Precious Metals and Market News

Gold performs like nothing else in the commodity complex – WGC’s De Pessemier - 9Kitco News) – Gold’s supply-and-demand dynamics, diversification benefits and resilience across market environments are unique among all commodities, and the yellow metal should be treated as a distinct portfolio allocation, according to Jeremy De Pessemier, asset allocation strategist at The World Gold Council (WGC).

Gold, silver slide as AI selloff, Hormuz risk lift rate concerns - Kitco PM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are sharply lower in late-afternoon U.S. trading Tuesday, as elevated global bond yields and a renewed selloff in AI-linked equities outweighed support from a softer U.S. dollar and lingering Strait of Hormuz risk.

Nearly 70% of exchange copper sits in America and some may be 'stranded': Saxo's Hansen - (Kitco News) - The U.S. consumes only 6% to 7% of the world's copper but now holds close to 70% of visible exchange inventory. Saxo Bank's head of commodity strategy says some of it could stay put.

Wells Fargo reiterates positive outlook for precious metals, still sees gold at $4,900 in 2026 - (Kitco News) – Gold prices are getting a boost from falling rate hike expectations, but Asian investors and central banks never abandoned the yellow metal, and prices will gain an additional 11% between now and year-end, according to strategists at Wells Fargo Investment Institute.

Spot gold back at $4,400/oz as U.S. pending home sales surprise with 2.3% drop in July - (Kitco News) - Hopes for a stabilizing U.S. housing market were weakened after the number of potential home buyers came in well below expectations last month, according to the latest data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR).The U.S. pending home sales index fell 2.3% in July, the NAR announced on Tuesday. The data was worse than forecasts, as economists expected a 0.3% rise. Ju...

Gold pulls back as Hormuz attack keeps crude above $90 - Kitco AM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are lower in early U.S. trading Tuesday, as a stronger oil-risk premium and higher long-end Treasury yields offset fading expectations for a September Federal Reserve rate hike.

Spot gold trades below $4,400/oz after U.S. housing starts fall 12.4%, building permits rise 5% in July - (Kitco News) - Gold prices are trading near session lows under $4,400 per ounce this morning after the latest data showed the U.S. housing market delivering a mixed performance last month.Housing starts fell 12.4% in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.239 million units, the Commerce Department announced on Tuesday. The data was worse than expected as economists looked for a decrease...

Gold, silver rise as oil spike lifts yields, hits equities - Kitco PM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are higher in late-afternoon U.S. trading Monday, as a weaker U.S. dollar and lower Fed-hike expectations supported precious metals even as a rally in crude oil lifted Treasury yields and pressured equities.

‘Gold has been in a bull market for 25 Years’ – Morgan Stanley CIO Wilson - (Kitco News) – Gold and other commodities are ideally suited to environments where the 6040 portfolio is not delivering the performance and security it once did, and the yellow metal has actually been in a quarter-century bull market, according to Mike Wilson, chief US equity strategist and CIO at Morgan Stanley.In an interview with Bloomberg TV on Friday, Wilson was asked about the challenges ...

Chinese ETFs rebound in July as net longs rise, but wholesale and jewelry demand continue to lag – WGC’s Jia  - (Kitco News) – As gold’s price volatility declined last month, Chinese futures trading volumes cooled but net longs rose, while the country’s gold ETFs recorded positive flows which have continued into August, according to Ray Jia, research head for China at the World Gold Council (WGC).In the WGC’s latest China gold market update, Jia noted that both the LBMA and Shanghai gold prices were virt...

Futures Flat With All Eyes On Interest Rates And Oil - Futures Flat With All Eyes On Interest Rates And Oil Futures are flat but off their lows as Tech gets a boost from a huge Hynix buyback, which erased ~8% decline to trade up as much as 2% and reversed a 5.8% drop in the Nikkei; the ADRs are +5.6% pre-mkt boosting both Memory and Korea ETFs. As of 8:15am ET, S&P futures are fractionally in the green, with Nasdaq futures down 0.1% eve...

