Precious Metals and Market News

Gold and silver refuse to flinch - (Kitco News) - Although volatility has been elevated, both gold and silver have started the new year on solid footing as they look to end the week at critical resistance points.

Wall Street nearly full bull after supportive data and chaotic geopolitics, Main Street maintains bullish bias after gold reclaims $4,500/oz - The latest Kitco News Weekly Gold Survey showed Wall Street with a near-total bullish consensus on gold’s near-term prospects, while Main Street investors maintained their bullish majority bias.

Gold breaks $4,500 as a cooling labor market strengthens bull case - (Kitco News) - The gold market does not need lower interest rates to move higher, but dovish market expectations following disappointing labor market data are adding to the bullish momentum.

Gold above $4,500/oz as Preliminary Consumer Sentiment rises to 54 in January, but long-run inflation expectations rise - (Kitco News) - The gold market is trading higher ahead of the weekend after the latest data showed consumer sentiment in the U.S. improving, while longer-term inflation expectations ticked higher.The University of Michigan announced on Friday that the preliminary reading of its Consumer Sentiment survey for January was 54. The data was better than expectations, as the consensus forecast of...

Gold prices attracting some new bullish attention after U.S. economy created 50k jobs in December - (Kitco News) - After spinning its wheels at elevated levels, the gold market appears to be gaining new bullish traction as momentum in the U.S. labor market continues to slow.

Spot gold shoots to $4,490/oz after U.S. housing starts fall -4.6% in September, -0.2% in October - (Kitco News) - Gold prices are trading at session highs this morning after the latest data showed the U.S. housing market declining more than expected in September and October.Housing starts fell 4.6% in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.306 million units, the Commerce Department announced on Friday. The data was worse than expected as economists looked for a decrease to 1.330...

Gold price up, silver sharply up; it’s jobs Friday, and maybe more - (Kitco News) - Gold prices are modestly up and silver prices are strongly higher in early U.S. trading Friday. Confident bulls continue to step in and buy the dips, amid risk aversion that is still elevated in the marketplace

Bitcoin January 9 daily chart alert - Bears have the near-term technical advantage - (Kitco News) - Friday, January 9--January bitcoin futures prices are weaker in early trading Friday. The bulls faded this week. A fledgling price uptrend on the daily bar chart has was negated.

Gold market analysis for January 9 - key intra-day price entry levels for active traders - (Kitco News) - This 5-minute bar chart for Comex gold futures can be a valuable analytical and trading tool for the active intra-day gold futures trader/market watcher.

CME’s margin hike is just a smokescreen to cover major shortages in the physical market - Bawden Capital - (Kitco News) - Despite a strong start to the new year, the silver market is still struggling, unable to hold gains above $80 an ounce.

DNC Signals Possible Legal Action Against 10 States Over Proposed DOJ Voter-List Agreement - DNC Signals Possible Legal Action Against 10 States Over Proposed DOJ Voter-List Agreement Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times, The Democratic National Committee (DNC) sent warning letters to election officials in 10 states on Friday, saying proposed agreements with the Justice Department to share unredacted voter registration files and act on list maintenance concerns cou...

Wall Street's Crypto Debate Is Over As Banks Go All-In On BTC, Stablecoins, Tokenized Cash - Wall Street's Crypto Debate Is Over As Banks Go All-In On BTC, Stablecoins, Tokenized Cash Authored by Sam Bourgi via CoinTelegraph.com, Big banks aren’t debating crypto anymore — they’re building it. From tokenized cash to ETFs, Wall Street is quietly going onchain. For years, major banks treated cryptocurrency primarily as a risk to be contained. That posture is now giving wa...

"Uninvestable": Trump's $100 Billion Venezuela Gamble Meets Oil Industry Reality - "Uninvestable": Trump's $100 Billion Venezuela Gamble Meets Oil Industry Reality President Donald Trump’s push for U.S. oil companies to commit at least $100 billion toward rebuilding Venezuela’s energy industry is meeting significant resistance from the very executives he is courting, according to Bloomberg. Although the White House projects confidence, industry leaders are warni...

