Kitco News
Silver leads late-session metals rally as U.S.-Iran optimism weighs on crude - Kitco PM Report -
(Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold prices are higher and spot silver prices outperformed in late Monday trading, as a weaker U.S. dollar, lower Treasury-yield expectations and a sharp drop in crude oil prices supported precious metals.
Russia’s sovereign gold reserves plunge 5.7 tonnes in April to 24-year low amid mounting deficits -
(Kitco News) – The gold reserves of Russia's central bank declined for the fourth consecutive month in April, recording the sharpest drop in a quarter century.As of May 1, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) held 73.9 million ounces of gold bullion in its international reserves. In just one month, their gold reserves decreased by 200,000 ounces, bringing the total decline since the start of 2026 t...
Gold’s forced sovereign liquidations could pave the way for the metal’s next great bull run – SPI’s Stephen Innes -
(Kitco News) – The recent gold selloff increasingly resembles forced sovereign liquidity management, while waning growth could force the return of dovish central bank policy, driving the next stage of the long-term bull market, according to Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management.In a new analysis published Monday, Innes said the outbreak of the Iran war saw gold trade “like a m...
India’s mining industry calls for new exploration and development, removal of red tape to address gold and silver import issues -
(Kitco News) – The impacts of the recent changes to India’s precious metals import policies continue to play out, with bullion banks, investors, ETFs and jewelers all working to navigate the new regime. Now, the country’s mining industry is speaking out, arguing that the world’s second-largest gold and silver market must become more than just an importer.
Gold and silver rally as Hormuz deal hopes sink oil - Kitco AM Report -
(Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold prices are up and spot silver prices are sharply higher in early Monday trading, as a weaker U.S. dollar, lower Treasury-yield expectations and a sharp drop in crude oil prices supported precious metals.
Gold, silver and the new fear behind elevated bond yields -
(Kitco News) - Gold and silver continue to do what they do best: frustrate traders, as the precious metals have become significantly more nuanced within their broader consolidation pattern.
Wall Street stays bearish as gold clings to $4,500, Main Street maintains bullish bias as Fed rate hike concerns mount -
The latest Kitco News Weekly Gold Survey showed Wall Street still firmly bearish on gold’s near-term prospects, while Main Street maintained its stubborn bullish bias despite gold’s losses.
Gold weakens as U.S.-Iran talks keep oil, rates in focus - Kitco PM Report -
(Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold prices were lower and spot silver prices were also under pressure in late afternoon trading on Friday, as firm Treasury yields, a stronger dollar tone and hawkish Fed inflation language offset residual safe-haven demand tied to the Strait of Hormuz and U.S.-Iran talks
Gold, silver prices remain caught between rate hike fears and bond market stress -
(Kitco News) - Gold and silver are managing to hold key near-term support levels ahead of the weekend, and while the precious metals remain stuck in relatively neutral territory, some analysts have said that the volatility in bond markets this past week could be a sign of shifting fears in the marketplace.
Trading in Abaxx’s Silver Singapore futures kicks off -
(Kitco News) - Abaxx Technologies announced Friday that trading has officially commenced in its Silver Singapore (SSP) futures contract, marking the latest step in the company’s effort to position Singapore as a major global hub for precious metals trading and price discovery.
Zero Hedge
The Appearance Of 'Action': Britain's Navy Docked At Gateway To Mediterranean For Hormuz Mission -
The Appearance Of 'Action': Britain's Navy Docked At Gateway To Mediterranean For Hormuz Mission
Is Washington's ally the United Kingdom making preparations to 'do more' related to the Iran crisis at the behest of President Trump?
New reporting in The Associated Press suggests so. But the new Monday report also points to the UK possibly just making an appearance of action: "Aboar...
Brussels Eyes Wealth Taxes As Europe’s Fiscal Crisis Spirals -
Brussels Eyes Wealth Taxes As Europe’s Fiscal Crisis Spirals
Submitted by Thomas Kolbe
A fatal fiscal dynamic has become entrenched across the European Union. In nearly every member state, public spending is accelerating at all levels — from municipalities and social insurance systems all the way up to the European Commission — while the private economy at best stagnates and its i...
