Kitco News
Gold's biggest buyers aren't slowing down, but SocGen sees a more measured pace ahead -
(Kitco News) - Central bank demand has been a key driver behind gold’s multi-year rally to an all-time high of $5,600 an ounce, and the latest World Gold Council survey points to continued buying from the official sector.
China considers new import and export regime for gold which limits PBOC oversight -
(Kitco News) – Chinese regulators, including customs officials and the central bank, are proposing a major overhaul of the country’s existing import and export regulations governing gold and gold products, according to a new report published Sunday.The proposed new gold regime aims “to streamline administration, facilitate trade, and improve the management of gold carried across the border by i...
Gold will fall below $3,900 this year before rallying to $5,300 in 2027 - TD’s Bart Melek -
(Kitco News) - The gold market is once again starting the week on a disappointing note as it clings to support near $4,000 an ounce, and one bank expects this pivotal level to break as inflation fears persist.
Precious metals should benefit from falling oil, as gold market continues shift toward Asia – Heraeus -
(Kitco News) – Gold and silver prices should soon begin to benefit from lower oil prices as inflation expectations moderate and bond yields drop, while developments on the Pacific Rim suggest the gold market’s center of gravity may be shifting East, according to precious metals analysts at Heraeus.In their latest update, the analysts noted that precious metal prices remained under pressure amid...
Gold and silver weaken as Fed bets offset Hormuz risk - Kitco AM Report -
(Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are weaker ahead of the North American market open on Monday as traders balance renewed U.S.-Iran diplomacy against higher oil prices and persistent Federal Reserve rate-hike risk.
Gold looks broken, but the only thing that has changed is the price -
(Kitco News) - The gold market just can't catch a break. What began as a correction from record highs has turned into a relentless selloff, with every major support level giving way. Some analysts are now warning that there are few meaningful technical levels below $4,000 an ounce.
Bears abound on Wall Street and Main Street as markets digest Fed’s hawkish bias with June payrolls on deck -
The latest Kitco News Weekly Gold Survey showed bears still the preponderant force on both Wall Street and Main Street, with a dwindling minority of both camps expecting gains next week.
Gold, silver rebound as Fed hike odds cool after oil slide - Kitco PM Report -
(Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are higher after the North American cash-market close on Friday, as lower Treasury yields and a softer U.S. dollar helped precious metals recover while oil retreated despite renewed Strait of Hormuz tension.
Gold faces make-or-break week at $4,000 as Fed hawkishness fuels bearish outlook -
(Kitco News) - The gold market is ending the week in a precarious position as prices cling to what has become critical support near $4,000 an ounce. The precious metal is on track to post its fourth consecutive weekly loss, its longest losing streak since August 2023.
Spot gold hits session high near $4,080/oz after final Consumer Sentiment rises to 49.5, one-year and long-term inflation expectations ease -
(Kitco News) - The gold market is trading at session highs after the latest data showed consumer sentiment in the U.S. improving, with both shorter and longer-term inflation expectations easing.
Zero Hedge
Hormuz Tanker Traffic Plunges After Fresh US-Iran Strikes -
Hormuz Tanker Traffic Plunges After Fresh US-Iran Strikes
Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz tumbled since late last week, as ship owners and operators froze up amid the renewed hostilities between Iran and the US over the weekend.
The Thursday attack on the container ship Ever Lovely prompted some shipowners to pull back and wait for additional information about how sa...
"You're Next!": Democrats Discover The Mob Has A Mind Of Its Own -
"You're Next!": Democrats Discover The Mob Has A Mind Of Its Own
Authored by Jonathan Turley,
“You’re next!”
This chant, at the victory celebration of the Democratic Socialists this week, was a message not for the oligarchs or the billionaires, but for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and the Democratic establishment. They were threatening that Jeffries would be the...
Mega Heat Dome Inbound For Washington, DC -
Mega Heat Dome Inbound For Washington, DC
A massive heat dome is set to descend on the eastern half of the U.S., stretching from the Midwest to the East Coast and putting more than 230 million people in the crosshairs of temperatures above 90F, while millions will experience triple-digit temperatures during the Fourth of July holiday week and into weekend festivities.
The Midwest...
Oil Markets Are Pricing A Supply Surge That Isn't Guaranteed -
Oil Markets Are Pricing A Supply Surge That Isn't Guaranteed
Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com,
Oil prices are tumbling as tankers stream out of the Strait of Hormuz, but most of that traffic is stranded vessels finally allowed to leave, not new supply heading in.
Iran struck a commercial ship near Oman this week even as the 60-day U.S.-Iran ceasefire holds and market...