Not Worth A Continental - Not Worth A Continental Authored by Jeff Thomas via InternationalMan.com, In late-18th-century America, something of minimal value was often described as being “not worth a continental,” which referred to the continental dollar, the American currency at the time of the revolution. The continental was paper money. It had occurred to the colonists that, as their revolution was co...

Did Trump Accidentally Pardon Accused Jan 6 Pipe-Bomber? - Did Trump Accidentally Pardon Accused Jan 6 Pipe-Bomber? It took nearly five years for the FBI to finally arrest someone for planting pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican parties on the eve of the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot, but the suspect may avoid serving a prison sentence thanks to the language in President Trump's sweeping pardon of those who part...

Investor Lessons From 2025 For 2026 - Investor Lessons From 2025 For 2026 Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Bulls Remain In Control The S&P 500’s close at 6,966 on Friday confirmed the market remains in a bullish uptrend, continuing the positive trajectory that began in mid‑2025. Price action this week gained traction and has been tracking the rising bullish trendline from the November lows, prin...

"Yes, Yes, And Yes": Bessent Signals Crackdown On Dark-Money NGO Protests 'Just Like We Did With The Mafia' - "Yes, Yes, And Yes": Bessent Signals Crackdown On Dark-Money NGO Protests 'Just Like We Did With The Mafia' The left's ability to rapidly stage highly organized 'pop-up' protests in response to just about any political incident is uncanny (remember Robert Creamer? "Wherever Trump and Pence are going to be, we have events, we have a whole team across the country that does that."). O...

Minneapolis City Officials Dismantle 'No-Go Zone' Set Up By Anti-ICE Agitators - Minneapolis City Officials Dismantle 'No-Go Zone' Set Up By Anti-ICE Agitators Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, Leftwing agitators in Minneapolis on Thursday set up a short-lived  “autonomous zone” that spanned several blocks in the southeastern part of the city, and reportedly declared it a “no-go zone” for law enforcement. The city however removed the barricad...

Watch: New Footage Shows Three Minutes Before Minneapolis ICE-Involved Shooting - Watch: New Footage Shows Three Minutes Before Minneapolis ICE-Involved Shooting Update (1410ET): Additional footage has surfaced, apparently from a nearby resident, showing at least three minutes leading up to the ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis of a left-wing activist who was blocking traffic in an attempt to impede federal agents during a deportation operation. The interne...

USDA Suspends All Payments To Minnesota's Food Programs Over Suspected Fraud - USDA Suspends All Payments To Minnesota's Food Programs Over Suspected Fraud Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) suspended payments for all federal food programs in Minnesota and Minneapolis Friday over alleged fraud and abuse of federal funds statewide. “Enough is enough!” USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins posted on X, announcin...

‘He even bragged about his Mercedes-Benz:’ I rejected two egotistical advisers. I managed my life savings and they tripled over 25 years. Did I do OK? - “We do not take out-of-country or five-star vacations. Instead, we enjoy time with family and friends and hobbies.”

‘We track our finances religiously’: Are we obliged to pay for our daughter’s medical school? We have $2.6 million saved for retirement. - “I am retired, and my wife is an employed physician. She is 56 and would like to retire as well.”

‘I’m at a crossroads’: I have $35K left on my mortgage at 3% interest. Do I dip into my $700K IRA to pay it off? - “Over the last year, my two retirement accounts averaged a 15% gain.”

‘I have no mortgage’: Is it reckless to cancel my homeowner’s insurance? I can’t justify $4K a year anymore. - “My deductible is $5,000.”

‘I’m ready to walk away’: I have $400K in retirement savings and want to quit my job of 30 years. Can I do it? - “I really, really hate my job. I do work from home, but I’m very burned out.”

Are you too old to see a shrink? As loneliness soars among seniors, the question is more relevant than ever. - Even people who are confident and resilient may struggle with anxiety, depression or grief.