Finland Flourishes As Freedom Flounders In The 'Land Of The Free' -
Finland Flourishes As Freedom Flounders In The 'Land Of The Free'
Global freedom declined for the 20th consecutive year in 2025, according to Freedom House. More than 50 countries saw political rights and civil liberties deteriorate, including the United States.
This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Gabriel Cohen, ranks the world’s most and least free countries using Freedom House...
The Digital Euro As Europe's Backdoor Capital Control System -
The Digital Euro As Europe's Backdoor Capital Control System
Submitted by Thomas Kolbe
The digital euro ranks among the most ambitious projects within the political architecture of the European Union. As the Eurosystem and the EU increasingly merge into identical and integrated political spaces, it can no longer be denied that this CBDC project is primarily a geopolitical power pl...
China Begins Flooding The Market With DRAM And NAND Memory Chips -
China Begins Flooding The Market With DRAM And NAND Memory Chips
Last September, when the memory bubble was just getting started, we said that inevitably "the cure for high commodity prices is, well, high commodity prices." While many financial market maxims have quietly ceased working in recent years thanks to rigged markets due to central bank interventions and market manipulatio...
Globalism Seeks To Kill The Nation-State -
Globalism Seeks To Kill The Nation-State
Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker,
International government threatens the whole planet.
People are beginning to understand that those who rule in their name have long been working to eliminate the nation-state.
The United Nations is not neutral ground for national governments to discuss their differences; it is a governmental ...
Healthcare Workers Dominate America's Highest-Paid Jobs -
Healthcare Workers Dominate America's Highest-Paid Jobs
Want to earn more than $300,000 a year in America? The clearest path is still a highly specialized medical career.
This ranking of America’s highest-paying occupations uses Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data to compare mean annual wages and total U.S. employment across the country’s top-paid roles.
As Visual Capitalist's ...
Musk: SpaceX Is Actively Seeking More AI Compute Customers, After Anthropic Deal -
Musk: SpaceX Is Actively Seeking More AI Compute Customers, After Anthropic Deal
By Sebatsian Moss of Data Center Dynamics
SpaceX's xAI subsidiary is looking to score more data center compute lease deals, after it sold all of the capacity of Colossus I to Anthropic.
That deal will see Grok's competitor pay $1.25 billion a month over the next three years for the 300MW facility. Th...
First Andreessen, Now Goldman CEO Shuts Down AI Job-Apocalypse Doomerism Narrative -
First Andreessen, Now Goldman CEO Shuts Down AI Job-Apocalypse Doomerism Narrative
Amid the flood of AI doomerism, from Pope Leo XIV's Monday warning that AI and the digital transformation of the economy could unleash "new forms of slavery" and mass job losses, to Bernie Sanders and unhinged socialists calling for a halt to data centers buildouts, a move that would conveniently ced...
Arab States Voice Outrage Over New 'Illegal' Embassy Opening In Jerusalem -
Arab States Voice Outrage Over New 'Illegal' Embassy Opening In Jerusalem
Via The Cradle
Fifteen Arab and Islamic countries condemned on Sunday the decision of the breakaway region of Somaliland to open an embassy in occupied Jerusalem. The foreign ministers of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Turkiye, Pakistan, Indonesia, Djibouti, Somalia, Palestine, Oman, Sudan, Yemen, Leban...
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GATA
Burkina Faso tightens grip on $7 billion gold industry as foreign firms lose ground -
By Segun AdeyemiBusiness Insider Africa, New YorkSaturday, May 23, 2026
Burkina Faso is rapidly tightening its grip on one of Africa's most valuable industries as the military-led government pushes to reduce foreign dominance over the country's gold sector.
The West African nation, one of the continent's leading gold producers, has spent the past three years restructuring mining ownership in wh...
