Precious Metals and Market News

If these key gold price levels fail, expect accelerated near-term selling – TD Securities - (Kitco News) – Gold is outperforming other precious metals despite the headwinds of higher energy prices and rising Fed hike expectations, but Commodity Trading Advisors (CTA) and major funds could become sellers if gold breaks key support levels, according to commodity analysts at TD Securities.In a Thursday note, TD Securities’ Ryan McKay and Bart Melek wrote that while gold has given up some...

Gold’s record prices are reshaping demand as investors replace jewelry buyers - Metals Focus - (Kitco News) - Investment demand has been a critical pillar of support for gold in recent years and, while the unsustainable rise in global sovereign debt remains a key driver in the precious metal’s long-term uptrend, one research firm is warning investors to keep an eye on another pillar that has weakened.

Central bank gold moves are about repatriation, not liquidation – StoneX’s O’Connell - (Kitco News) – While the recent headline may give the impression that central banks are selling off some of their gold reserves, the gold has merely changed location in response to the rising perceived risk of sanctions and seizure, according to Rhona O'Connell, Head of Market Analysis for EMEA & Asia at StoneX.

gold off its lows but largely ignores 2% drop in U.S. existing home sales - (Kitco News) - The gold market is off its lows but remains under pressure as the U.S. housing market continues to stabilize, with existing-home sales falling to their lowest level since February.

Gold, silver prices tumble as hot PPI lifts Fed-hike risk - Kitco AM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are sharply lower in early U.S. trading Thursday, after hotter U.S. wholesale inflation, steady jobless claims and a 25-basis-point ECB rate hike reinforced the global higher-for-longer rate trade. At the time of writing, spot gold was trading near $4,362.30 an ounce, down 0.87%, while spot silver was trading at $64.920, down 3.34% on the sess...

Gold falls to session lows as weekly jobless claims holds steady at 206k - (Kitco News) - The gold market is seeing renewed selling pressure, with prices trading at session lows after data showed a relatively stable labor market, as the number of American workers applying for first-time unemployment benefits held steady for another week.

Spot gold price slides to $4,340/oz after August PPI rises 0.4%, core PPI rises 0.2% - (Kitco News) - The gold market is selling off after the latest data showed U.S. producers saw rising price pressures on balance last month.The headline Producer Price Index (PPI) posted a 0.4% increase in August, following July’s upwardly revised 0.1% reading, the U.S. Labor Department announced on Thursday. The latest headline data was in line with expectations, as economists looked for a 0.4%...

Gold price down but weathering ECB's 25 basis point rate hike - (Kitco News) - The gold market appears to be largely shrugging off the European Central Bank’s decision to raise interest rates, as selling pressure remains limited against the euro.

Ron Paul says the people should own the gold, not the government - (Kitco News) - The Treasury tripled its bond buybacks and yields rose anyway. The man who wrote End the Fed says he still wouldn't trust the accounting at Fort Knox

Gold, silver rise as dollar weakness offsets oil-driven rate risk - Kitco PM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are higher in late-afternoon U.S. trading Wednesday, as a weaker U.S. dollar and safe-haven demand tied to the U.S.-Iran conflict outweighed higher Treasury yields and another surge in crude oil.

Oracle Rises After Cloud Revenues Beat Thanks To Massive CapEx, Soaring Debt - Oracle Rises After Cloud Revenues Beat Thanks To Massive CapEx, Soaring Debt Earnings season may be over, but the occasional earnings reports are still trickling through, and moments ago we got the latest off-season report from the most indebted company in AI, Oracle, which reported adjusted revenue for the first quarter that beat the average analyst estimate, and which helped pus...

Supreme Court Blocks Missouri Republicans' New Congressional Map - Supreme Court Blocks Missouri Republicans' New Congressional Map The U.S. Supreme Court blocked Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins on Thursday from using the state's Republican-drawn 2025 congressional map, an order that puts Missouri back under the districts adopted in 2022. The order ran one page, disclosed no vote, gave no reasoning, and drew no noted dissents. In this ph...

When Grievance Enters The Huddle - When Grievance Enters The Huddle Authored by Andre Billeaudeaux via American Thinker, The NAACP is asking some of America's best black high-school football players to consider withholding commitments from public universities in eight states because of congressional redistricting. Current athletes are encouraged to consider transferring and using their NIL platforms to support the ...