The eldercare crisis is about to get much worse as millions more Americans turn 85 - The “silver tsunami” is about to crest. Watch out for the undertow.

Could ‘Trump accounts’ make your kids millionaires? Maybe — with this strategy. - The accounts, which are set to become available on July 5, are for children born between 2025 and 2028.

The Social Security crisis could leave U.S. retirees worse off than those in poorer countries - Things are already hard for America’s seniors. In less than a decade, they’ll sink even further.

My wife, 74, collects survivor benefits on her first husband. Can she now claim on her own Social Security record? - “My wife began receiving survivor benefits at age 60 from her deceased husband.”

What the Big Oil executives told Trump about investing in Venezuela - The CEOs of Exxon and Conoco are wary of returning to Venezuela. Chevron is ready to quickly ramp up production.

AI memory is sold out, causing an unprecedented surge in prices - Three primary memory vendors — Micron, SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics — make up nearly the entire RAM market, and they're benefitting from this shortage.

Trump calls for one-year cap on credit card interest rates at 10% - U.S. President Donald Trump did not provide details on how his plan would come to fruition or how he planned to make credit card companies comply.

Behind Anthropic's stunning growth is a sibling team that may hold the key to generative AI - Daniela Amodei has helped build Anthropic into a serious AI player by betting on safety and enterprise adoption.

Abel's $25 million Berkshire paycheck is in the same league as other S&P 500 CEOs - Greg Abel's $25M salary as Berkshire Hathaway's CEO is an enormous jump from Warren Buffett's famously small paycheck, but Abel still lags the nation's best paid corporate leaders.

Trump revealed some of Friday's jobs data early in post the prior day - The president indicated that private sector payrolls had expanded by 654,000, a total that would have included Friday's jobs count for December.

U.S. payrolls rose 50,000 in December, less than expected; unemployment rate falls to 4.4% - The report presented a muddy view of the labor market, with companies reporting a low level of hiring but households showing employment gains.

The December jobs report is due out Friday. Here's what it is expected to show - Nonfarm payrolls likely rose by 73,000 last month while the unemployment rate edged lower to 4.5%, according to the Dow Jones consensus.

Supreme Court holds off on Trump tariff ruling for now — what's at stake for economy - The decision is poised to have far-reaching impacts on not only trade policy but also the U.S. fiscal situation.

Trade deficit in October hits smallest since 2009 after Trump's tariff moves - The trade shortfall was just $29.4 billion for October, down 39% from the prior month.

Jay Morse of Shadow Stats: The silver gates have closed - 5:27p ET, Saturday, January 10, 2026 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver): Walter J. (John) Williams, the private consulting economist who publishes the ShadowStats economic letter, long has been an unsung hero of the struggle against gold and silver market rigging. GATA has cited his work many times over the years to show that understating inflation is U.S. government policy and is very m...

Dimitri Speck sneaks a favorable reference to GATA into his new essay at Kitco - 2:48p ET Friday, January 9, 2026 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: Kitco today posts an essay by our old friend the German market analyst and author Dimitri Speck about the long history of monetary metals price manipulation. Somehow the essay has survived with a favorable reference to GATA's research, which may be the first time GATA has been mentioned favorably at Kitco, and the first time it has ...

Iran's ayatollah may be evacuating gold to Russia, Moscow Times says - From the Moscow Times, AmsterdamFriday, January 9, 2026 Russian military transport aircraft have begun making frequent flights to Tehran since the onset of mass protests spreading across Iran, threatening the current regime's. Russia may be providing military and technical support while simultaneously preparing for the evacuation of the supreme leader and his closest aides, including the remova...

Turkiye to end cash transactions in gold trade under new tracking system - Coming soon to a 'land of the free' near you? * * * From the Hurriyet Daily News, IstanbulThursday, January 8, 2026 Turkiye will introduce a comprehensive digital tracking system for precious metals in April, effectively ending cash transactions in gold trading and requiring all purchases and sales at jewelry shops to be conducted through banks, credit cards, or bank transfers. Called the Preci...