Zimbabwe just drew a hard line for foreign miners concerning its gold -
By Chinedu OkaforBusiness Insider Africa, New YorkSaturday, May 23, 2026
Zimbabwe is stepping up its campaign for resource-driven industrialization by prohibiting foreign individuals and firms from participating in small-scale gold mining, the latest move in a larger strategy to boost local ownership and promote the domestic mineral industry.
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Copernicus on Money: A 500-year-old prophecy for the U.S. dollar -
From FinancialSense.com, San Diego, CaliforniaFriday, May 22, 2026
Financial Sense Newshour's Jim Puplava speaks with Ralph Benko, editor of the 500th Anniversary edition of "On the Minting of Money" by Nicolaus Copernicus, about the ongoing dangers of currency debasement and its impact on society.
Benko explains how Copernicus, just as he revolutionized astronomy by placing the sun at the cen...
Ed Steer: A huge drop in the commercial net short position in gold -
7:24p ET Saturday, May 24, 2025
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The weekend edition of GATA board member Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Digest letter, headlined "A Huge Drop in the Commercial Net Short Position in Gold," is posted in the clear at GoldSeek's companion site, SilverSeek, here:
https://silverseek.com/article/huge-drop-commercial-net-short-position-gold
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/TreasurerGo...
Comex gold and silver shorts can't push metals lower, GATA's Steer says -
11:33a ET Saturday, May 23, 2026
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
Interviewed this week by Dunagun Kaiser on the Liberty and Finance channel at YouTube, GATA board member Ed Steer, publisher of Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Digest, says gold and silver shorts on the New York Commodities Exchange have pressed prices down as far as they can go and a reversal in direction is due.
Meanwhile,...
Wolf Street
Legal Tender News
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 ...
Arkansas Passes Legal Tender Act, Removes Taxes on Gold and Silver -
Arkansas Governor Signs Senate Bill 1718, Reaffirming Gold and Silver as Legal Tender and Removing All Tax Liability from the Monetary Metals LITTLE ROCK, AR / ACCESSWIRE / April 20, 2023 / Sound ...
Federal Reserve Note: What It Is, Longevity, and Key Features -
Discover what Federal Reserve notes are, their lifespan, and key features that make them secure and essential as the official paper currency of the U.S.
Alaska lawmakers pass bill making gold and silver currencies legal tender -
JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature passed a bill Tuesday to establish gold and silver currencies as legal tender and exempt them from sales taxes. The bill passed the House unanimously last week, and ...
CoinDesk
Hyperliquid takes a swing at Polymarket with macro outcome bets -
The decentralized exchange’s new HIP-4 product lets traders bet on offchain events like inflation and interest-rate decisions, using validators rather than UMA-style external dispute resolution.
At $322 billion, the stablecoin market value exceeds the FX reserves of 95 nations -
The amount of dollars and other fiat currencies held by users outside traditional banking channels now exceeds the official FX reserves of 95 nations.
Ondo Finance founder Nathan Allman dies unexpectedly -
Tokenized real-world assets firm Ondo Finance announced the unexpected death of founder Nathan Allman on Tuesday, with longtime president Ian De Bode stepping in as CEO.
XRP slips below $1.35 after triangle breakdown puts focus on $1.30 support -
XRP lost a key support zone after another failed breakout attempt, with traders now watching whether the months-long compression pattern resolves lower.
HYPE briefly overtakes Dogecoin, privacy tokens slide as US strikes on Iran rattle markets -
ZEC and XMR dropped 5% in a session that saw most major tokens pull back after weeks of gains, with the move tracking renewed Middle East tension and a rebound in oil prices.
Bitcoin stalls near $76,500 as muted trading points to macro wait-and-see -
Enflux says “the bid is there” but no one is adding size, while Glassnode data shows easing selling pressure alongside weaker market activity.
