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Central banks are voting for gold with their balance sheets -
(Kitco News) - Actions speak louder than words. That old cliché should be one of the defining themes in the gold market through the second half of the year.
Wall Street and Main Street sentiment split after another week of weakness from gold as all eyes turn to CPI and Warsh testimony -
The latest Kitco News Weekly Gold Survey showed Wall Street and Main Street divided and indecisive on gold’s near-term prospects after the yellow metal failed to break out of its recent consolidation channel.
Gold holds above $4,100 as Hormuz tension, yields pressure silver - Kitco PM Report -
(Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are lower in late-afternoon U.S. trading Friday, as rising Treasury yields and firm Fed-rate expectations offset a softer U.S. dollar and renewed geopolitical risk tied to the Strait of Hormuz.
Gold struggles around $4,100 as markets await CPI and Warsh's Capitol Hill debut -
(Kitco News) - While the precious metal appears to be carving out a bottom following last month’s sharp losses, analysts warn investors that gold’s critical support could be tested next week as the Federal Reserve’s tightening bias faces a key test from important inflation data.
Gold likely finishes 2026 near $4,000/oz, silver between $55-60/oz – StoneX Q3 Outlook -
(Kitco News) – Gold’s price trajectory remains dependent on a resolution of the Iran conflict, with the yellow metal likely to finish the year close to the current $4,000 level, while silver will continue to take its cues from the gold price as it trades between $55 and $60 per ounce, according to the new StoneX Quarterly Commodities Outlook.
Poland’s central bank is buying the dip as gold's biggest buyers aren't backing down -
(Kitco News) - While speculators and retail investors have been liquidating their gold holdings, one major pillar of support remains firmly in place, with central banks viewing the current price action as a buying opportunity.
Gold, silver soften as Hormuz oil risk keeps yields firm - Kitco AM Report -
(Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are modestly lower ahead of the North American market open Friday, as traders balanced last week’s weaker payrolls report against Wednesday’s Fed minutes, steady Treasury yields and renewed Strait of Hormuz uncertainty.
Gold rebounds, silver soars as easing oil, softer dollar lift metals - Kitco PM Report -
(Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are higher in late-afternoon U.S. trading Thursday, as crude oil prices pulled back, Treasury yields eased and the U.S. dollar weakened after Wednesday’s Fed-minutes and Hormuz-driven selloff.
Have metals bottomed, and have yields peaked? Monetary and fiscal policies will determine both – CME’s Norland -
(Kitco News) – Investors attempting to discern whether gold and silver prices have set their cyclical lows, and whether bond yields have already seen their medium-term highs, should look to monetary policy in the near term while watching fiscal policies over the longer term, according to Erik Norland, Managing Director and Chief Economist at CME Group.In a recent analysis, Norland wrote that 20...
Gold still belongs in portfolios, but AI and the green transition are creating bigger opportunities elsewhere in commodities – FTSE Russell -
(Kitco News) - Although gold remains a critical portfolio anchor in an increasingly volatile macroeconomic environment, investors looking for more active long-term commodity opportunities should also pay close attention to metals tied to artificial intelligence and the global energy transition, according to one research firm.
Zero Hedge
The Economics Of The Surveillance State -
The Economics Of The Surveillance State
Authored by John Wilder,
“That was a Beria operation in Stalin’s time. It was deactivated twenty years ago.”
– The Living Daylights
How did KGB agents commit suicide? Two shots to the back of the head. (all photo content as-found)
Remember Lavrentiy Beria’s cheerful advice: “Show me the man, and I will find the crime”? Back in t...
Which States Produce The Most Food In America? -
Which States Produce The Most Food In America?
From California’s fruit and vegetable farms to the Midwest’s vast corn and soybean fields, agriculture looks very different across the United States.
Using the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), this graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Dorothy Neufeld, ranks every state by its agricultural production value in 202...