Fetterman Condemns Socialism In Surprise Video Message To GOP Convention - Fetterman Condemns Socialism In Surprise Video Message To GOP Convention Pennsylvania's Democratic senator made a surprise video appearance in Dallas on Wednesday night in front of a sea of Republicans at the GOP midterm convention. In a short video message, Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) condemned the rise of socialist politicians in the United States and welcomed his Republican c...

Charlie Kirk Built A Conservative Institution. Can It Survive Him? - Charlie Kirk Built A Conservative Institution. Can It Survive Him? Authored by Brigham Tomco via Deseret News, Just inside the Turning Point USA Freedom Center in Phoenix, Arizona, there is a gold-framed painting, about three feet tall, glowing in a warm spotlight mounted on the wall. Captured mid-throw is Charlie Kirk, lobbing red and white MAGA caps into a mass of ecstatic stud...

Melania Trump's Team Finally Breaks Silence On Natalie Harp Frenzy - Melania Trump's Team Finally Breaks Silence On Natalie Harp Frenzy A key advisor to First Lady Melania Trump has broken his silence against the nonstop media frenzy surrounding President Donald Trump and loyal White House aide Natalie Harp. Evan Vucci/Reuters/Aaron Schwarz/Getty Images The speculation, circulating for weeks across mainstream and tabloid outlets, concerns whether ...

Trump Warns 'Activity' Seen At Iran's Pickaxe Mountain Nuclear Site: 'Don't Get Cute' - Trump Warns 'Activity' Seen At Iran's Pickaxe Mountain Nuclear Site: 'Don't Get Cute' This week there's been more mainstream reporting and chatter centered on Iran's Pickaxe Mountain. The nuclear development site has been of special interest and focus to the Trump administration due to how immensely fortified it is, meaning the Iranians can conduct uranium enrichment activities dee...

Head Of Blackstone's Real Estate Group Abandons Ship After Less Than A Year - Head Of Blackstone's Real Estate Group Abandons Ship After Less Than A Year  Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance The Incentive To Stay, The Psychology Of Leaving Head of Real Estate Nadeem Meghji is leaving Blackstone less than a year after taking sole control of its real-estate business, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. The official explanation is a desire ...

Record-Breaking 30Y Auction Sees Huge Stop Through, 2nd Highest Foreign Demand On Record - Record-Breaking 30Y Auction Sees Huge Stop Through, 2nd Highest Foreign Demand On Record One day after a blowout 10Y auction, which saw massive buyside demand thanks to the surge in yields earlier after the Bessent buyback disappointed which led to a huge concession into yesterday';s 10Y auction, moments ago we got the week's final coupon auctio when the Treasury sold $22BN in 30Y ...

Tate Brothers To Remain In Custody As They Fight Extradition To UK, Judge Rules - Tate Brothers To Remain In Custody As They Fight Extradition To UK, Judge Rules Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times, Social media influencers and brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate will remain in U.S. custody, a magistrate judge ruled on Wednesday, as they continue to fight their extradition to the United Kingdom on rape and sex trafficking charges. In a surprise move duri...

Apple is walking a ‘tightrope’ when it comes to the prices of its new iPhones - The company raised prices on its phone but might still have to eat costs itself, analysts say.

The traditional paths to building wealth are becoming less accessible for young Americans. Here’s what happened. - Generation Z and young millennials are navigating major shifts in the economy that have made it harder to build wealth the way Americans did in the past.

Why $500 checks won’t help Americans facing 15% increases in Obamacare premiums next year - Rising healthcare costs have been a major issue for lawmakers and patients in recent years.

Treasury yields surge after Bessent’s beefed-up buyback operation fails to calm market - The Treasury market’s painful rout intensified Thursday, after an underwhelming auction of 30-year U.S. government debt and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s first beefed-up buyback operation.

How to create a ‘forever paycheck’ without paying for an annuity - Jean Chatzky’s new book lays out several strategies for creating steady retirement income.

Stocks are sliding as this ‘negative risk trinity’ spooks investors - Investors are taking a more cautious tack as rising bond yields and and a calendar riddled with risks — from Federal Reserve meetings to the U.S. midterm elections — inspire many to adopt a more cautious position.

‘I feel tricked’: My contractor handed my $42,000 pool upgrade to a subcontractor I had already rejected. What can I do? - “I specifically rejected Contractor A because of his reputation.”

It’s not just Hormuz. Another war is providing fresh price shocks to fuel and food. - The Middle East conflict overshadows outages in Russia and a ‘massive impact’ on diesel supplies

This simple mistake can give your money to the wrong person when you die. Here’s how to protect your estate. - Estate-planning crises usually come down to small oversights.