Alasdair Macleod: Physical shortage continues to drive silver - By Alasdair MacleodGoldMoney, TorontoFriday, January 9, 2026 Chinese silver demand is on pause allowing prices to drift from all-time highs. Meanwhile, gold marches on towards a test of its post-Christmas highs. However, the physical silver shortage is what matters and will continue to drive prices. In gold, there is a dawning realisation that there must be something solid behind its bull marke...

Job Growth in the Private-Sector, Massive Job Losses at Federal & State Governments in H2 2025 - The Fed should look at private-sector employment. Layoffs at the government are a political decision, not the result of economic weakness.

Fed Balance Sheet Drops by $67 Billion for the Week - Standing Repo Facility -$75 billion to zero, Reserve Management Purchases +$8 billion: The year-end liquidity shifts have settled down.

Trade Deficit Drops to Least Terrible Level since 2009, upon which Atlanta Fed GDPNow Doubles Q4 GDP Forecast to +5.4% - The GDPNow algo is to be taken with a teaspoon of salt, but it shows that a big improvement of the trade deficit pushes up GDP growth.

Canaan’s Turnaround Gains Steam as Benchmark Doubles Price Target to $4 - With Nasdaq compliance restored and momentum building in its Avalon mining rigs and self-mining operations, the broker sees renewed upside for Canaan’s shares.

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Solana (SOL) Gains 4.5% as Index Trades Higher - Bitcoin Cash (BCH) was also a top performer, rising 2% from Wednesday.

Digital Asset Treasuries: Bitcoin’s Institutional Test Case - Digital Asset Treasuries (DATs) are the first laboratories testing how a decentralised asset can operate as productive capital within the architecture of corporate finance, argues Sygnum Bank CIO Fabian Dori.

Plasma Obtains VASP License, Opens Amsterdam Office to Expand Stablecoin Payments in EU - The firm behind the fast-growing stablecoin blockchain also plans to obtain MiCA and EMI licenses as part of its expansion in Europe.

Gold Token Market Swells to $3.9B as CZ Calls It a 'Trust Me Bro' Asset - The tokens raise similar concerns to stablecoins, with potential risks around delivery, long-term reliability and the ability to redeem for physical gold.

Ledger Unveils $179 Nano Gen5, Built for Identity in an AI-Driven World - Alongside, there's the Ledger Wallet, a reimagined version of the company's Ledger Live app, and Ledger Enterprise Multisig, a new platform for institutional asset management.

Crypto Market Maker B2C2 Launches PENNY to Enable Instant, Zero-Fee Stablecoin Swaps - The institutional liquidity provider’s new platform says it will let users exchange stablecoins like USDT and USDC across multiple blockchains without fees.

Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin, Ether Edge Higher; HyperLiquid Surges on $1B Purchase Plan - After weeks of turbulence, the crypto market found support Thursday, with Bitcoin and Ether posting modest gains and HyperLiquid’s token HYPE soaring.

Risk Proxies Challenge Bitcoin's Bounce; HYPE, XMR Shine: Crypto Daybook Americas - Your day-ahead look for Oct. 23, 2025

Revolut Secures MiCA License in Cyprus, Expanding Regulated Crypto Services Across EU - Fintech giant gains CySEC approval to offer compliant crypto trading across 30 EEA markets under MiCA

XRP Is Being Positioned for Institutional Domination — Evernorth and Doppler Begin Building Treasury-Scale Liquidity - XRP is rapidly positioning itself as a foundational asset for institutional finance as major treasury and infrastructure players collaborate to unlock large-scale liquidity, structured yield strategies, and deeper integration between traditional finance and the XRP Ledger. Institutional XRP Adoption Takes a Structural Step Forward With Evernorth–Doppler Alliance XRP is increasingly emerging as ...