NEAR price rally gains momentum as cross-chain product activity fuels further 15% jump -
The rally is fueled by NEAR Intents, the cross-chain system that has processed over $19 billion in volume and generated $32 million in fees.
Indonesia blocks Polymarket, calling prediction market online gambling in disguise -
Authorities stated that using crypto or blockchain doesn't change platforms that let users wager on uncertain outcomes from being gambling products.
Bitcoin, crypto prices tick up as US-Iran peace deal odds climb -
Iranian negotiators arrived in Doha for talks, focusing on the Strait of Hormuz and highly enriched uranium, as Pakistan and Qatar are mediating.
Buterin says Ethereum Foundation will shrink, sell less ETH, and focus on 'CROPS' -
Buterin's influence in the EF will decrease as the board expands. He framed the EF as "one node, with a defined purpose," not the center of Ethereum.
bitcoin.com
Russia Tells Visa and Mastercard to Finally Leave as Market Share Plummets Below 17% -
The statements by Alla Bakina, Director of the Bank of Russia’s National Payment System Department, are supported by the low adoption of these cards in the Russian Federation, which stands at less than 17%. Mir Cards and other payments have substituted Mastercard and Visa. Mastercard and Visa Card Adoption Falls Under 17% in Russia While […]
Tether Partners With Georgia Government to Launch GELT Stablecoin -
Tether plans to introduce GELT, a Georgian lari-backed stablecoin developed with support from the Georgian government. The initiative positions Georgia among the first countries to integrate a national currency directly into blockchain-based financial infrastructure under a dedicated regulatory framework. Georgia Positions Itself as Crypto Hub Through Tether Stablecoin Partnership Tether is pre...
Meltem Demirors Says Banks Won as Bitcoin ETFs Pull Crypto Into Wall Street’s Orbit -
Cryptocurrency is undergoing an identity crisis as the gap widens between its decentralized origins and today’s institution‑driven adoption, argues Meltem Demirors. The Institutional Paradox Meltem Demirors, founder and general partner of early-stage fund Crucible, argues that institutional access hasn’t made bitcoin more useful. Instead, it has triggered an identity crisis, absorbing crypto in...
Binance Wallet Integrates Platform to Enable Onchain Trading of Real-World Outcomes -
Binance unveils a platform that allows users to trade on real-world events using onchain event tokens settled in the stablecoin USDT. Bonding Curve Pricing Mechanism Binance Wallet has launched a new third‑party decentralized application that lets users trade blockchain‑based tokens tied to real‑world events, including sports results, crypto price levels and news outcomes. Known as […]
Bitcoin 2026 Prediction Roundup: Saylor at $1M, Hayes at $125K, Brandt at $60K Low -
Despite the bearish atmosphere at the start of 2026, bitcoin is still drawing price targets from nearly every corner of the market, with veteran traders, institutional analysts, and high-profile executives placing calls that range from a near-term drop to $40,000 to a long-term ceiling of $1.5 million. Market Observers Call Bitcoin Targets From $40K to […]
Reason
Brickbat: Cop Out -
A Colorado jury awarded former New Jersey investment manager Robert Dial $24 million after finding that a police detective wrongfully…
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Open Thread -
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The Foreign-Born Heroes Who Chose America -
Immigrants have fought for America's founding promise because they understood it, not because they inherited it.
Today in Supreme Court History: May 25, 1861 -
5/25/1861: John Merryman arrested. Chief Justice Taney ruled that his detention was unconstitutional in Ex Parte Merryman.
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Japan's Smoking Bans Make a Lot More Sense Than America's -
Owners of small restaurants and bars can decide whether to allow smoking, and customers can choose for themselves whether to patronize them.
Brickbat: Texas Trouble -
A Texas teaching aide was arrested after investigators said she exposed a 7-year-old girl's chest in front of classmates and…
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Second Amendment Roundup: Virginia Bans "Assault Firearms" -
The General Assembly tests the courts to see what it can get away with.