Iran Begins 'Retaliation' Attack On Gulf After Overnight US Launched 3rd Round Of Strikes, Following IRGC Hit On Cargo Ship -
Iran Begins 'Retaliation' Attack On Gulf After Overnight US Launched 3rd Round Of Strikes, Following IRGC Hit On Cargo Ship
Update 10:40pm ET.
Somewhat predictably, as has been the pattern of this war - Iran is in the very early morning hours (local) launching retaliatory strikes on Arab Gulf nations, or as the Iranians say against US assets and bases in the Gulf. Per state media:...
Next-Gen Ramjet Fuel Propulsion System For Future Offensive, Defensive Missions Tested -
Next-Gen Ramjet Fuel Propulsion System For Future Offensive, Defensive Missions Tested
Authored by Prabhat Ranjan Mishra via Interesting Engineering,
L3Harris has taken a significant step toward advancing next-generation propulsion technology for future offensive and defensive missions.
The approach marks an essential risk reduction step in enabling solid fuel ramjet propulsion to...
California Ex-Police Official Tops State Payroll With $1.2 Million Payday -
California Ex-Police Official Tops State Payroll With $1.2 Million Payday
Former Redlands Police Deputy Chief Travis Martinez received nearly $1.2 million in wages in 2025, the highest reported compensation for any city employee in California, according to newly released data from the State Controller's Office and reporting by the New York Post.
Payroll records show Martinez colle...
Congressman Outraged After Brief Detention By Gun-Wielding Israeli Settlers In West Bank Visit -
Congressman Outraged After Brief Detention By Gun-Wielding Israeli Settlers In West Bank Visit
Via The Cradle
A group of extremist Jewish settlers equipped with US-made M4 rifles detained US lawmaker Ro Khanna and his group during their visit this week to the southern occupied West Bank, the Democratic representative has disclosed.
"We were at a village that Israeli settlers had ...
Guggenheim AI Survey Finds Adoption Surging Across Large IT Enterprises As Mass Layoff Fears Fall Flat -
Guggenheim AI Survey Finds Adoption Surging Across Large IT Enterprises As Mass Layoff Fears Fall Flat
Building on Goldman's estimate that AI adoption across corporate America currently stands at roughly 20.6% and could rise to 24% by year-end, a Guggenheim Securities survey of 150 large-enterprise IT professionals found that 81% of respondents have already deployed AI agents. Ant...
DARPA's Chilling Pre-COVID Blueprint: Predict, Manufacture, & Deploy Pandemics On Demand -
DARPA's Chilling Pre-COVID Blueprint: Predict, Manufacture, & Deploy Pandemics On Demand
Authored by Jon Fleetwood, via Substack,
A sprawling, multi-institution effort for "predicting" future pathogen characteristics, developing vaccines "in advance of need," and building the very systems intended to validate those predictions.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DAR...
DHS Deports Convicted Child Rapist Gov. Tim Walz Pardoned -
DHS Deports Convicted Child Rapist Gov. Tim Walz Pardoned
The Department of Homeland Security deported Tou Lue Vang on Friday, the Laotian national Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz pardoned last month in an effort to keep him in the country.
Vang, 42, entered the United States illegally and built a life in Minnesota that included, by his own admission, sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl...
The Real Grid Crisis Is A State Policy Problem Dressed Up As A Market Failure -
The Real Grid Crisis Is A State Policy Problem Dressed Up As A Market Failure
Authored by Todd Snitchler via RealClearEnergy,
There's a critique of PJM making the rounds: PJM - the largest grid operator in the United States - is too big. There are too many state interests at play, and PJM doesn't have the ability to function cohesively or quickly enough. FERC even scheduled a gove...
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Ed Steer: Why gold and silver are ready to surge -
From Money Metals News Service, Eagle, IdahoSaturday, July 11, 2026
Gold and silver may have spent much of 2026 consolidating after January's sharp correction, but veteran precious metals analyst Ed Steer believes the next major move could be much higher.