UAE Cuts Ties As Iran Warns Gulf States Against Helping Washington; Kpler Says US Navy Gaining Ground In Hormuz - UAE Cuts Ties As Iran Warns Gulf States Against Helping Washington; Kpler Says US Navy Gaining Ground In Hormuz Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is visiting Baghdad while at the same time US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has spoken UAE National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan to discuss the Hormuz situation and security. Except of course the t...

Buying Bullsh*t In "4 Easy Payments" - Buying Bullsh*t In "4 Easy Payments"  Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance I have been gently touching on what a horrible idea one sector has been since the inception of this blog. And just this week, it looks like cracks are starting to form in the space via one of its largest and most well-known publicly traded companies. As savings finally dry up, rates remain higher and auto loa...

Holy Grail In Cancer Treatment? Moderna Erupts After Melanoma Vaccine Late-Stage Trial Success - Holy Grail In Cancer Treatment? Moderna Erupts After Melanoma Vaccine Late-Stage Trial Success Moderna's shares soared as much as 83% in premarket trading in New York after its personalized cancer vaccine, developed in collaboration with Merck & Co., reduced the risk of melanoma returning in a large, late-stage trial. The result marks the first positive Phase 3 trial for a personal...

Georgia Man Deported From Fiji Charged Over $165 Million Crypto Ponzi Scheme - Georgia Man Deported From Fiji Charged Over $165 Million Crypto Ponzi Scheme Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, A Georgia man accused of wire fraud and money laundering appeared in a Los Angeles federal court on Monday after being deported by Fijian authorities to face the charges following his flight to the South Pacific island. A price chart on the Bybit website for...

Unitree IPO Soars 460% As "Strong Retail Appetite" May Ignite Physical AI Listing Boom - Unitree IPO Soars 460% As "Strong Retail Appetite" May Ignite Physical AI Listing Boom Summary: Unitree Soars 460% in Shanghai IPO  Solactive China Humanoid Robotics Index Plunges As IPO "Drew Funds Away"  Unitree IPO 5,550 Times Oversubscribed As UBS Says Grey Market Points To 3.5x Open Unitree Robotics, one of the most closely watched technology IPOs in Shanghai this year, mad...

Jeff Currie: Forget $91 Brent, The Real Crisis Is $170 Diesel - Jeff Currie: Forget $91 Brent, The Real Crisis Is $170 Diesel Brent at $90.94 looks almost civilized. Jeff Currie thinks that is exactly the problem: everyone is staring at crude while the real energy shock is already showing up in the fuels people actually buy. As OilPrice reports, "Nobody on the planet earth consumes crude oil,” Currie told CNBC. Refineries do. Everyone else con...

Disengagement: Trump Vows New Strategy To 'Strangle' Iran Over Time - Disengagement: Trump Vows New Strategy To 'Strangle' Iran Over Time Summary No talks: Trump confirms US-Iran negotiations are off, vows to 'strangle them' over time. Hormuz attack: Tanker hit, injuring a crew member. Houthis escalate: Attacks shut Yemen’s Mokha port. Diplomacy stalled: Qatar says not mediating until Oman-Hormuz deal finalized. Iran hardens: Tehran says it main...

7 Federal Agencies & Big Pharma Quietly Built A Pandemic-Industrial Complex - 7 Federal Agencies & Big Pharma Quietly Built A Pandemic-Industrial Complex Authored by Jon Fleetwood via substack, Nearly 14 years before COVID-19, HHS created the Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise (PHEMCE) and centralized federal health, biomedical, regulatory, homeland-security, and military functions around a government-directed countermeasure pipelin...

Saudis Offer To Sell Oil Near Oman, A Sign They're Sailing Dark Through Hormuz - Saudis Offer To Sell Oil Near Oman, A Sign They're Sailing Dark Through Hormuz Saudi Arabia spent weeks finding ways around the Strait of Hormuz. Now it is starting to send tankers straight back through it. According to OilPrice.com, Saudi Aramco resumed crude loadings from its Ras Tanura and Juaymah terminals inside the strait last week, ending a three-week gap in activity at the...

‘This is very stressful’: My son’s roof was damaged in a storm, but his insurance won’t pay. Can he fight this? - “They’re saying the roof now needs to be completely replaced.”