Markets Stare Down 2026 as Recession Odds, Liquidity Hopes Pull in Opposite Directions - With 2025 in the rearview mirror and 2026 already packed with developments, many are debating whether the United States is headed for a liquidity lift or a sharp downturn. Crypto has swung within a tight range as equity markets push higher and precious metals flirt with record territory. Against that backdrop, the prediction market Polymarket […]

Islamic Coin Rockets 470% in 24 Hours on Ethiq Launch - On Jan. 9, Islamic Coin staged a dramatic rally, soaring 470% from under $0.01 to nearly $0.06 within 24 hours before stabilizing around $0.045–$0.05. Ethiq Layer 2 Mainnet Islamic Coin (ISLM), the native utility token of the HAQQ network, ignited a massive market rally in early January 2026. The asset surged from a stagnant base […]

Instagram Data From 2024 Leak Reappears, Exposing 17.5M Accounts - Seventeen and a half million Instagram accounts just got an unwanted encore appearance on the dark web, thanks to an old API flaw that’s back to cause fresh headaches. According to a security notice from cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes, data tied to roughly 17.5 million Instagram users is circulating freely on Breachforums after resurfacing in early […]

XRP Stalls Despite Bullish Developments and Ripple’s Institutional Momentum - XRP is consolidating near a key level as Ripple expands its regulated global finance footprint, signaling patience in price action while adoption, institutional integration, and regulatory clarity quietly strengthen the crypto asset’s long-term foundation. XRP Shows Patience as Ripple Pushes Deeper Into Regulated Global Finance At 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 10, XRP is trading near […]

Professor's Lawsuit, "Focused on Discrimination Related to Positionality Across Multiple Marginalized and Vulnerable Communities," Fizzles - I wrote about the case in July (the quote in the title of this post, as of the previous one,… The post Professor's Lawsuit, "Focused on Discrimination Related to Positionality Across Multiple Marginalized and Vulnerable Communities," Fizzles appeared first on Reason.com.

Justice Barrett, Trump v. Slaughter, and Presidential Removal Power from 1945 to 1969 - Almost every president since 1945 has refused to accept Humphrey's Executor as having been correctly decided.

Comic: It's Mercy Otis Warren vs. The Blockheads - Early America's greatest propagandist?

Open Thread - What’s on your mind?

What Kind of Immunity for ICE Agents? - A guest post by Prof. Michael Mannheimer.

Court Refuses to Seal Case Involving Government's Motion to Authorize Disclosure of Tax Returns - "The substantial public interests implicated by questions of the proper scope of Executive power and the statutory limits on access to tax information warrant public disclosure. While this case, and ... this decision, are now unsealed, the underlying Application and its supporting materials will remain under seal, at least while the investigation remains active ...."

DHS Says Venezuela Is Safe for Migrants To 'Go Home' to After Maduro's Capture. These Venezuelans Disagree. - Venezuelan nationals interviewed by Reason say they don’t feel safe returning to the country while Maduro’s regime is still in power. “It’s like taking the hood off, but the engine is still running.”

First Amendment Protects Islam Expert's Post-Sept. 11 Speech Urging People to Join Taliban - So a Fourth Circuit panel held today, vacating the defendant's convictions from 2005.

Video of the Minneapolis ICE Shooting Does Not Resolve the Issue of Whether It Was Legally Justified - The crucial question is whether the agent reasonably believed the driver he killed posed a threat, even if she was not actually trying to run him over.

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal - Top Gun, official acts, and atrial fibrillation.

What Is Renee Good's Story? - Our beliefs and actions are often driven by the immense power of narrative, and in particular the immense power of narratives in constitutional and political life.

María Corina Machado Is Different—She Can Bring Liberty and Democracy Back to Venezuela - The Venezuelan opposition leader has repeatedly shown that she is able to mobilize her fellow citizens in a way that no other leader has been able to do. She has also never backed down from her classical liberal ideas.

Recovering Mercy by Restoring Jury Power: Lessons from Judges Bibas and Sullivan - Justice without mercy is incomplete, and the community’s conscience, carried by 12 ordinary jurors, deserves a central place in sentencing.