Would you buy stock in a company whose own scientists think the product might kill you? - A former Anthropic employee said he was quitting this week and that AI companies are “gambling with our lives.”

Trump's $1 trillion-plus 'dividend' plan meets immediate bipartisan pushback - Such a payout could cost more than $1 trillion and is likely to face legal obstacles.

Oracle's stock jumps 7% on earnings beat as cloud infrastructure revenue more than doubles - Oracle's results for the quarter came in stronger than expected, as did its revenue backlog.

The likelihood of a Fed interest rate hike next week just got a lot higher - Traders pushed chances for a rate increase to 70% in morning action.

Dow tumbles 300 points to notch 4-day drop as Treasury yields and oil prices surge - Stocks dropped Thursday after U.S. oil prices topped $100 a barrel.

Friday's CPI inflation report is even more important than usual. Here's what to expect - The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the August consumer price index report at 8:30 a.m.

Friday's CPI inflation report is even more important than usual. Here's what to expect - The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the August consumer price index report at 8:30 a.m.

The likelihood of a Fed interest rate hike next week just got a lot higher - Traders pushed chances for a rate increase to 70% in morning action.

Wholesale prices rose 0.4% in August, as expected - The producer price index was expected to rise 0.4% in August, according to the Dow Jones consensus forecast.

U.S. reveals import ban on slew of Canadian goods as trade war escalates - Import bans on motorbikes, alcohol and dairy products are due to come into effect on Sept. 29 as the rift between the countries deepens.

Why the Fed's interest rate call could come down to a few hundredths of a percentage point - As markets vacillate between which way they see policymakers leaning, all eyes will turn to economic reports measuring producer and consumer prices.

Brien Lundin: Gold and bonds are warning us - By Brien LundinGold Newsletter / Golden OpportunitiesMetairie, LouisianaWednesday, September 9, 2026 It might seem like everyone believes Kevin Warsh when he says he won't hesitate to raise rates. Well, everyone except one subset of investors: Those who keep buying gold. ... Dispatch continues below ... ... ADVERTISEMENT ... Power Metallic Defines High-Grade Maiden Resource at Lion Zone Aver...

Steer reviews desperate interventions; Maguire cites battle of 'whales' - 10:37a ET Thursday, September 10, 2026 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: GATA board member Ed Steer, publisher of Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Digest, interviewed this week by the CapitalCosm channel at YouTube, discusses the desperate government interventions to support government currencies and bonds and suppress the prices of the monetary metals and commodities. The interview is 45 minutes long an...

BIS gold swaps rose in August along with double counting and seizure concerns - 7:55p ET Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: GATA's consultant about the Bank for International Settlements, Robert Lambourne, reports today that the bank's gold swaps are not going away -- that the bank's August statement of account, published this week -- https://www.bis.org/publications/statement-account-31-august-2026.pdf -- indicates that its gold swaps increased by ...

Treasury secretary boasts about rigging Japanese yen market - They wouldn't be rigging any other markets, would they? * * * 'I Am the House Now': Bessent Warns Currency Traders Not to Bet Against Yen By Emily Herbert, Ian Smith, and Ramsay HodgsonFinancial Times, LondonWednesday, September 9, 2026 U.S. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent has warned traders not to bet against the yen, saying "I am the house now" following his recent intervention to support th...

Spain faces dilemma of what to do with its gold at the U.S. Fed - By Belen CarrenoEl Pais, MadridTuesday, September 8, 2026 As the world order finds its new balance, some of the pieces in motion are made of solid gold.  Major European central banks have begun repatriating their gold reserves held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The Netherlands made this public last week, but France and Germany had already taken recent steps in this direction, while I...

Sales of Existing Single-Family Homes Sag Further, Supply Spikes to Decade High. Condo Sales Drop to Data-Low, Supply Spikes to 14-Year High - The average weekly mortgage rate, at 6.76%, is not high historically. Inflation is high. And home prices are high.

PPI Shows Surging Inflation Across Prices that Companies Pay Each Other. The Fed Should Stop Dilly-Dallying Around - This kind of inflation is nothing to be trifled with: In services +4.5%; in goods without energy +5.0%; in energy +24%; overall +5.4%; year-over-year.

10-Year to 30-Year Treasury Yields Jump after Bessent Reveals Bond Buybacks for Tomorrow’s Auction - The hocus-pocus show falls flat. Well, OK, then.