Meta Restricts Engineers' Use of Claude Code And Codex Over Model 'Distillation' Concerns -
Meta Restricts Engineers' Use of Claude Code And Codex Over Model 'Distillation' Concerns
Meta Platforms has instructed engineers in its Applied AI division to limit or restrict their use of Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex coding and agent tools, according to internal documents reviewed by The Information. The policy, driven by concerns over inadvertent model distillatio...
Biden's Own Party Heckled Him During A Speech, And Then He Embarrassed Himself -
Biden's Own Party Heckled Him During A Speech, And Then He Embarrassed Himself
Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com,
It's been two years since Joe Biden's catastrophic debate against President Donald Trump, which ultimately made his party realize they could no longer pretend he was fit for office and forced him out of the race.
Two years later, Biden is still proving how unf...
Iran Contradicts Trump, Refuses Talks 'At Any Level' For Coming Days, While US Delegation Travels To Qatar -
Iran Contradicts Trump, Refuses Talks 'At Any Level' For Coming Days, While US Delegation Travels To Qatar
Summary
Iran Foreign Ministry contradicts Trump on Doha talks: "We will not hold any negotiation meetings at any level with the American side in the coming days."
US-Iran talks may resume Tuesday in Doha, Trump declaring the plan in a Monday Truth Social, with Steve Witkoff ...
A $1,000 Playstation 6? Sony Won't Sell "At Significant Losses" Anymore -
A $1,000 Playstation 6? Sony Won't Sell "At Significant Losses" Anymore
The PlayStation 6 is shaping up to launch during one of the most challenging periods in recent consumer electronics history. Soaring prices for key components - particularly RAM and high-speed SSDs - have pushed the estimated component cost for the next-generation console close to $1,000, according to recent an...
DOJ Grand Jury Probes Neville Roy Singham's Marxist NGO Empire: Report -
DOJ Grand Jury Probes Neville Roy Singham's Marxist NGO Empire: Report
Perhaps we are finally learning why President Trump has taken to Truth Social in recent days to blast the socialists and Marxists who are transforming the Democratic Party into an anti-American movement that seeks to end capitalism and the Western world.
The party's leftward drift became so glaring last week ...
Tether's USDT Jumps To 8.5% Premium In India After Crypto Payment Crackdown -
Tether's USDT Jumps To 8.5% Premium In India After Crypto Payment Crackdown
Authored by Shaurya Malwa via CoinDesk.com,
Raids on crypto payment firms in Bengaluru disrupted the pipeline that feeds dollar-pegged USDT to Indian platforms, pushing its local price more than 8.5% above the dollar, roughly double the usual gap.
The price of Tether's USDT, the largest dollar-pegged st...
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GATA
Gold market manipulation hasn't gone away and GATA still needs your help -
10:55a ET Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
The last year has been dramatic for the monetary metals. Sharp increases in price, indicative of short squeezes, have been offset by counterintuitive downward smashes even as a major war has broken out while another has intensified. News reports and analysis have emphasized the role of some central banks as major long...
The U.S. Mint gold coin that broke the circle -
From Coin Week, Silver Springs, FloridaSunday, June 28, 2026
The 1915-S Panama-Pacific $50 Octagonal gold coin did something no other legal-tender United States coin had done.
It broke the circle.
For more than a century this massive gold commemorative stood alone as the only non-round legal-tender coin ever issued by the United States Mint. That distinction now feels more important than ever....
Ed Steer: The Big 8 shorts get stuffed again -
9:31a ET Sunday, June 28, 2026
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The weekend edition of GATA board member Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Digest is headlined "The Big 8 Shorts Get Stuffed Again" and is posted in the clear at GoldSeek's companion site, SilverSeek, here:
https://silverseek.com/article/big-8-shorts-get-stuffed-again
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/TreasurerGold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.CPow...
Bolivia ends 15-year dollar peg in attempt to restore economic stability -
By Monica MachicaoReutersSaturday, June 27, 2026
LA PAZ -- Bolivia will adopt a flexible exchange-rate system, the government said on Friday, effectively devaluing the currency by ending a 15-year dollar peg in a major policy shift aimed at restoring economic stability.
Bolivia's central bank will oversee the shift, as the government aims to "strengthen macroeconomic stability, preserve extern...
I inherited gold and silver worth tens of thousands -- but with no receipts, how do I find what it's worth? -
By Laura GrandeAssociated Press MoneywiseSaturday, June 27, 2026
Andrea knew her late aunt collected coins, but she never imagined she'd inherit a box full of gold and silver bullion.
At 51, Andrea has spent much of her adult life living paycheck to paycheck. She carries credit card debt, has only a modest emergency fund and hasn't accumulated much wealth outside of her home.
... Dispatch conti...
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CoinDesk
Bitcoin lending is entering a new institutional era, according to Silicon Valley Bank -
The bank said bitcoin lending has emerged from the 2022 crypto credit collapse with stronger risk controls, growing institutional participation and a path toward lower borrowing costs.
