeters Near $80K as Global Stock Rout Rattles Markets - Bitcoin’s price hovered near $81,200 on Oct. 15, 2026, at 5 a.m. Eastern time, after falling as low as $80,154, leaving the $80,000 threshold squarely in traders’ sights. Short-term moving averages remain bearish, while longer-term indicators offer some encouragement. Meanwhile, Asian technology stocks suffered steep losses, with South Korea’s Kospi down nearly 8% and Japan’s […]

Blue Owl’s Stack Seeks $6 Billion Melbourne Loan as AI Debt Faces Scrutiny - Stack Infrastructure is reportedly seeking an A$8.6 billion ($6 billion) loan to finance a data center project in Melbourne, as investors grow more cautious about the borrowing underpinning the artificial intelligence infrastructure boom. This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. The Energy Mag (formerly The Miner Mag) […]

Scientists Stumbled Back Onto a Forest Experiment Abandoned for 30 Years, and the Results Stunned Them - Researchers who revisited the long-forgotten Silvicultural Systems Project plots at Tanjil Bren in Victoria, Australia, found that heavily thinned mountain ash stands grew trees about 20% larger in diameter than unharvested controls and, within 30 years, recovered all carbon removed in the 1987 harvest. The findings, published July 1, 2026 in Forest Science, also reported […]

CZ Takes Aim at Bank of America Over $1.21 Billion AML Penalty - Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) took a swipe at Bank of America on Wednesday after the banking giant was slapped with more than $1.21 billion in federal penalties for anti-money laundering (AML) and sanctions violations. Regulators found the bank failed to timely report more than $5 billion in suspicious transactions, yet no executives faced criminal […]

Trump Keeps Coming Up With Legally Dubious Tariff Justifications - Trump launched his third round of broad tariffs after his first two attempts ran into legal trouble.

Archives: November 2026 - Excerpts from Reason's vaults

How Should Flock Cameras Be Regulated Under the Fourth Amendment? - A recent lecture.

Brickbat: Listening In - Dylan Hembrough, editor in chief of the student newspaper at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, contacted the school's communications office to… The post Brickbat: Listening In appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Open Thread - What’s on your mind?

Fusionism and its Limits - Fusionism is far preferable to nationalism and postliberalism. But it has shortcomings of its own, and its political prospects are questionable.

Kansas Ban on Private Parties' Partially Prefilling Voters' Mail Ballot Applications Upheld - A short excerpt from today's longish Tenth Circuit opinion in VoteAmerica v. Schwab, by Judge Timothy Tymkovich, joined by Judges… The post Kansas Ban on Private Parties' Partially Prefilling Voters' Mail Ballot Applications Upheld appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Florida "Addictive Features" Social Media Restrictions on Minors Likely Constitutional, Eleventh Circuit Holds - Some short excerpts from the long opinion in Computer & Comm. Indus. Ass'n v. Uthmeier, decided today by Judge Kevin… The post Florida "Addictive Features" Social Media Restrictions on Minors Likely Constitutional, Eleventh Circuit Holds appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Lawsuit Alleging Bank Played Role in Facilitating "Jeffrey Epstein's … Sex-Trafficking Operation" Can Go Forward - From Molchonova v. FirstBank Puerto Rico & First Bancorp, decided today by Judge Jed Rakoff (S.D.N.Y.): On September 25, 2026,… The post Lawsuit Alleging Bank Played Role in Facilitating "Jeffrey Epstein's … Sex-Trafficking Operation" Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Trump's $90 Checks to Seniors Look a Lot Like Vote Buying - With the midterms rapidly approaching, Trump is sending out billions in taxpayer money to court Medicare-enrolled seniors.

This isn’t an Instruction Manual. It’s a Warning. How Empires Fall. - Collapse is self-inflicted: Benjamin Franklin knew the pattern all through history. In 1773, he wrote a masterpiece of biting satire - 20 rules for how a great empire destroys itself from within by making its own people see it as detestable. It was supposed to be a warning, but London completely ignored it and paid the price. Once you hear his “rules,” judge for yourself. Is this just another h...

Lost Cause: The Federal Government will Never Limit Itself - Going to the federal government to convince the federal government to limit its own power? That’s not just dumb strategy and a lost cause. It’s dangerous to the Constitution and liberty. On this episode, it’s James Madison’s blueprint for beating the feds without relying on the feds to magically limit their own power. Plus the right to keep and bear arms as the ultimate safeguard for freedom. T...