Moderna’s stock doubles on promising cancer-vaccine results - The vaccine candidate pairs an mRNA therapy with the cancer drug Keytruda.

The bond selloff is rattling investors, but here’s why they shouldn’t expect a deeper stock downturn - Fundstrat’s Mark Newton says it’s not time to panic about surging bond yields driving a deeper stock rout. He offers technical evidence to back his case.

Should you Venmo your tuition? Here’s what to know as colleges add new payment options. - Some universities will begin accepting the nontraditional payment method as consumers seek flexible spending options.

‘Too many people go bankrupt’: Should Medicare provide catastrophic coverage? - “Such a system would help ensure that no one is financially devastated by a serious illness or injury.”

Target’s grocery overhaul is helping it win back customers - The retailer has added more snacks and changed its presentation as it tries to become a destination for food purchases.

Chinese robotic company’s stock soars over 600% in trading debut - Unitree is first humanoid robot firm to list in mainland China

I’m my mother-in-law’s power of attorney, executor and trustee. Do I hold all the power? - “There is a lot of legal and financial power in my hands.”

We’re in our 50s and have $1.5 million in traditional 401(k)s. Is it too early to start Roth conversions? - “The last adviser we worked with lost a significant portion of our portfolio.”

The palatial Beverly Hills home that Paris Hilton rented is back on the market for a whopping $169,000 a month - The mansion that heiress Paris Hilton and her husband, Carter Reum, rented before buying their own $63 million estate nearby has returned to the market with a sky-high asking price of $169,000 a month.

UAE severs trade with Iran after reported missile strike - Washington and Tehran are considering next steps after negotiations fell apart, while the UAE has suspended trade with Iran.

Moderna, Merck cancer vaccine shows promise in late-stage trial; Moderna stock soars 100% - The combination regimen significantly extended the time patients lived without their melanoma returning, compared with Keytruda alone.

Target hikes outlook as sales rebound and huge tariff refund boosts bottom line - Target posted better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter sales and raised its full-year outlook.

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Moderna, Lowe's, Estee Lauder & more - These are the stocks posting the largest moves premarket.

Honeywell Aerospace is now too cheap to ignore, says Morgan Stanley - The investment bank upgraded the aerospace name to overweight from equal weight.

Russia says its economy is strong. It just fired a top economist who warned otherwise - Andrei Klepach was reportedly fired from his role after presenting a report warning that Russia could not win a prolonged war of attrition with Ukraine.

Wholesale prices were flat in July, below expectations for 0.2% increase - The producer price index was expected to increase by 0.2% in July, according to the Dow Jones consensus.

The Iran war risks bringing the G7's fastest-growing economy to a halt - The U.K. economy is showing further signs of a long-awaited rebound, but the picture is complicated by the fallout from the Iran war and high energy prices.

U.S. budget deficit surged in July to highest level since March 2021 - Beyond the big single-month jump, the collective red ink over the 10 months of the fiscal year rose to nearly $1.8 trillion, surpassing the same period in 2025.

'Nobody wants it': Lettuce prices see record-setting plunge as cyclospora spooks consumers - Lettuce prices posted their sharpest month-over-month decline on record as diners reconsider the vegetable amid the cyclospora outbreak.

Steven Feldman: Gold's return as monetary collateral - Market infrastructure can't keep pace with gold remonetisation By Steven FeldmanOfficial Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum, LondonTuesday, August 18, 2026 https://www.omfif.org/2026/08/golds-return-as-monetary-collateral/ Gold is not returning to the monetary system in the form its advocates often imagine. It is unlikely to replace fiat currency, restore Bretton Woods or become the dail...

Gold shows early signs of reclaiming safe-haven appeal after Iran war selloff - By Polina DevittReutersMonday, August 17, 2026 LONDON -- Gold's 9% rebound in August to around $4,400 an ‌ounce suggests bullion is starting to regain favor with institutional investors and central banks, leaving the market better placed to extend gains as it moves beyond the initial shock of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. The outbreak of the ​war in late February drove gold from a record high...