JPMorgan backs U.S. crypto bill but warns of risks in digital asset framework -
The bank says Congress should pair regulatory clarity with safeguards as Senate negotiates the Clarity Act.
Private keys, not smart contracts, caused 40% of crypto's $16 billion hack losses. Here's whats being done. -
The industry is moving toward fixing the private key vulnerability issue, just not evenly, Wish Wu, co-founder and CEO of Pharos, said.
White House to speak with law enforcement groups to push Crypto's Clarity Act -
Officials from the White House are said to be sitting down with law enforcement representatives who have objected to illicit-finance portions of the bill.
J.P. Morgan broadens blockchain settlement network as banks modernize cross-border payments -
The bank added five Asia-Pacific currencies to its Kinexys blockchain platform, allowing institutional clients to settle payments and FX around the clock.
Crypto analytics firm Chainalysis proposes standards for blockchain tracing -
The blockchain analysis company published a proposed ontology for how investigators can identify clusters of crypto addresses and link them together.
MiCA's looming deadline could leave 10 million crypto users without a platform in the EU -
As MiCA takes full effect on July 1, SwissBorg's Alex Fazel told CoinDesk users should choose platforms built to withstand EU regulators' tightening oversight.
Ripple wants institutions to borrow against tokenized assets on XRPL -
A proposed XRPL standard would let institutions borrow against tokenized assets, with the blockchain enforcing loan terms while the underwriting stays with human credit teams. It still needs validator approval to go live.
Wall Street's BNY expands stablecoin services for institutions, starting with Circle's USDC -
The world's largest custody bank is adding USDC custody and minting services as stablecoins move deeper into traditional finance.
Strategy opens door to selling billions of bitcoin under new capital plan. Here's what it means -
The company can now sell bitcoin to fund the USD reserve, support preferred dividends, and finance up to $2 billion in stock buybacks.
bitcoin.com
Bolivia Abandons Fixed Exchange Rate Scheme After 15 Years, Adopting a Floating Dollar System -
Bolivia’s Economy Ministry recognized that the current regime had failed, as the country’s oil exports had been reduced since 2005, making it impossible to continue with the exchange regime. The exchange rate had been fixed in 2011 at nearly 7 Bolivian bolivianos. Bolivia Abandons Fixed Dollar Exchange Rate Regime, Opens To Flotation The Ministry of […]
HYPE ETFs Pull in $111 Million as Bitcoin and Ether Funds Lose Over $2 Billion -
The crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) market entered the final week of June with one foot on the brake and the other still searching for growth. Bitcoin and ether funds suffered another bruising stretch of redemptions, yet the same market continued to send capital into XRP and HYPE products, underscoring a sharp split in investor appetite. […]
Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Says Cryptography’s Hardest Problem Is Still Unsolved -
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published a detailed technical breakdown on Monday, calling cryptographic obfuscation the “final boss of cryptography” and laying out why solving it would let developers build nearly any trustless protocol imaginable. What Obfuscation Actually Does Most people in crypto are familiar with encryption, which hides data in transit, and zero-knowledge proofs, whic...
BNY Gives Institutions Power to Mint and Burn USDC Directly From Custody -
BNY has added USDC mint and burn capabilities to its Digital Asset Custody platform, giving institutional clients a direct path between U.S. dollars and Circle’s stablecoin without leaving the bank’s infrastructure. What BNY Is Offering The bank announced the expanded relationship with Circle Internet Group on June 29, 2026. Under the new arrangement, BNY clients […]
Strategy Could Sell $3.25 Billion in Bitcoin Under New Plan, Peter Schiff Warns -
Strategy’s potential bitcoin sales have raised concerns among market watchers after Peter Schiff warned the company could put pressure on prices if it begins selling up to $3.25 billion worth of bitcoin. Schiff Sounds Alarm as Strategy’s Massive Bitcoin Sale Potential Raises Fears of Market Shock Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR)’s decision to authorize future bitcoin […]
Reason
In Chatrie, Neil Gorsuch Reiterates His Critique of 2 Dubious Fourth Amendment Doctrines -
The justice argues that the "reasonable expectation of privacy" test and the third-party doctrine are indefensible in theory and unworkable in practice.
ICE Warns Syracuse Poll Worker To Delete a Political Instagram Post -
Federal law can punish true threats, and doxing intended to facilitate violence. But this woman simply named a government agent, which is not a crime.
In Big Win for Fourth Amendment Advocates, the Supreme Court Says 'Geofence Warrants' Count as a 'Search' -
Understanding Chatrie v. United States.
The American Revolution Isn't Over -
Washington’s troops won the ground war, but today's left and right are waging war on the ideals of the Revolution.