The Word “Emergency” Doesn’t Exist in the Constitution. That’s no Accident. - That means the rules of the constitution apply whether someone calls it an “emergency” or not. On this episode, it’s the founders’ long-forgotten warning about the oldest weapon in the book. Let politicians have extra power or funding because THEY declare an emergency? And you’ll get never-ending emergencies. The post The Word “Emergency” Doesn’t Exist in the Constitution. That’s no Accident. a...

We’re Asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to End Warrantless ALPR Searches - Today, EFF joined the ACLU of Wisconsin in filing a petition to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, asking it to rule that the state’s constitution requires a warrant for retrospective searches of ALPR databases used by law enforcement in four cities: Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, and Green Bay. We represent a religious organization, the Wisconsin Council of Churches, as well as an individual pastor in ...

DHS Inspector General Finds That TSA is Not Properly Safeguarding Passenger Facial Recognition Data - EFF legal intern Gabrielle Ladun was the principal author of this post.  The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) has published a summary of findings from its audit of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) facial recognition technology. While the detailed findings are classified, the summary states that the OIG’s audit uncovered a “significant weakn...

🗣 A Victory for Freedom of Speech Online | EFFector 38.18 - No one should have to think twice before criticizing the government online. But a mass surveillance program known as "Catch and Revoke" was created to make millions do just that. EFF and other defenders of free speech are fighting back. In our latest EFFector newsletter, we're talking about a key court win for our lawsuit challenging this unconstitutional surveillance program. JOIN OUR NEWSLETT...

Court Denies Immunity for Judge Who Personally Jailed Two Innocent Kids, Upholds Damages - ST. LOUIS, Mo.—On Tuesday, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a judge who personally jailed two innocent children after a 2019 custody hearing is […] The post Court Denies Immunity for Judge Who Personally Jailed Two Innocent Kids, Upholds Damages appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Texas City Hits Learning Pod with Cease-and-Desist in Violation of State Law - After working in K-12 education for nearly 30 years, including teaching special education and serving as a summer school principal, in 2025 Ruby Brock founded […] The post Texas City Hits Learning Pod with Cease-and-Desist in Violation of State Law appeared first on Institute for Justice.

New Decision in Ongoing Legal Saga of Atlanta Family Wrongly Raided by FBI SWAT Team - ATLANTA—A three-judge panel of the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in the years long lawsuit brought by an Atlanta family whose […] The post New Decision in Ongoing Legal Saga of Atlanta Family Wrongly Raided by FBI SWAT Team appeared first on Institute for Justice.

TAURUS RENEWS PLATINUM-LEVEL CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP - BELLEVUE, Wash. — April 24, 2025 — The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is pleased to announce that Taurus Holdings Inc. has renewed their commitment to the organization as a Platinum-level corporate partner. “At Taurus, we believe that the right to keep and bear arms is fundamental to the American way of life,” said Taurus USA The post TAURUS RENEWS PLATINUM-LEVEL CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP appear...

CA NON-RESIDENTS CAN APPLY FOR CARRY PERMIT STARTING APRIL 22 - BELLEVUE, Wash. — April 22, 2025 — Thanks to a preliminary injunction in the Second Amendment Foundation’s (SAF) case CRPA v. LASD, starting Tuesday, April 22, non-resident SAF members can apply for a California carry permit.  The injunction requires that California accept permit applications from any United States resident outside the state who is a The post CA NON-RESIDENTS CAN APPLY FOR CARR...

SCOTUS DENIES CERT IN WORTH, SAF WIN IN EIGHTH CIRCUIT STANDS - BELLEVUE, Wash. — April 21, 2025 — In a case that could potentially have far-reaching implications for similar lawsuits across the nation, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied Minnesota’s Petition for Writ of Certiorari in Jacobson v. Worth, the Second Amendment Foundation’s (SAF) challenge to the 18-20-year-old carry ban in the state. Minnesota asked the The post SCOTUS DENIES CERT IN WORTH, SAF ...