Brien Lundin: Three charts, one conclusion - By Brien LundinGold Newsletter / Golden OpportunitiesMetairie, LouisianaMonday, August 17, 2026 Gold is rallying again, and pulling silver and mining stocks higher with it. Of course we have been tracking this closely in this letter, as you know, and providing lots of reasons for it. ... Dispatch continues below ... ... ADVERTISEMENT ... Are you ready to safeguard your assets using preciou...

U.S. gains control of Venezuela's gold quarantined at Bank of England - Looks like it will be sold to purchase dollars to be used for earthquake relief * * * International Auditing Firms Will Monitor the Use of Funds Derived from Gold Blocked in England From Banca y Negocios, CaracasSaturday, August 15, 2026 The funds derived from the eventual release of the Venezuelan gold bars frozen at the Bank of England will be deposited into an account of the United States Tr...

New surveys show central banks are ditching the dollar, buying gold instead - By Laura GrandeAssociated Pressvia Yahoo News, Sunnyvale, CaliforniaSunday, August 16, 2026 Central banks are still piling into gold -- and new surveys suggest they're also preparing to reduce their exposure to the U.S. dollar over the longer term. That's the takeaway from a new survey of global reserve managers. The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) says it's the first...

Oh Dear, Prices of Single-Family Homes Fell by 11% to 26% in 15 Bigger Cities Already - In another 5 bigger cities, price fell by 10%. But San Francisco powered off the list after AI mania started running the housing market.

Pending Home Sales Drop to 2nd Lowest on Record, Plunge to Record Low in the West, to Near-Record Low in the South - Stuck in the mud at the bottom for a 4th year, after the 2020-2022 home-price explosion.

Foreign Central Banks & Governments Dumped Treasuries, Led by China/Hong Kong and Japan to Raise USD for Yen Intervention - But private-sector holdings remained at huge record, with the big seven financial centers leading the charge.

Legal Tender Forces Gold Out - The government has many ways of forcing us to use their paper dollar as money. The tax on capital gains on gold (I wrote about this here) is one bullet in their gun. The legal tender law—U.S. Code ...

What Is A "Legal Tender Law"? And, Is It A Problem? - What is a legal tender law? Over the years, there has been some discussion about “legal tender laws” in the United States. I talked to a legal expert about it, and discovered – as I suspected – that ...

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, ...

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 ...

Floridians could soon be able to use gold and silver to pay for things - You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Tuesday that would recognize gold and silver as legal tender in the ...

A year after losing $1.46 billion, Bybit says AI helped it save $700 million - The exchange that lost $1.46 billion to North Korean hackers is the first large centralized firm to put numbers on a claim bitcoin developers have been making all month.

China triples its e-CNY network in 2026 as 8 more banks join the CBDC push this week - The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) added 20 new operators this year across two rounds of expansions, including eight additions this week.

Fed decision making comes into focus as bitcoin holds steady, bond yields surge - Your day-ahead look for Aug. 19, 2026

Bitcoin stuck in a six-week range as global bond yields hit highest levels for decades - BTC volatility has dropped to multi-year lows as surging Treasury yields rattle equities and traders await the Fed's July meeting minutes for clues on the interest-rate path.

TikTok code includes peer-to-peer payments over messaging: Bloomberg - The feature, which follows earlier moves into financial transactions, is not yet being tested anywhere, a spokesperson said.

Ripple raises $275 million in senior notes for prime brokerage push - Ripple Prime's inaugural senior notes carried an investment grade rating and drew institutional investors across key financial markets.

OpenAI trails Anthropic as losses deepen and Altman pauses frontier AI training - Widening losses and intensifying competition coincide with a pause in frontier reinforcement-learning training as openai strengthens its safety controls.

Live updates: Bitcoin remains above $64,000 as oil rises and the Kospi tumbles 6% - U.S. Treasury yields retreat from the highest levels in decades, while bitcoin holds above $64,000.

Maya Protocol exploit drains bitcoin and other assets as pool value drops $11 million - A chain of six flaws caused the cross-chain trading network to credit a pool with nearly 50 million tokens that were never properly funded, letting an attacker drain real assets.

Robot maker Unitree’s IPO surges 600% , outpacing crypto traders’ premarket bets - A Hyperliquid perp priced Unitree far above its IPO valuation before Shanghai trading began, but the robot maker’s first public trade still opened roughly 75% above crypto traders’ implied price.