New Clarity Act text tweaks DeFi, credit union provisions, but road ahead for bill remains murky - The Clarity Act needs 60 votes when the Senate returns from its recess next week. Republicans circulated a fresh draft on Thursday ahead of the vote.

Why a new SEC plan could ease a legal headache for tokenized securities - The SEC's new proposal to overhaul transfer-agent rules could eliminate duplicate offchain shareholder records, reducing reconciliation costs and legal uncertainty for tokenized securities.

OKX brings OpenAI and Anthropic bets to Europe as pre-IPO trading grows - The exchange is offering up to 10x leverage on private-company valuations alongside 100 tokenized stocks and ETFs.

Europe’s top regulator questions Polymarket and Kalshi’s EU access, warns of authorization gaps - ESMA said that event contracts may fall under existing EU binary-options bans, crypto-asset frameworks like MiCA or national gambling laws.

Polymarket names former Amazon finance chief Warren Jenson as its first CFO - Jenson becomes the prediction market’s first CFO as Polymarket builds its regulated U.S. exchange and global platform.

Monument Bank delays retail tokenized deposits, cites regulatory issues in the UK - The London-based challenger bank tapped a Canadian custodian to meet the Financial Conduct Authority’s regulatory requirements. It now expects to roll out retail tokenized deposits by November.

Bitcoin Bancorp snaps up thousands of defunct Bitcoin Depot ATMs for $620,000 - Just over a quarter of Bitcoin Depot’s more than 9,200 kiosks have been sold for less than $1 million, court records show.

Crypto for Advisors: Hyperliquid and the future of finance -
MoneyGram unveils stablecoin-backed card as digital dollars move into everyday spending - The remittance giant is rolling out a Visa card that lets customers hold dollars and spend from a stablecoin-backed balance.

Nasdaq, Boerse Stuttgart, others ask EU to remove or increase cap in tokenization trial - The coalition warned that the current limit is too low, noting some existing European projects already exceed it.

Pump.fun Lets Memecoins Trade Against Tokenized Stocks on Solana - Pump.fun is letting users launch tokens paired directly with tokenized stocks, crypto majors, and metals on Solana. The move brings memecoin speculation and real-world assets into the same liquidity pools, while reviving questions about how far tokenized equities can stretch before regulation catches up. Pump.fun Pushes Tokenized Stocks Into 24/7 Solana Trading Pump.fun is blurring […]

The CLARITY Act Has 100 New Changes and a 60-Vote Problem - According to reports, Senate Republicans circulated a new Digital Asset Market Clarity Act draft on Thursday following the August Congressional recess. Polymarket bettors increased the odds of the legislation passing this year from 16% to 19% following the news. Lummis Says the New Draft Includes More Than 100 Changes On Thursday, Senate Banking Digital Assets […]

163-Year-Old US Bank Just Moved Its Own Stablecoin Across Europe - The fifth-largest commercial bank in the United States, U.S. Bank, announced this week that the Minneapolis lender completed a transaction using a stablecoin it issued itself on the public Stellar blockchain. U.S. Bank Takes Its Own Stablecoin Onto a Public Blockchain The banking industry is very much involved with blockchain and stablecoins these days, and […]

Bitcoin Fund Lost 36% of Its Backing, Nobody Noticed for 74 Days - Amid what seems like an endless stream of hacks, data breaches, exploits and bugs, one software flaw quietly wiped out a third of a bitcoin fund’s backing, and somehow went unnoticed for two months. Nomic Bug Leaves Alloyed BTC With a 36% Backing Hole According to the decentralized exchange (DEX) platform Osmosis, a software flaw […]

$562M Liquidation Surge Hits Crypto Market After PPI Inflation Jump - Bitcoin slid below $77,000 to a daily low of $76,651 following a hotter-than-expected 0.4% monthly rise in the U.S. Producer Price Index. PPI Surprise Sparks Sell-Off Bitcoin’s price slid below $77,000 Thursday after the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released data showing a 0.4% monthly increase in the U.S. Producer Price Index. Though largely expected, […]

The GOP Midterm Convention Is the Campiest Apocalypse I've Ever Seen - Inside the first event of its kind, where the end of the world is coming, but the sequins are fabulous.

Trump's Bribe, AI Doom Psyop, and the Rapture - Trump's $5,000 bribe, stay-at-home moms, car insurance beefs, AI doom, 9/11 memories, Zelda rumors, rom-coms, and the Rapture—Freed Up somehow fits it all into one episode.