In a conversation with Money Metals' Mike Maharrey, Steer explains why tightening physical supplies, growing demand from the East, unsustaina...
First government-owned gold mine aims to increase Burkina Faso's economic sovereignty -
From TeleSUR, CaracasThursday, July 9, 2026
Burkina Faso on July 9 inaugurated its first state-owned gold mine, marking a major milestone in the government's strategy to expand public control over the country's natural resources and strengthen its economic sovereignty.
Located in the municipality of Yako, in the Yatenga region, the project will be operated by the state-owned Societe de Particip...
GoldCore's Skoyles outlines China's gold bid, but who wants to trust China? -
7:08p ET Friday, July 10, 2026
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GoldCore's Jan Skoyles this week brilliantly summarized China's creation in Hong Kong and Shanghai of a comprehensive and physical system of gold trading, clearing, settlement and vaulting allowing traders and investors to bypass the derivatives-based systems in London and New York, a new system based on Asian trading hours and with i...
China now has 7 of world's 10 biggest banks as Beijing's financial ambitions grow -
By Chelsea YangSouth China Morning Post, Hong KongThursday, July 9, 2026
China's "big four" state-run banks are the largest in the world in terms of asset scale, a new report has found, underscoring Beijing's rising ambitions to build the country into a global financial powerhouse.
The ranking, released by The Banker magazine on Wednesday, was topped by the four Chinese banks -- Industrial and ...
BIS gold swaps fell slightly in June but remain in rising trend -
6:45p ET Thursday, July 9, 2026
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Gold swaps undertaken by the Bank for International Settlements fell slightly in June, from 146 to 144 tonnes, GATA consultant Robert Lambourne reported today after the bank's statement of account for June was published:
https://www.bis.org/banking/balsheet/statofacc260630.pdf
The swaps, a measure of surreptitious central bank interv...
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CoinDesk
Bitcoin, ether little changed as U.S. launches fresh Iran strikes -
The U.S. hit Iran for the third time this week and Tehran has reportedly closed the Strait of Hormuz again.
Ripple once weighed shutting down and handing XRP to shareholders, CEO says -
Ripple's Brad Garlinghouse says he and co-founder Chris Larsen considered winding the company down and handing its XRP to shareholders before deciding to fight the 2020 lawsuit.
Bitcoin’s BIP 110 fork deadline nears with miner support at zero -
The BIP 110 proposal would cap arbitrary data on Bitcoin for a year, but Saylor, Adam Back and others say turning a spam dispute into a consensus fight could create a bigger risk than the spam itself.
Lending protocol Bonzo loses 77% of value locked as $9 million oracle exploit rattles Hedera -
Bonzo Lend lost approximately $9.05 million after an attacker exploited a verification flaw in a third-party Supra oracle contract on the Hedera network.
Crypto IPO market stalls as capital rotates to AI and macro uncertainty weighs -
Funding constraints and investor caution, not regulation, are delaying crypto IPOs, according to Cohen & Company Capital Markets' Christian Lopez.
The UK has finally shown it’s serious about crypto -
Several recent regulatory steps indicate the UK might finally stop dragging its feet when it comes to crypto, argues Wirex CEO Chet Shah.
Bitcoin treasury company Empery Digital sold about half of its BTC stack -
It's a sign of the times as the troubled company swaps its bitcoin treasury ambitions for AI data centers.
AI found an Ethereum bug that could take validators offline, but humans had to prove it -
The Ethereum Foundation pointed coordinated AI agents at the software its validators run and got a remotely triggerable crash out of it. It also got a pile of confident, well-written findings that were not bugs at all.
Bitcoin analysts predict $300,000–$500,000 price in 2029. The math says no -
Analysts predict a rally to $300,000 or more by 2029. But key data suggests the era of moonshots may be over.