LINK Pops 3% to $9.70 as Wyoming Shifts Stablecoin to CCIP - The Wyoming Stable Token Commission has fully migrated its state-backed Frontier Stable Token from Layerzero to Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol.   Commission Cites Security Review in Layerzero Deprecation The Wyoming Stable Token Commission has said that Wyoming has fully migrated its state-backed digital asset, the Frontier Stable Token (FRNT), off Layerzero and adopted Chain...

Blackrock Believes Bitcoin’s Investment Case Holds Despite 50% Drop - Blackrock says bitcoin’s more than 50% pullback from its October 2025 high hasn’t changed the asset’s long-term investment case, and the firm still recommends a 1-2% portfolio allocation funded out of equities. Blackrock’s Case for Staying the Course In a new report titled “Re-Underwriting Bitcoin,” Blackrock laid out why it believes the cryptocurrency’s steep decline […]

Peckshield: Maya Protocol Loses $1.7M, 20 BTC Traced to Wallet - Blockchain security firm Peckshield says Maya Protocol was exploited for roughly $1.7 million, with the bulk of the stolen funds, 20 BTC worth $1.34 million, sitting untouched in a single wallet. What Peckshield Found Peckshield said Maya Protocol, a decentralized multi-chain liquidity network, was exploited for approximately $1.7 million, with the largest single piece of […]

Vaneck: Bitcoin’s Correction May Be Ending as 8 of 12 Signals Fire - Vaneck says bitcoin’s 11-month correction may be nearing its end, with 8 of 12 capitulation signals now firing and long-term holders shedding 356,000 BTC in just 30 days. What Vaneck’s Latest Report Found Asset manager Vaneck published its mid-August Bitcoin Chaincheck report, authored by Head of Digital Assets Research Matthew Sigel and Senior Investment Analyst […]

ASIC Pulls 3,106 Crypto Scams as AI Networks Target Aussie Savings - In FY26, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission shut down over 19,400 online scams, a 182% surge, including 3,106 cryptocurrency investment platforms. How Syndicates Use Deepfakes and AI Infrastructure Australia’s corporate regulator has issued a stark warning to investors as sophisticated, AI-generated deceptive networks—often built around fake cryptocurrency platforms and deepfa...

Arizona S. Ct.: Concern About "Job Offers" Being "Withdrawn" Because of "Pending Civil Litigation" … - doesn't justify sealing of court records.

Today in Supreme Court History: August 19, 1937 - 8/19/1937: Justice Hugo Black takes the oath.   The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 19, 1937 appeared first on Reason.com.

Trump's Dictator Envy Is Once Again on Display in Tiff with South Korea - The president openly admires world leaders who exercise absolute power.

Brickbat: Texas Two-Step - Social media messaging app Discord has agreed to a Texas court order requiring it to introduce the same age-verification it already… The post Brickbat: Texas Two-Step appeared first on Reason.com.

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ICE Admits It Investigated a Critic Based on Constitutionally Protected Speech - The agency’s attempt to intimidate David Streever is at the center of a First Amendment case.

Minnesota's "Nudification" Ban Repeats Unconstitutional Errors of Early Revenge Porn Bills - The lack of a scienter requirement renders the content-based ban unconstitutional.

Voter Ignorance and the Problem of Confusion Caused by Candidates With Similar Names [Updated] - Voter confusion caused by candidates with similar names - as in the current Alaska Senate race - is part of the much larger problem of political ignorance.

The Greater the Illegal Migrant Population, the Stronger the Case Against Mass Deportation - Cato Instiute immigration expert David Bier explains why.

Ibram X. Kendi Is Wrong About Jason Arday - Are the media responsible for the demise of a famous black professor at the University of Cambridge?

Trump’s Anti-Weaponization Fund Is a (Another) Slush Fund - If Trump’s settlement stands, future presidents will have a roadmap for turning lawsuits into spending programs and political grievances into taxpayer-financed payouts.

There and Back Again: The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act - The House’s amendment to the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is a great improvement over the Senate’s version. However, the bill is still filled with policies that won’t help, but rather harm, the housing market.