Video of Cato Institute Online Event on the Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Case -
I participated, along with prominent legal scholars Gabriel Chin and Paul Finkelman.
Today in Supreme Court History: May 24, 1870 -
5/24/1870: Justice Benjamin Cardozo's birthday.
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The DJ Who Brought America Weird Al, Tom Lehrer, and 'Cows With Guns' -
After 55 years, Dr. Demento has finally retired from the airwaves.
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Tenth Amendment Center
They’re not Saving America. They’re Killing it. -
Written almost 300 years ago, it was so prophetic, it sounds like it was written today. A warning about the dangerous cult that promises to protect your country - but is really killing it. On this episode, it’s the true enemy within, destroying freedom.
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This Isn’t Rebellion. It’s Survival. -
“Unconditional submission” or “resistance by force.” Thomas Jefferson, John Dickinson, and the Second Continental Congress said those were their two terrible options less than 3 months after the battles of Lexington and Concord. Live on their knees or fight to the death. They chose the latter. On this episode, it’s one of the most important, but forgotten and ignored documents of the American R...
Founding Felons: Jefferson Would Be on a Watch List Today -
What we’re dealing with today is a government that wants to suppress dangerous words—words about its warring empire, words about its land grabs, words about its militarized police, words about its killing, its poisoning and its corruption—in order to keep its lies going.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
🔒 A Win for Encrypted Messaging | EFFector 38.10 -
When it comes to keeping our texts, chats, and other digital messages safe from prying eyes, we have a powerful tool: end-to-end encryption. Used correctly, end-to-end encryption turns our conversations online into secret messages that can only be decoded by their intended recipients. In our latest EFFector newsletter, we're covering new developments in this tool, and how you can use it to prev...
Microsoft Took a Step Toward Human Rights Accountability. Google and Amazon (and Others) Should Pay Attention! -
For years, civil society organizations, workers, journalists, and human rights experts have warned that major technology companies risk enabling grave human rights abuses when they provide cloud computing, AI, and surveillance infrastructure to governments implicated in violations of international and humanitarian law. While many companies pay lip service to evaluating customers and contracts f...
Your Privacy Shouldn't Be A Corporate Decision -
“We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”-Meta Internal Document on face recognition software for smart glasses, 2025
It’s unsurprising that a company would plan to release yet another privacy-invasive product. What is surprising is that they think we aren’t watc...
The Institute For Justice - Press Releases
Appeals Court Upholds Ruling That City Must Compensate Innocent Woman After SWAT Team Destroyed Her Home -
NEW ORLEANS—Today, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court decision that ruled the city of McKinney, Texas, must pay compensation to an innocent woman after a SWAT team […]
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Court to Hear U.S. Citizen’s Lawsuit Demanding an End to Unconstitutional Raids and Detentions at Alabama Construction Sites -
DATE/TIME: Wednesday, May 27, 2026 / 10:30 a.m. CDT PLACE: U.S. District CourtSouthern District of Alabama155 Saint Joseph St.Mobile, AL 36602 SUMMARY: The U.S. District […]
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Institute for Justice Applauds Tennessee for Removing Burdensome Regulations for Makeup Artists -
ARLINGTON, Va.—Yesterday, HB 2530, sponsored by Rep. William Lambeth and a companion to Sen. Jack Johnson’s SB 2224, was signed by Gov. Bill Lee. The […]
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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
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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
PA: URGENT: Pass Constitutional Carry, Strengthen Preemption, and Stop Retaliatory Gun Control! -
URGENT: Pass Constitutional Carry, Strengthen Preemption, and Stop Retaliatory Gun Control! The battle lines are drawn in Harrisburg, and we have a historic opportunity to secure our liberties—but only if we act immediately! Right now, we are fighting on multiple fronts to protect our God-given rights, and the gun grabbers are throwing an absolute temper tantrum because we are … Read more
Repealing The Hughes Amendment With Your Help! -
ABOLISH THE HUGHES AMENDMENT! GOA-backed legislation introduced by Rep. Jimmy Patronis repeals the Hughes Amendment, making post-1986 machineguns legal… Representative Jimmy Patronis has just introduced a GOA-backed bill: the “Firearm Freedom Act” This bill fully repeals the dreaded Hughes Amendment, which banned the sale of automatic firearms manufactured after 1986. The Hughes Amendment was a...