President Trump to the Left of Governor Newsom on House Buying - The federal government really shouldn’t be in the business of telling current homeowners who they can and cannot sell their homes to.

Friday Feature: Skola Microschool - Kristin Fink, an experienced teacher who was burnt out by burdensome rules that didn’t help kids, created Skola Microschool in Minnesota to bring a new kind of education to her community.

Originalism, Nonoriginalism and Venezuela - So you can say the President acted unconstitutionally, or you can say originalism is bunk, but you can't say both. The post Originalism, Nonoriginalism and Venezuela appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

He Could Have Been King. Watch What He Did Instead. - January 8, 1790: George Washington delivered the first State of the Union. It wasn't a royal decree. It was a job report. No applause. No guests. Just the shortest annual message in history. He could have acted like a king. Instead, he called for an armed, educated people ready to defend their own liberty. He established the standard for a free republic - defense, war powers, education, debt an...

Parchment barriers don’t stop tyranny - Words on paper don’t stop tyranny. Never did.  Never will.  The post Parchment barriers don’t stop tyranny appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE - Read more about how ICE has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on surveillance technology to spy on anyone—and potentially everyone—in the United States, and how to follow the Homeland Security Spending Trail.. ICE has been invading U.S. cities, targeting, surveilling, harassing, assaulting, detaining, and torturing people who are undocumented immigrants. They also have targeted people with...

ICE Is Going on a Surveillance Shopping Spree - Read more about how enterprising hackers have started projects to do counter surveillance against ICE, and learn how to follow the Homeland Security spending trail. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has a new budget under the current administration, and they are going on a surveillance tech shopping spree. Standing at $28.7 billion dollars for the year 2025 (nearly triple their 202...

EFFecting Change: The Human Cost of Online Age Verification - Age verification mandates are spreading fast, and they’re ushering in a new age of online surveillance, censorship, and exclusion for everyone—not just young people. Age-gating laws generally require websites and apps to collect sensitive data from every user, often through invasive tools like ID checks, biometric scans, or other dubious “estimation” methods, before granting them access to cert...

Public Interest Law Firm Opposes DHS Proposal to Collect More Biometric Data on American Citizens - ARLINGTON, Va.—On Friday, the Institute for Justice (IJ) submitted a comment opposing a proposed rule that would grant the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) massive new powers to collect biometric data on […] The post Public Interest Law Firm Opposes DHS Proposal to Collect More Biometric Data on American Citizens appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Florida Supreme Court Ends Homeowner’s Fight Against $100,000 Fine for Parking on Her Own Driveway - ARLINGTON, Va.— The Florida Supreme Court declined to hear the case of Lantana resident Sandy Martinez, who was challenging the sky-high fines for minor infractions issued […] The post Florida Supreme Court Ends Homeowner’s Fight Against $100,000 Fine for Parking on Her Own Driveway appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Innocent Man Brutalized by Task Force Members Again Asks Supreme Court to Hear Case  - WASHINGTON—On Wednesday, an innocent man who was brutalized by members of a joint federal/state task force in 2014 once again asked the United States Supreme […] The post Innocent Man Brutalized by Task Force Members Again Asks Supreme Court to Hear Case  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 ...

VA: New Sweeping Gun & Magazine Bans and Suppressor Taxes - As the Virginia Legislature’s starting date rapidly approaches, anti-gunners are already preparing to axe your gun rights by firing off new bills during the bill pre-filing period. HB 217 is especially damaging, and it aims to do a sweeping number of infringements on your rights if passed. The bill: Bans the importation, sale, manufacture, purchase, and transfer of a wide range of … Read more

Congress is Full of Cowards - Congress cowers while the ATF attacks—and gun owners aren’t staying silent any longer. Last month, Rep. Andrew Clyde led a letter urging Attorney General Pam Bondi to cease her plans to unlawfully and unconstitutionally register suppressors, short-barreled firearms, and AOWs under the guise of a $0 NFA “tax” on January 1st, 2026. Only 5 Senators and 37 House Representatives had … Read more

SC: Stop Frivolous Lawsuits Against Gun Makers – Support HB 4723 - A critical pro–Second Amendment bill has just been pre-filed in South Carolina, and we need your help to ensure it becomes law. House Bill 4723, the South Carolina Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, was recently introduced by Representative Chris Wooten of District 69. This bill would strengthen South Carolina law by prohibiting so-called “qualified civil liability actions” that … Read ...