After the Castro Tyranny, Cubans Should Lead Their Transition to Freedom - When and if the Cuban dictatorship finally collapses, it would be best to let Cubans themselves determine their return to freedom.

A Federal Gas Tax Holiday Would Be Expensive and Ineffective - When the federal gas tax comes up for reauthorization in 2028, Congress should simply let the gas tax expire.

The SEC Throws in the Towel on Gag Orders - Facing an increasingly speech-friendly Supreme Court, the SEC reluctantly–and belatedly–decides to stop censoring its victims.

The 17th Amendment Broke the Founders Kill Switch - 1913 was a really bad year. And one of the biggest changes came from the 17th Amendment. It didn’t just alter the way federal senators are chosen, it actually broke a process the framers built into the system: A constitutional KILL SWITCH to end the federal government. On this episode, it’s the “absolute safeguard” - the lost nuclear option for the states that the government-run schools never t...

President or King? It’s not the TITLE. It’s the POWER. - For the founders, an elective monarchy was just as bad as an hereditary one - because the core issue was the power of discretion. On this episode, it’s 6 of the most dangerous powers of a king as the founders understood them. And you just might recognize every single one of them today. The post President or King? It’s not the TITLE. It’s the POWER. appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

The Buck Stops Nowhere - Having burned through billions of dollars and depleted critical munitions stockpiles, the Pentagon is running out of money. Our money. According to the Washington Post, the Pentagon is facing an urgent budget shortfall caused largely by the Iran war, with some critical funding accounts expected to run dry within weeks. Training, maintenance and other military priorities are reportedly being […]...

Ninth Circuit Ruling Will Force Online Platforms That Host User Speech to Fight Lengthy and Costly Lawsuits Before They Are Dismissed Under Section 230 - A federal appeals court just made it harder for online services, big and small, to get lawsuits over user speech dismissed early. In California v. Meta, a Ninth Circuit three-judge panel held that the lower court’s denial of Section 230 immunity to Meta is not immediately appealable. The misguided ruling has the potential to have widespread impact and to threaten the free speech of all internet...

Too Little, Too Late: Flock Admits Their Technology Needs Reforms - Flock Safety, the embattled vendor of mass surveillance technology, has rolled out a handful of new reforms intended to appease the justified nationwide anger that has seen scores of towns cancel or suspend their contracts with the company for automated license plate readers (ALPRs). The reforms are a combination of long overdue changes along with some cosmetic fixes that fail to address the fu...

Who (or What) Generates Images for EFF? - We’ve had a few questions from EFF supporters lately, asking whether the images we use on our blog posts, or on donation and shop items, have been created with AI image generators. We’d like to answer these questions and clarify our internal policy regarding image creation.  EFF images are all made by human beings, not by automated image generators, with very rare exceptions. This is an interna...

Institute for Justice Calls Flock Safety’s Proposed Reforms ‘Window Dressing’ - ARLINGTON, Va.—Today, the Institute for Justice (IJ) released a statement responding to suggested “reforms” announced by automated license plate reader (ALPR) provider Flock Safety.  “This […] The post Institute for Justice Calls Flock Safety’s Proposed Reforms ‘Window Dressing’ appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Austin Councilmember, Public Interest Law Firm Applaud Austin’s New Microbusiness Resolution - AUSTIN, Texas—Last night, the Austin City Council passed a resolution to support microbusinesses in the city. Councilmember Vanessa Fuentes, one of the resolution’s sponsors, and […] The post Austin Councilmember, Public Interest Law Firm Applaud Austin’s New Microbusiness Resolution appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Public Interest Law Firm Releases New Page Tracking License Plate Reader Abuse Nationwide - ARLINGTON, Va.—Today, the Institute for Justice (IJ) released a new page tracking misuse of automated license plate reader (ALPR) systems across the country. The tracker, […] The post Public Interest Law Firm Releases New Page Tracking License Plate Reader Abuse Nationwide 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 ...