Meta's Chief Data Officer Says Agentic Commerce is the "Next Tier of Business" -
Alex Schultz says stablecoins are assumed inside Meta. The harder problem is getting the rest of the world there.
bitcoin.com
Bitfufu Reports June 2026 Bitcoin Production and Hashrate Metrics -
Of the 125 BTC produced in June, 70 BTC were generated through self-mining operations and 55 BTC through cloud mining services. Daily production averaged 4.2 BTC, down from 5.7 BTC in May. The company’s total power capacity under management also decreased to 273 MW from 346 MW in the previous month. This article first appeared […]
São Paulo Court Rules Against Coinbase in Landmark Case Over $100K Self-Custody Hack -
The ruling, which went against Coinbase even though it did not control the user’s wallet, might establish a precedent for liabilities affecting companies providing self-custody tools, even if they are only involved as software providers. São Paulo State Court Rules against Coinbase in $100K Trial The state of São Paulo has ruled against Coinbase in […]
LAB Token Collapses, Strike Launches New ‘Volatility-Proof’ Product, and More – Weekly Recap -
This week’s crypto stories ranged from policy and payments to market stress and Bitcoin infighting. Trump fueled fresh crypto speculation during the launch of Trump Accounts, Sony Bank won OCC approval for a stablecoin trust structure, and Strike rolled out bitcoin-backed loans designed to avoid price-triggered liquidations. At the same time, Michael Saylor stepped into […]
The Fed Liquidity Signal That Predicted Bitcoin’s Top 8 Months Early -
Bitcoin peaked at $126,000 in October 2025 before sliding more than 30% to just over $80,000 by December, and one liquidity gauge built by crypto market maker Keyrock points to why the turn came early. Keyrock’s work ties Bitcoin returns to net U.S. Treasury bill issuance with “the roughly 8-month delay visible in the chart,” […]
The Ultimate Banking Battle: Custodia Petitions the Supreme Court in 6-Year Fight Against the Fed -
The bank, which has repeatedly applied for a Federal Reserve master account, has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to determine whether regional Federal Reserve presidents have the authority to deny services to institutions, threatening the viability of innovative business models. Custodia Bank Files Certiorari to Put Regional Federal Reserve Banks in Check […]
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Tenth Amendment Center
Five Weapons. One Target: Your Freedom. -
The top tools of tyrants aimed right at your liberty. Washington, Webster, Paine, Madison, and more - they saw every one of them coming and warned us. On this Episode - what they use against us and what’s self-inflicted.
The post Five Weapons. One Target: Your Freedom. appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.
They’re not Grievances. They’re STOLEN Power -
Declaration of Independence: That long list of charges against the king aren’t mere “grievances.” That word isn’t even in the text. They Founders didn't secede and fight a long, bloody war over mere complaints about bad policy. American Independence was built on something else spelled out in the text itself, and understood by everyone at the time. On this Episode - It's the foundation of the de...
Let’s Not Forget What Madison Said About War -
What Madison is pointing out is that among all the ways that government destroys the liberty of its own people, its wars are the worst.
The post Let’s Not Forget What Madison Said About War appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Building Our Future Together -
In my first weeks as Executive Director of EFF, I’ve been reminded every day how consequential this moment is in determining what kind of future we will have.
We are on the edge. What each one of us steps up to do – with our expertise, energy, and resources – will determine whether our future is one of openness, security, and fundamental rights, or one controlled through fear, surveillance, an...
Automated Moderation Is Here to Stay—Accountability Must Keep Pace -
This post is part 2 in a series about automated content moderation. Read the first post here.
When whistleblower Frances Haugen leaked a set of documents from Meta in 2020, among the revelations was a jarring statistic: The company’s algorithms designed to detect terrorist content incorrectly deleted nonviolent Arabic-language content 77 percent of the time, while failing to detect hate speech ...
"We Want Texans to Know Their Rights": Q&A with Mayday Health on the Impact of Surveillance on Abortion Care -
Last May, EFF reported that a sheriff’s office in Texas searched data from more than 83,000 automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras to track down a woman suspected of self-managing an abortion. ALPRs are promoted as tools for keeping communities safe by finding missing persons and locating stolen vehicles, but this case showed how ALPRS can be weaponized to investigate people’s private he...