Jenius Bank employees say the bank is closing - The Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.-backed digital bank is closing, according to several now-former employees. Jenius’ X account was deleted Friday, and its LinkedIn posts were deleted.

Plaid hires ex-FDIC chief Jelena McWilliams - The fintech’s CEO praised the incoming president of corporate and external affairs as a “consistent voice for transparency, consumer protection, and innovation” in a blog post Thursday.

Michigan’s Zeal Credit Union to buy another UP bank - The proposed purchase of The Miners State Bank follows Zeal’s acquisition of Gogebic Range Bank, also in the state’s Upper Peninsula. The Miners deal is the first credit union-bank tie-up of 2026.

Marqeta names Stripe, JPMorgan alum as CFO - The Stripe veteran is joining the card issuer as it continues to focus on profitability following a 27% jump in gross profit for its most recent quarter.

Trump family’s crypto firm seeks bank charter - World Liberty Financial follows several other digital asset companies in pursuit of a national trust bank charter, regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Vought capitulates to court order, asks for CFPB funding - Acting CFPB Director Russell Vought agreed to request $145 million in funding from the Federal Reserve, yielding to a court order to avoid a contempt citation.

Plaid hires former FDIC chair Jelena McWilliams - Jelena McWilliams, former chair of the FDIC, is joining data sharing fintech Plaid as its new president of corporate and external affairs.

Prosperity Bancshares closes one M&A deal, gets thumbs-up for another - Prosperity Bancshares is fast-tracking bank acquisitions; PNC closed its acquisition of FirstBank Holding Company; BrightBridge Credit Union finalized its merger with Arrha Credit Union; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

With CFPB nominee lapse, Vought continues as acting director - The Senate allowed the nomination of a permanent director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to lapse, giving acting Director Russell Vought more time to lead the agency on a temporary basis.

'Chaotic web' of tech keeps bank fraud victims in limbo - A recent fraud case shines a spotlight on the many communication disconnects caused by disjointed software systems common at larger banks. Here's what happened to one American Banker editor.

Financing the AI boom: from cash flows to debt - by Iñaki Aldasoro, Sebastian Doerr, Daniel Rees

Implementation of the Principles for effective risk data aggregation and risk reporting (BCBS 239 Principles) - Since its publication in 2013, BCBS 239 has become a foundational framework for data management and risk management practices in the banking sector. While its principles still apply, its implementation has evolved over the years, reflecting changes in the business, technology and risk landscape.

Khaled Al-Dhaher: Closing remarks - SAMA-BIS Innovation Summit - Closing remarks by His Excellency Dr Khaled Al-Dhaher, Vice Governor for Supervision and Technology of the Saudi Central Bank, at the SAMA-BIS Innovation Summit, Riyadh, 20 November 2025.

Federal Reserve Board announces the designation of the Chairs and Deputy Chairs of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks for 2026 - Federal Reserve Board announces the designation of the Chairs and Deputy Chairs of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks for 2026

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. - Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

Minutes of the Board's discount rate meeting on December 10, 2025 - Minutes of the Board's discount rate meeting on December 10, 2025

Press Release: FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance - PRESS RELEASE | JANUARY 2, 2026 FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance WASHINGTON – The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FD...

Press Release: Agencies Release Annual Asset-Size Thresholds Under Community Reinvestment Act Regulations - PRESS RELEASE | DECEMBER 30, 2025 Agencies Release Annual Asset-Size Thresholds Under Community Reinvestment Act Regulations WASHINGTON – The Fe...