Can the President Fire Anyone He Wants? Yes, Unless the Target Is Part of the Federal Reserve. -
In a pair of decisions on Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that presidents have full authority to fire heads of executive branch agencies—but that the Fed is different.
The Mob Used To Run Sports Betting. Now DraftKings and FanDuel Do. -
How sports betting moved online and started a debate about its benefits and negatives.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: 'You're Not Being Represented!' -
Marjorie Taylor Greene discusses the future of the Republican Party, the resurgence of democratic socialism, and why the political establishment always wins
Court Will Hear Parental Rights Case Related to Minors Seeking "Gender-Affirming Treatment" -
The Question Presented from the petition, which the Court just granted: The "interest of parents in the care, custody, and…
The post Court Will Hear Parental Rights Case Related to Minors Seeking "Gender-Affirming Treatment" appeared first on Reason.com.
Recap of Today's Opinions and Predictions For The Final Four Cases -
My predictions from last Thursday panned out well. The Chief Justice wrote the majority opinion in both Cook and Slaughter. There…
The post Recap of Today's Opinions and Predictions For The Final Four Cases appeared first on Reason.com.
Supreme Court Ends Agency "Independence," Save for the Federal Reserve -
As expected, the Supreme Court overturns Humphrey's Executor, but reaffirms the independence of the Federal Reserve.
Cato Institute
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
EFF to Gov. Pritzker: Veto Illinois’ HB 5511 -
The Illinois legislature recently passed House Bill 5511, which imposes a sweeping, device-level age-gating framework across nearly all internet-enabled hardware, operating systems, and online services. This well-intentioned but deeply flawed piece of legislation will harm young people who rely on the internet to access essential information and find community. That’s why we’re urging the Illin...
Victory! Supreme Court Says Constitution Protects People’s Location Data -
You have an expectation of privacy in location data that reveals your movements in the physical world, and even short-term surveillance of these movements is a search subject to the Fourth Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today in
Chatrie v. United States.
The case involved geofence warrants, a form of dragnet surveillance police have used to vacuum up location data from electronic dev...
EFF to Grindr: This Pride Month, Put Safety and Privacy Over Profits -
This Pride month, we’re calling on the dating app Grindr to prioritize LGBTQ+ user safety by making privacy the default across its platform. That means no more sharing personal data with advertisers or training AI on private information without users’ opt-in consent.
Grindr is a dating app for the LGBTQ+ community; and for queer people, privacy violations can have life-altering consequences. In...
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
VA: Tell Your Commonwealth’s Attorney: Do Not Enforce Virginia’s Gun Bans – TAKE ACTION -
Last week, we told you that GOA, GOF, VCDL, VCDF, and gun rights journalist John Crump secured a preliminary injunction in Crump v. Katz, our lawsuit against Virginia’s so-called Assault Weapons Ban. This injunction prevents the Virginia State Police from enforcing the challenged gun and magazine bans while our case continues through the court system. Virginia gun owners cannot let up … Read mo...
VA: VICTORY – GOA & VCDL Secure a Preliminary Injunction in “Assault Weapons” Ban Challenge -
Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of America, and VCDL have secured a preliminary injunction in Crump v. Katz, our lawsuit against Virginia’s so-called Assault Weapons Ban! This injunction prevents the Virginia State Police from enforcing the challenged gun and magazine bans while our case continues through the court system. As it currently stands, the temporary injunction extends the enforceme...
ATF Registry Rule DEAD, SCOTUS Win and GOA Calls Out Bad Law in Texas! -
Here’s What Happened at GOA Last Week! At GOA, we’ve been hard at work fighting for your Second Amendment rights, here’s what we did… From defeating the ATF’s “Engaged in the Business” rule in federal court, to winning a Supreme Court case regarding gun owners who use marijuana, and exposing the injustice of a failure in Texas law that ended with a gun owner arrested — GOA has been … Read more
Banking Dive
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Bank of International Settlements
Global economic pressure points call for policy discipline: BIS -
The sustainability of the AI boom, financial vulnerabilities and strained public finances are among pressure points facing the global economy, along with the return of inflation.
The interplay of record-high public debt with the increasing role of highly-leveraged hedge funds creates a new sovereign-financial stability nexus and poses growing financial stability risks.
Safeguarding price stab...
Anchoring trust in money: innovation beyond stablecoins -
Speech by Frank Smets, Acting Head of Monetary and Economic Department and Head of Economic Analysis and Statistics, on the occasion of the Bank's Annual General Meeting, Basel, 28 June 2026.
Annual Economic Report 2026 -
This year's Annual Economic Report examines how the global economy is faring as progress meets rising perils – including a new fiscal-financial stability nexus and shifting inflation dynamics.
Federal Reserve - Press Releases
FDIC - Press Releases