The Institute For Justice - Press Releases
Second Amendment Foundation
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
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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
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Gun Owners of America
Gun Owners of America & Fuerza 2A Endorse Blaise Ingoglia for Florida Chief Financial Officer -
Gun Owners of America & Fuerza 2A Endorse Blaise Ingoglia for Florida Chief Financial Officer FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 2026 TALLAHASSEE, FL — Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Fuerza 2A proudly endorse Blaise Ingoglia for Florida Chief Financial Officer. Throughout his service in the Florida Legislature, Ingoglia has consistently stood with Florida’s law-abiding gun owners and fought to ...
MA: Attend the Civil Rights Coalition Special Event on July 15th! -
Massachusetts gun owners are facing an unprecedented assault on their constitutional liberties under the draconian overreach of Chapter 135. This unconstitutional legislation directly targets law-abiding citizens, creating an unnecessary and convoluted burden on anyone exercising their right to keep and bear arms. To counter this blatant infringement and fully restore our Second Amendment right...
VA: GOA Files VA Supreme Court Brief as Injunction Expands Statewide -
The fight over Virginia’s unconstitutional gun and magazine bans is moving fast. After GOA, GOF, VCDL, VCDF, and gun rights journalist John Crump secured a preliminary injunction in Crump v. Katz, Attorney General Jay Jones ran to the Supreme Court of Virginia asking the Court to put those bans back in force. GOA and our allies have now filed our opposition brief. … Read more
Banking Dive
American Banker
Housing bill quietly limps its way into law -
The bipartisan housing package, dismissed by President Trump as a "yawn," takes effect automatically after he declined to sign it in protest over stalled voter ID legislation.
Smallest standalone bank in America fails -
The failure of Kentland Federal Savings and Loan, the nation's smallest standalone bank at $3.7 million of assets, will cause an estimated $1.2 million hit to the deposit insurance fund, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Kentland's failure is the third bank failure in 2026.
Circle is granted a trust bank charter from the OCC -
The stablecoin issuer has received final approval from the federal agency to open a trust bank division for custody of digital assets.
FirstSun joins list of banks hit by borrower fraud -
The Denver-based bank reported that two loans soured, one due to fraud. A number of other lenders reported sizable fraud-related losses last fall.
Custodia asks Supreme Court to rule on Fed master account -
The Wyoming digital asset bank is requesting that the high court review previous decisions granting the central bank 'unbounded, unreviewable discretion' in light of its recent Cook and Slaughter rulings. A decision could impact how cryptocurrency intersects with the standard banking system.
Bank of International Settlements
Assessing the effects of recent provisioning rules on consumer credit allocation in Colombia -
by Diego Cuesta-Mora, Fredy Gamboa, Camilo Sanchez-QuintoColombia's post-pandemic recovery in 2021–2022 was marked by rapid consumer credit growth, followed by deteriorating credit quality indicators amid tightening financial conditions. In January 2023, the Superintendence of Finance of Colombia (SFC) introduced higher provisioning requirements for long-term consumer loans to enhance financial...
Project Insight: uncovering the complexities of global value chains -
Project Insight developed a proof-of-concept dashboard to enhance policymakers' understanding and monitoring of global supply chain developments. By unifying detailed firm-level datasets, macroeconomic information and advanced analytics within a collaborative platform, the project demonstrated how granular and complex GVC dependencies can be studied more effectively.
On the comparison of capital requirements for global systemically important banks -
Basel III introduced a comprehensive package of capital reforms to bolster the resilience of the global banking system. While the standard supports regulatory convergence across jurisdictions by establishing a common minimum set of requirements for internationally active banks, it also gives national authorities flexibility to exceed the minimum standards. Heterogeneous applications of Basel II...
Federal Reserve - Press Releases
FDIC - Press Releases