A 50% Tariff on Pencil Parts? Welcome to the U.S.-Canada Trade War. - Canada's retaliatory tariffs include the little metal band that holds an eraser onto a pencil.

Trump and Vance's Plan To Bribe Voters With $5,000 Checks Shows MAGA Is Out of Ideas - By quickly endorsing Trump's ridiculous plan to bribe voters in the midterms, J.D. Vance reveals something about the future of Trumpism. There isn't one.

I Went Looking for a Libertarian Miracle in Argentina. I Found Something Messier. - After a week in Buenos Aires, I found Milei’s economic revolution is real—and deeply divisive.

Critics of AR-15 Bans Urge SCOTUS To Reject the 7th Circuit's Distinction Between Civilian and Military Arms - Given the Second Amendment's history, several briefs argue, a gun's suitability for militia service suggests Americans have a right to possess it.

There's No Market Failure in Choosing to Stay Home. So Why Subsidize It? - J.D. Vance would like to give money to people for choices they're already making—without a workable plan to actually pay for it.

Journal of Free Speech Law: "Regulating LGBTQ Speech in the Classroom," by Caroline Mala Corbin - Part of a Knight First Amendment Institute Symposium on Managing Government Employee Speech in a Democracy, which the Journal is publishing.

Principal's Threatening Critics with Defamation Lawsuit Can Be "Conduct Unbecoming" - Govern yourself accordingly.

A Remarkable 48 Hours In Missouri - Justice Kavanaugh rules against Missouri twice, likely without even reading all the papers.

Heading toward the Cliff - The American people are complaining about affordability. The prices of groceries, automobiles, movies, clothes, gasoline, rent, mortgage payments, and just about everything else are soaring. Many Americans are having a very difficult time making ends meet. The post Heading toward the Cliff appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

How to Beat an Empire: The Founders’ Ignored Blueprint - Paul Revere rode into Philadelphia on Sept 16, 1774 with urgent business for the First Continental Congress. His task? Deliver a document from Boston - a blueprint for total resistance. If adopted, secession from the British Empire would be unavoidable. On this episode, it’s Joseph Warren’s forgotten and ignored Suffolk Resolves: The American Revolution’s step-by-step guide for defeating tyrann...

You Don’t Have “2nd Amendment Rights.” You Just Have Rights. - Millions of people today refer to their rights by amendment number, as if they get them FROM the Bill of Rights. Like referring to their right to keep and bear arms as their “2nd Amendment Rights.” But the founders saw things far differently. The words on paper aren’t a permission slip for the people. They aren’t a “gun permit.” They are a restraining order for government: hands off our natural...

We All Deserve a Better Internet, Not A Smaller One - Bans Like California’s Don’t Fix What’s Wrong With Social Media Companies SAN FRANCISCO - Technology and the laws that regulate it should support and empower young people. California’s AB 1709 - signed into law today by Gov. Gavin Newsom - falls far short of this goal, say the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and its allies.    Using technology is how we learn and build community in today’s...

Cops Play Hide and Seek About Using Spy Tech to Avoid Scrutiny and Bad PR - Law enforcement agencies across the country are increasingly relying on spying technologies—automated license plate readers (ALPR), cell-site simulators, and facial recognition, to name a few--causing an outcry in many communities where people are rightly concerned about the threat to civil rights and civil liberties these tools present.Some authorities are responding to these concerns by tryin...

Digital Sovereignty: What It Is, What It Could Be - The term “digital sovereignty” has become ubiquitous. European officials invoke it in debates about cloud infrastructure, AI, semiconductors, and platform regulation. Governments throughout the global majority use it to argue for greater control over data and communications infrastructure and boost their economies. Companies market “sovereign cloud” products designed to reassure their customers...

Public Invited to Select Their Favorite Neighborhood Businesses to Compete in Annual South Side Pitch - CHICAGO—Public input determines one of the lucky finalists for this year’s South Side Pitch. For the 13th year in a row, South Side entrepreneurs will […] The post Public Invited to Select Their Favorite Neighborhood Businesses to Compete in Annual South Side Pitch appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Innovative Hybrid Homeschool Program Fights for the Right to Teach After Being Wrongly Labeled as a Childcare Center - PITTSBURGH—Katy Duckstein created Roots Academy to work with other homeschool parents to provide instruction and socialization. Operating in Pittsburgh’s northern suburbs, Roots is an innovative […] The post Innovative Hybrid Homeschool Program Fights for the Right to Teach After Being Wrongly Labeled as a Childcare Center appeared first on Institute for Justice.