Florida: Vote GOA on August 18 - Florida gun owners, Election Day is TODAY, Tuesday, August 18 — and it’s time to VOTE. The future of our Second Amendment rights in Florida will be shaped by who shows up to the polls in this primary election. At the top of the ticket, Gun Owners of America is backing Byron Donalds for Governor of Florida. When Florida passed the Parkland gun-control … Read more

GOA Members Make History With First Suppressor Transfers Without NFA Registration Since 1934 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  August 13, 2026  GOA Members to Make History with First Suppressor Transfers Without NFA Registration Since 1934 Leander, TX — Gun Owners of America (GOA), along with lead plaintiff Silencer Shop, made history tonight as GOA members Brandon Herrera and Wes Virdell lawfully acquired suppressors without complying with the currently enjoined registration requirements of the ...

Tell The White House: Do Not Appeal GOA’s NFA Win! - TELL THE WHITE HOUSE: DON’T LET DOJ APPEAL OUR WIN! We won our case, but DOJ may appeal. Let’s secure our win and make the “most pro-2A” Department of Justice walk the walk… We just won our “One Big Beautiful Lawsuit,” against the registration requirements of the NFA at the district level in Texas. President Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful … Read more

Goldman Sachs to buy real estate investment firm for $410M - The acquisition of LCN Capital Partners, set to close by the end of the year, marks the second nine-figure-or-higher transaction for Goldman in the past week.

Old Glory Bank, SPAC scrap merger plans - The bank said last month it may have to pursue “a sale or organized wind-down” if the deal wasn’t approved, because it lacked sufficient capital to satisfy regulators.

Bakkt names new CFO in stablecoin growth push - Equifax alum Matthew White is taking the CFO reins as Bakkt looks to execute on its ongoing pivot to becoming a stablecoin infrastructure provider.

OCC returns Zerohash’s charter application - The regulator did not give a reason for the action, although there may be confusion over who will act as the company’s compliance chief. Zerohash indicated it would refile this month.

World Liberty nabs conditional OCC charter - The Trump family-backed crypto firm gained conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish its national trust bank.

New anti-deepfake rules ignore a key risk AI creates for banks - Bankers in the U.S. can learn a few things from watching the rollout of the European Union's new AI Act. Specifically, they should notice the gaping hole where rules about identity verification ought to be.

Court fight pits bank CEO vs. her former executive assistant - Litigation involving Amalgamated Bank highlights the risks that banks may face when highly-placed employees leave their jobs on bad terms.

Tokenization is a buzzword that's been a decade in the making - Neuberger Berman launched a new junk-bond fund using tokenized securities, a process that has been the focus of crypto firm Securitize for more than a decade.

To fire Cook from the Fed, Trump looks to channel Taft - The president has initiated a for-cause process to remove the Federal Reserve Board governor from office, something only one president has successfully done before. But that century-old precedent may not offer Trump much useful guidance in his quest.

Tokenized deposits are here. Banks need to manage the risks. - Executives at three regional banks that are participating in a tokenized-deposit network discussed how they are retooling their risk practices to fit always-on conditions.

High public debt in the Americas: non-linear implications for risk premia and inflation expectations - by Eduardo Amaral, Rafael Guerra, Alejandrina Salcedo, Pablo Tomasini, Christian Upper

Lesetja Kganyago: Remarks - annual dinner for the Heads of Foreign Missions accredited in South Africa - Remarks by Lesetja Kganyago, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank, at the annual dinner for the Heads of Foreign Missions accredited in South Africa, South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria, 9 July 2026.

Lesetja Kganyago: Overview of the South African economy - Address by Lesetja Kganyago, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank, at the 106th Ordinary Annual General Meeting, South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria, 31 July 2026.

Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of Regions Bank - Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of Regions Bank

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of the application by Coastal Bend Bancshares, Inc. - Federal Reserve Board announces approval of the application by Coastal Bend Bancshares, Inc.

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of the application by FS Bancorp, Inc. - Federal Reserve Board announces approval of the application by FS Bancorp, Inc.

Press Release: FDIC Announces New Review Process for Deposit Insurance Applications - PRESS RELEASE | AUGUST 10, 2026 Press Release: FDIC Announces New Review Process for Deposit Insurance Applications WASHINGTON—The Federal Depos...

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