Gun Owners of America Endorses Rep. Boebert’s Bill to Eliminate Tax on Automatic Weapons -
Gun Owners of America Endorses Rep. Boebert’s Bill to Eliminate Tax on Automatic Weapons FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2026 Washington, D.C. – Gun Owners of America (GOA) is proud to endorse Representative Lauren Boebert’s bill introduced today on the week of the 40th anniversary of the Hughes Amendment becoming law. The Freedom from Taxes Act of 2026 would reduce … Read more
Banking Dive
Goldman Sachs to pay shareholders $500M in 1MDB settlement -
“The settlement is an outstanding result for the class,” attorneys for Sjunde AP-Fonden, a Swedish pension fund, wrote in the filing.
Morgan Stanley exemption comes under fire -
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, asked three regulators to revoke their approval of a Morgan Stanley restructuring, drawing parallels to scandals that engulfed JPMorgan Chase and Citi.
StanChart CEO apologizes over ‘lower-value human capital’ comment -
CEOs from JPMorgan Chase, HSBC and Barclays added their takes to polarizing remarks by StanChart chief Bill Winters, in explaining his bank's increasing embrace of AI.
OCC’s Gould justifies conditional trust charter approvals -
“We don’t have a zero risk tolerance anymore,” the comptroller said at an event Wednesday, adding that “a reasonable chance of success” is “how we evaluate applications.”
CFPB erases pre-Trump 2.0 history -
The consumer watchdog eliminated dozens of press releases, speeches and public statements Tuesday, all of which were published before February 2025.
American Banker
Will Berkshire stay in bank stocks after Buffett's exit? -
Berkshire Hathaway's banking-related investment strategy is murky, after the arrival of new leadership and the sale of its stakes in Visa and Mastercard.
Crypto still has a serious trust problem that companies must address -
Consumers don't mistrust crypto products because they don't understand the technology behind them. They mistrust them because they have seen them fail under pressure. The path forward will be slow and incremental.
Amerant names new CEO, Illinois community banks agree to merge -
Amerant Bancorp in Coral Gables, Florida, appointed Carlos Iafigliola its permanent president and CEO; Morton Community Bank in Illinois reached a deal to buy a three-branch franchise in the Land of Lincoln; Bank First in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, agreed to acquire PSB Holdings; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
Kevin Warsh sworn in as Federal Reserve chair -
President Donald Trump administered Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's oath of office in a ceremony Friday morning. Warsh is expected to pursue changes at the central bank, including a push to reduce its $6.7 billion balance sheet.
As inflation rises, Fed's Waller ready to drop 'easing bias' -
Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller said in a speech Friday that he favors holding interest rates steady until energy prices fall, but noted that the central bank should be ready to hike rates if inflation gets too far out of hand.
Bank of International Settlements
Overseeing banks' governance: can we do it better? -
Speech by Mr Fernando Restoy, Chair, Financial Stability Institute, at the 2026 Corporate Governance Summit, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), Manila, 25 May 2026.
Capital flows, exchange rates and financial conditions in EMEs in an evolving international monetary system -
The papers in this volume reflect the key themes discussed at the meeting, exploring the intersection of global and domestic factors shaping EMEs' financial conditions. They examine the evolving dynamics of capital flows and exchange rates, the role of local and foreign investors and the transmission of global financial shocks to EMEs.
The quest for supervisory effectiveness -
Speech by Mr Pablo Hernández de Cos, General Manager of the BIS, at the BCBS-FSI high-level meeting for European supervisors, Basel, 22 May 2026.
Federal Reserve - Press Releases
FDIC - Press Releases