South Carolina Entrepreneur Files Lawsuit Challenging Irrational Ban on Mobile Beauty Services - GREENVILLE, S.C.—Brandi Rosemond is a former model born and raised in Greenville, whose dream is to operate a mobile beauty salon that travels the state. […] The post South Carolina Entrepreneur Files Lawsuit Challenging Irrational Ban on Mobile Beauty Services 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 ...

GOA LEADS INDUSTRY COALITION IN SUPREME COURT FIGHT TO DEFEND AR-15s - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  September 4, 2026  GOA LEADS INDUSTRY COALITION IN SUPREME COURT FIGHT TO DEFEND AR-15s  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF)—along with Century Arms, Canik USA, B&T USA and Fostech—filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down “assault weapons” bans in Viramontes v. Cook County.  What that case comes d...

This Week In Gun Control - THIS WEEK IN THE FIGHT Here’s what you may have missed this week in the fight for the Second Amendment… Biden’s “Ghost Gun” rule was struck down by the courts. GOA’s case against it is still active. Gun shops are passing ATF inspections after selling suppressors with no registration. A foreign ransomware gang hacked ATF. A federal judge struck down … Read more

PA: Legalize Suppressors - Let’s Eliminate Suppressor and SBR/SBS Restrictions in Pennsylvania Pennsylvanians should NEVER be treated like criminals for exercising their constitutionally-protected rights. Yet under Pennsylvania’s archaic Title 18, Section 908, law-abiding citizens face state criminal charges simply for possessing suppressors (hearing protection) and short-barreled firearms—tools that are widely owned acr...

HSBC CFO Pam Kaur to step down - The first woman to serve as finance chief at Britain’s largest bank will leave before next year’s annual general meeting and will not stand for re-election to the lender’s board.

Chime outgrew bank partner model, CEO says - “There's no question that we haven't been able to move as fast as we would like” with product launches, Chris Britt said Wednesday. Acquiring Stride Bank will give the fintech “complete control of our destiny.”

Mercury gets FDIC nod - Mercury received conditional approval for deposit insurance Tuesday, but “there’s still work between here and opening Mercury Bank’s virtual doors,” its founder said.

Bank FOMO fueling AI spending, Accenture exec says - Most banks have yet to see widespread, sustained value from AI initiatives, because they “have not figured out how to reconfigure the work, fully, around AI yet,” said Accenture’s Mike Abbott.

Circle to buy Tazapay for $400M - Tazapay and Circle first forged a partnership last year, and according to CEO Jeremy Allaire, they “share a deep alignment.” Circle was the lead investor in Tazapay’s Series B funding last year.

U.S. Bank partners with Stellar to test stablecoin - The institution tested USBDC in an international payment ahead of a wider rollout and amid its work on the cross-industry Open Standard stablecoin project.

FATF shares signs that online gamblers are laundering money - The global rise of online gambling has created a range of new money-laundering risks for banks and other companies, according to the Financial Action Task Force, an international standard-setting organization.

Regulators allow more banks to opt for 18-month exam cycle - Federal banking regulators say as many as 188 community banks may qualify for the extended exam cycle following implementation of the measure, which is required as part of the recently passed housing bill.

As the only Fed governor in DC on 9/11, he led the central bank's response - Working at Federal Reserve headquarters on Sept. 11, Roger Ferguson knew he had to act quickly. But he was the only senior Fed leader in the country that morning.

Stranded in Japan on 9/11, she managed New York's banks from afar - Elizabeth McCaul was in Japan on the morning of Sept. 11. Which gave her one advantage: she had a working phone.

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.

Agencies reduce regulatory burden for community banks, increase eligibility for 18-month exam cycle - Agencies reduce regulatory burden for community banks, increase eligibility for 18-month exam cycle

Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement actions with United Texas Bank, Quontic Bank Acquisition Corp., and Quontic Bank Holdings Corp. - Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement actions with United Texas Bank, Quontic Bank Acquisition Corp., and Quontic Bank Holdings Corp.

Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico - Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Press Release: Agencies Reduce Regulatory Burden for Community Banks, Increase Eligibility for 18-Month Exam Cycle - PRESS RELEASE | SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 Agencies Reduce Regulatory Burden for Community Banks, Increase Eligibility for 18-Month Exam Cycle WASHINGTO...

Press Release: FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance - PRESS RELEASE | SEPTEMBER 4, 2026 FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance WASHINGTON—The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FD...