This Week in Gun Rights - THIS WEEK IN THE FIGHT Here’s what you may have missed this week in the fight for the Second Amendment… This week, ATF confirmed that guidance is incoming on GOA’s historic victory against the registration requirements of the National Firearms Act…  Also, ATF confirmed to Congress that they have more than 1.4 billion records in their illegal registry of guns … Read more

GOA Sues City of Jacksonville, Florida Over Illegal Gun-Free Zones - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  September 29, 2026  Jacksonville, FL — Gun Owners of America (GOA), Gun Owners Foundation (GOF), Florida Carry, and individual plaintiffs have filed a lawsuit challenging firearm restrictions enforced at City-owned venues across Jacksonville. The suit (Case No. 16-2026-CA-006676-AXXX-MA) names the City of Jacksonville, Sheriff T.K. Waters, and Mayor Donna Deegan—and chall...

President Trump Just Killed DOJ’s Appeal - PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD DOJ: DON’T APPEAL GOA’S WIN! Thank you to President Trump for supporting the Second Amendment! President Trump personally ordered the Justice Department not to appeal our NFA victory. The deadline to file would have been October 5th. But, ATF still hasn’t issued guidance for FFLs and gun owners on how to proceed after the win. GOA has … Read more

SoFi, Figure co-founder raises $19M for newest venture - “The problem that we've created in blockchain,” Navra co-founder Mike Cagney said, “is we've been building for this native crypto audience, but not for the real world.”

Kraken parent eyes EU license with bank acquisition - Buying Lithuania-based Saldo Bank would give Payward an upgrade from the Ireland-issued electronic money institutions license it now carries. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

OCC blasts debanking instances by JPMorgan, others in report - The agency combed through the policies and individual account-closing decisions at nine banks, alleging discrimination, mostly against conservatives. The CFPB also said it would investigate.

JPMorgan rounds up payments partners - The biggest U.S. bank has been leveraging relationships to better integrate software and keep up with industry trends, among other purposes.

JPMorgan to livestream fraud-fighting event to 700 branches - The panel, highlighting scam methodology and the tools that banks and customers can use to fight back, comes as the cost to victims soars, according to Gallup and the Federal Trade Commission.

Banks face liability over use of AI chatbots, report finds - Financial institutions that have replaced human customer-service agents with AI chatbots may be violating existing state and federal consumer-protection laws, if they provide inaccurate information that harms consumers, according to a new report by former regulators.

Bowman: global regulators should match Fed's 'modernization' - The Federal Reserve's vice chair for supervision criticized global standard setters for 'unquestioningly' adopting policy changes in response to research she says is faulty.

State Street's new wealth-services unit notches early win - A deal announced Wednesday validates the company's decision to reverse course and re-enter a market it exited five years ago, CEO Ron O'Hanley said.

Why Scotiabank is investing in working capital and liquidity - Widespread geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty is shaping the Toronto-based bank's commercial payment strategy as it looks to deepen client relationships in transaction banking and capitalize on its footprint in Mexico.

How AI will impact payments - Leigh Amaro, Chief Executive of the Americas at Swift, talks with American Banker payments reporter Joey Pizzolato at SIBOS about AI and its impact on the payments sector.

Pushing the monetary frontier: stablecoins and tokenised deposits - Speech by Mr Pablo Hernández de Cos, General Manager of the BIS, at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, 28 August 2026.

BIS residential property price statistics, Q1 2026 - Real global house prices declined by 1.2% year on year (yoy) in the first quarter of 2026.

Effective resolution strategies and plans for insurers – Executive Summary - The Key Attributes of Effective Resolution Regimes for Financial Institutions (Key Attributes) of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) require resolution plans to be developed for all financial institutions, including insurers, that could be systemically significant or critical upon failure.

Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on August 17, September 9, and September 16, 2026 - Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on August 17, September 9, and September 16, 2026

Federal Reserve Board releases results of the 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances, which provides the public and policymakers with detailed insights into the economic condition of American families - Federal Reserve Board releases results of the 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances, which provides the public and policymakers with detailed insights into the economic condition of American families

Federal Reserve Board announces enforcement action against American Express Company to address, among other things, the firm’s failure to sufficiently detect and report certain suspicious activity ... - Federal Reserve Board announces enforcement action against American Express Company to address, among other things, the firm’s failure to sufficiently detect and report certain suspicious activity related to money laundering

Press Release: FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance - PRESS RELEASE | OCTOBER 5, 2026 FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance WASHINGTON—The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC...

Press Release: FDIC Announces Conclusion of Independent Monitorship - PRESS RELEASE | SEPTEMBER 30, 2026 FDIC Announces Conclusion of Independent Monitorship WASHINGTON — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (...