Precious Metals and Market News

China’s gold stockpile could surpass U.S. holdings in the next five years - BMO Capital Markets - (Kitco News) - Lackluster Western gold demand has kept a lid on prices over the last few months; however, one bank has pointed out that Asian demand, led by China, remains a key pillar of support for the global market, and the nation's stockpile and influence could be much greater than previously believed.

Gold, silver rise as oil slides on U.S.-Iran pause - (Kitco NewWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are higher in early U.S. trading Monday, as a sharp retreat in crude oil reduced immediate inflation pressure while investors positioned for this week’s Federal Reserve decision.

Gold remains stuck below $4,100 even as U.S. durable goods shows weak manufacturing activity - (Kitco News) - The gold market continues to struggle to attract a consistent safe-haven bid even as the U.S. manufacturing sector rises at a slower pace than expected.

Wall Street cautious after gold’s lack of follow-through, Main Street bullish with Fed decision on deck - The latest Kitco News Weekly Gold Survey showed Wall Street bearish or undecided on gold’s near-term prospects, while Main Street sentiment remained improved after the yellow metal defended $4,000 support once again.

Gold holds near $4,050 as equities diverge, oil falls - Kitco PM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are modestly higher in late-afternoon U.S. trading Friday, as crude oil pulled back from Thursday’s spike, Treasury yields eased and the U.S. dollar held near recent highs. At the time of writing, spot gold was trading near $4,052.70 an ounce, up 0.08%, while spot silver was trading near $58.16, up 0.87% on the session.

Gold continues to hold $4,000, which could signal an inflection point, analysts say - (Kitco News) - Gold has managed to hold critical support near $4,000 an ounce for the past five consecutive weeks, and although significant downside risks remain, some analysts see growing potential for a bullish shift in the market.

China’s June gold imports hit fresh two-year high of 173 tonnes as lower prices boost demand - (Kitco News) – China’s gold imports set a fresh two-year high in June, with the plunge in international gold prices making the yellow metal even more attractive in the world's biggest market for bullion.

Investors should still hold a modest amount of gold - BlackRock’s Koesterich - (Kitco News) - Gold's inability to hold gains above $4,100 an ounce continues to highlight near-term downside risks. However, an expert at the world’s largest asset manager continues to recommend investors maintain some exposure to the precious metal.

Spot gold spikes to $4,070/oz high as U.S. new home sales rise 1.6% in June - (Kitco News) - Gold prices are trading near their session highs on Friday morning after the latest data showed the U.S. housing market improving in June.New home sales rose 1.6% last month, lower than the expected 3.4% increase, the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced. 

Gold stuck in neutral as S&P Global highlights healthy US PMI activity - (Kitco News) - The gold market continues to hold support above $4,000 an ounce but has been unable to attract any sustained bullish momentum as the U.S. economy remains fairly resilient, according to preliminary data from S&P Global.

Court Rules Illinois' In-State Tuition Benefits For Illegals 'Unconstitutional And Invalid' - Court Rules Illinois' In-State Tuition Benefits For Illegals 'Unconstitutional And Invalid' Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, A federal court ruled in favor of the Trump administration in a lawsuit challenging Illinois’ laws that offered education benefits to illegal immigrants while denying the same for out-of-state Americans. In a July 24 order, the District...

Cracker Barrel Dumps CEO After Woke Logo Fiasco - Cracker Barrel Dumps CEO After Woke Logo Fiasco Shares of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store have yet to fully recover from outgoing CEO Julie Masino's brief "woke" rebranding effort last year. The family-dining chain quickly restored its iconic "Old Country Store" logo and nostalgic aesthetic. Still, the failed overhaul now appears to have cost Masino her job after exposing a serio...

Will The "Fat Lady" Finally Sing For Fauci? - Will The "Fat Lady" Finally Sing For Fauci? Authored by James Howard Kunstler, "The Fauci diary is amazing. He monologues like a Scooby Doo villain." - El Gato Malo on "X" Remember Covid-19? Seems like long ago in a world that time forgot. Well, you get to revisit the whole sketchy business on Wednesday, July, 29, when Dr. Anthony Fauci is called to testify about it to the Se...

BMO Says Return Of Mexican Cattle Is "Clear Positive" For Two Beaten-Down Meatpackers - BMO Says Return Of Mexican Cattle Is "Clear Positive" For Two Beaten-Down Meatpackers Following the USDA's announcement that it will begin lifting the year-long ban on Mexican live cattle imports on Aug. 24, BMO Capital Markets senior equity research analyst Andrew Strelzik called the decision a "key positive" for publicly traded meatpackers Tyson Foods and JBS. The restrictions w...

BofA Downplays China's DUV Tool Production Report, Sees Only "Modest Threat" To ASML - BofA Downplays China's DUV Tool Production Report, Sees Only "Modest Threat" To ASML ASML Holding NV shares in Amsterdam suffered their steepest decline in more than a year, breaking below the crucial 50-day moving average after The Information reported that a Chinese state-backed company had begun producing immersion deep-ultraviolet (DUV) lithography machines. The Information ...

US Treasury Sells $139BN In Two Polar Opposite Auctions: A Stellar 2Y And A Dismal 5Y - US Treasury Sells $139BN In Two Polar Opposite Auctions: A Stellar 2Y And A Dismal 5Y Ahead of Wednesday's FOMC decision (where according to SOFR futures, the odds of a rate hike are a significant 38%, even as most traders expect no action by the Fed), we had the week's first two coupon auctions take place according to an abbreviated schedule, with the sale of $69BN in 2Y notes tak...

Flashback: Fauci Funded Technique To Hide Evidence Of Genetic Engineering According To RFK Jr. - Flashback: Fauci Funded Technique To Hide Evidence Of Genetic Engineering According To RFK Jr. Four years ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made an accusation that got him shadowbanned, "fact-checked," and dismissed as a crank: that Anthony Fauci's NIAID had bankrolled the development of a laboratory technique whose primary utility was erasing the fingerprints of human engineering from a...

Mapping SpaceX's Lockup Expirations: HSBC Calculates When The Shares Could Hit The Market - Mapping SpaceX's Lockup Expirations: HSBC Calculates When The Shares Could Hit The Market As of early Monday cash trading in New York, SpaceX shares were hovering near an all-time low of $110.21 after briefly dipping into the $108 handle. The rocket/AI company bonds have also come under pressure, leaving investors searching for signs of where the post-IPO selloff might finally find...

Gold Isn't Returning... Confidence Is Leaving - Gold Isn't Returning... Confidence Is Leaving Authored by Mark St.Cyr via AmericanThinker.com, Most people are framing the conversation regarding gold wrong. They talk about gold making a comeback -- as though the metal changed. As though something happened to gold. Nothing happened to gold. Gold is exactly what it has always been. What's changed is the environment around it...

The Upcoming AI Spend Slowdown? - The Upcoming AI Spend Slowdown? Submitted by Peter Tchir of Academy Securities We have been attacking this issue orthogonally for the past few weeks. Last weekend’s Cheap China Compute brought up several issues facing the AI Spend. On Thursday we published Braggawatts (which should probably be BragCompute or something), but the concept is that a lot of the announced deals are mi...

Big Tech is forcing consumers to pay for its AI boom. Voters are pushing back. - State regulators are making Big Tech pay for its own grid build-out — leaving traditional utility stocks exposed to a political reckoning.

He brought AI to Wall Street in 1994 — but won’t trust ChatGPT with his money - Vasant Dhar built one of the first AI-driven hedge funds. Here’s what he wants investors to know about the technology.

For 44 years, this investor held aces in the long-bond game. He just folded. - Lacy Hunt’s about-face on long-term Treasurys marks the end of an era. Here’s what it means for your money.

SpaceX’s stock falls to a new low despite a near-flawless Starship flight - SpaceX’s earnings report next week could unleash a further wave of selling, as some insiders will soon be able to unload shares.

Micron and other chip stocks fall as China steals the spotlight - CXMT had a strong public debut in Shanghai, and now investors are weighing the prospect of a manufacturing breakthrough that could make China’s chip industry more competitive.

‘I’m still confused’: I sold $80,000 in shares on June 30, so why didn’t I receive my dividend? - “To my surprise, the proceeds from the sale were credited to my money-market settlement fund.”

Apple reclaims title of world’s largest company after historic stretch of outperformance - Apple’s stock is on track to see its best monthly performance in more than two decades relative to the Nasdaq-100.

‘I know what he wants to do,’ Trump says of Fed’s Warsh, as president presses for rate cuts - New Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh “wants to do the right thing” but is facing a Fed board that might oppose him, the president said.

‘We are not romantically involved’: I’m marrying my platonic best friend of 20 years. Should I leave him my home? - “I own my home outright, have no children or other dependents.”

I am a 63-year-old semiretired physician. If I saved $2 million for retirement, should my Social Security become optional? - “At that point, they arguably no longer need the government’s retirement safety net.”

Sam Altman to meet with Trump administration, senators this week. Here's what he plans to say - Altman will preview the capabilities of the company's upcoming family of AI models and answer questions about cybersecurity and open-weight models.

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to intervene to allow mail-in voting restrictions - A federal appeals court on Saturday kept the restrictions blocked in 23 states that sued, finding states must prepare for potentially disruptive election changes.

Steve Eisman is starting to have doubts about AI. The 'Big Short' investor just sold a key tech stock - Steve Eisman is warning that investors may be underestimating the risks if the AI boom fails to deliver on lofty expectations.

Dow closes more than 250 points higher, aided by cooling oil prices: Live updates - Stocks reacted to a pause in fighting between the U.S. and Iran over the weekend.

Trump says U.S. has sold more than $13 billion of Venezuela oil since Maduro's capture - President Donald Trump said Monday the U.S. has sold more than $13 billion of Venezuelan oil since taking control of the South American nation's energy exports.

Singapore tightens monetary policy in surprise move as rising oil prices rekindle inflation risk - Unlike most central banks, the MAS manages medium-term price stability by managing the Singapore dollar exchange rate against a trade-weighted basket of currencies.

Trump's new global tariff draws rebukes from trade partners over forced labor justification - U.S. trading partners have rejected the forced labor rationale behind Trump's new global tariffs, while most signaled plans to keep negotiating.

Kevin Warsh has homed in on three key phrases. How Fed watchers interpret them - In five public appearances, Warsh has used the phrase "family fight" 13 times, returning to "first principles" 11 times and "inflation is a choice" for the Fed six times.

Trump plans generic drug tariffs from 2028 with two-year delay testing U.S. onshoring push - The latest tariff salvo underscored Trump's goal of reshoring low-cost drug production, but displacing established suppliers like India won't be easy.

Import prices post surprise gain as costs of goods from China hit highest since 2008 - Import prices were up 0.3% for the month, as a drop in energy was more than offset by increases elsewhere.

China's June net gold imports via Hong Kong up from year ago, down from May - By Ashitha ShivaprasadReutersMonday, July 27, 2026 China's net gold imports via Hong Kong more than doubled year-on-year in June, but slipped over 5% ​from the previous month, data from Hong Kong's Census and Statistics ‌Department showed on Monday. The world's top gold consumer imported a net 50.679 metric tons of gold via Hong Kong in June, compared with 53.674 tons in ​May and 19.366 tons in...

Maharrey, Casey demolish Bessent's assurance about Fort Knox gold - 11:59a ET Friday, July 24, 2026 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: Mike Maharrey of Money Metals Exchange and International Man's Doug Casey today demolish Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's recent assurance that everything is fine with the U.S. gold reserve at Fort Knox, despite the demands President Trump and adviser Elon Musk made for a full audit as the second Trump administration began.  ... Di...

Venezuela's new regime sees a chance to recover country's gold in London - Why Venezuela Can't Access $4 Billion in GoldThat Could Help With Earthquake Recovery By German PadingerCNN, New YorkFriday, July 24, 2026 It's a fight for control over a stash of gold locked away in one of the world’s largest and most secure vaults, but this is no 18th-century pirate novel or bank heist movie. It's the situation facing the Venezuelan government as it attempts to navigate its w...

China's gold imports surge after slump in international prices - By Yihui XieBloomberg Newsvia Yahoo News, Sunnyvale, CaliforniaThursday, July 23, 2026 Chinese gold imports rose to a two-year high in June, underscoring resilient demand in the world's biggest bullion market after a plunge in international prices. Overseas purchases rose a third month to about 173 tons, according to the latest customs data, the highest mark since March 2024. Cheaper prices and...

Alasdair Macleod: Gold and silver in wartime - By Alasdair MacleodGoldMoney, TorontoFriday, July 24, 2026 Some analysts tell us that gold goes down in war. This is rubbish. Otherwise, why would countries in the past have suspended their gold standards at wartime? There are some specious arguments being advanced for the lacklustre performance of gold and silver in recent weeks, and the argument above is just one of them. But what makes curre...

How Massive AI Data Center Investment Pushes the Economy & Prices: See Durable Goods Orders - Orders for computer & electronic products; electrical equipment & components; machinery incl. power generation equipment; fabricated metals products; and core capital goods – all surged.

Long-Term Treasury Yields Jump as Bloodied Bond Market Gets Edgier about Inflation & the Massive New Debt - During the last debt scare, the 10-year yield hit 5%, and the floodgates of demand opened. Now the debt is $6 trillion bigger; no guarantee 5% will open the floodgates again.

New Single-Family Home Prices Drop Further amid Declining Sales and once again Growing Inventory Glut - In the South, inventory for sale was up 71% from 2019, while sales were down 8%. Homebuilders are very motivated to make deals.

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 ...

These Countries May Be Next To Accept Bitcoin as Legal Tender - One of the main knocks against cryptocurrency has always been that it will never gain universal adoption, meaning its usefulness will always be limited. This perhaps changed forever on September 7, ...

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 ...

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, ...

The Conundrum Of Bitcoin Legal Tender Laws - Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s laser-eyed President, shocked the world at the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami when he announced that bitcoin would become legal tender in his country. A few days later, ...

Bitcoin shrugs off AI selloff but high-stakes Fed meeting could determine what's next - BTC held near $65,000 even as Nvidia and AI stocks fell sharply. This week's Fed decision could determine whether bitcoin finally breaks higher or revisits June's lows, analysts said.

Crypto’s favorite $90 trillion trading product is coming to Wall Street, but big banks are taking it slow - Regulated perpetual futures are officially landing in the U.S., but while agile trading firms and crypto exchanges race to capture massive retail demand, traditional Wall Street banks are holding back until liquidity, rules, and infrastructure mature.

Digital asset trading platform Uphold cuts 17% of global headcount as crypto winter bites - The crypto trading platform said the layoffs reflect a strategic shift toward its fast-growing enterprise business.

What are perps, anyway? Everything you need to know about crypto’s hottest trading instrument - Perps, which launched on BitMEX in 2016, have become one of the most traded financial products in the world.

Fanatics buys regulated exchange in bid to grow prediction markets business - The deal gives Fanatics control of its own prediction market infrastructure as event-based trading gains traction across sports, finance and crypto.

Cantor is advising crypto bank AMINA on path to potential public listing - The Swiss bank is exploring multiple paths to the public markets, though discussions are ongoing and no final decision has been made.

Lido begins moving $16.5 billion in staked ether to cut validator count by a third - The liquid staking protocol is consolidating 8 million ETH and requiring its professional node operators to post bonds for the first time.

Thailand's SEC alleges Bitkub concealed cyberattack that led to $50 million hack - Bitkub was the victim of a cyberattack in May 2021, which led to hacks stealing 1.7 billion baht across 16 different digital assets.

Nvidia forms 37-member AI security alliance without OpenAI, Anthropic or Google - The chipmaker and 36 other companies say defenders need AI they can run themselves. Major AI players OpenAI, Anthropic and Google are not among them.

Securitize builds Wall Street credentials with SEC adviser license as tokenization expands - The license broadens the BlackRock tokenization partner's offering as regulators weigh rules for onchain investment products.

Blackrock Backs the CLARITY Act — Congress Is Running Out of Time to Pass It - Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, backed the CLARITY Act as the Senate races against its legislative calendar, putting Wall Street’s support behind the landmark crypto market structure bill as lawmakers face mounting pressure to advance it. Blackrock Adds Wall Street Pressure Congress is running out of time to pass the CLARITY Act as the […]

Pennsylvania Bill Could Shut Sportsbooks Out of Prediction-Market Making - A bipartisan Pennsylvania bill would impose insider-trading rules and consumer protections on prediction markets while blocking gambling companies from supplying their liquidity. The restriction could disrupt market-making strategies pursued by Draftkings, Flutter and other sportsbook groups expanding into federally regulated event contracts. A liquidity restriction aimed at gambling companies ...

Less Than 2 Weeks Left — Bitcoin’s BIP-110 Clock Starts Ticking as Miner Support Creeps Higher Before Showdown - Bitcoin’s mandatory signaling window for the proposed BIP-110 soft fork opens in less than two weeks, and the story has changed more than the headline number suggests. Miner support remains modest at roughly 2.64%, but several weeks ago, signaling struggled to stay above 1%. Since then, it has climbed gradually as the deadline has come […]

Liquid Staking Giant Lido Moves 8 Million ETH Onto New Validators to Ease Ethereum Network Load - Lido has activated the largest upgrade to its Core Protocol since Lido V2, and it starts by moving more than 8 million ETH onto Ethereum’s newer validator design, the company explained on Monday, in a note shared with Bitcoin.com News. That stake, worth roughly $16.5 billion, is about a fifth of all ETH currently staked. […]

Bitcoin Traders Face $75M in Liquidations After Three Failed Attempts to Clear $65,600 - Bitcoin experienced sharp volatility on Monday, repeatedly failing to break past $65,500 resistance despite cooling Middle East tensions, leaving its price flat and wiping out $75 million in leveraged trades. Rejections at $65,500 Resistance Drag Prices Lower Bitcoin showed its volatility again on Monday, experiencing two sharp price swings even as tensions in the Middle […]

The Peptide Gray Market Is Already Here. The FDA Is Just Catching Up. - A key FDA advisory committee vote could bring clarity to the biohacking and alternative medicine world.

'AI Kill Switch Act' Won't Stop Rogue AI, but It Will Slow Down Innovation - A bipartisan bill would give the Department of Homeland Security sweeping power to shut down powerful AI systems, with serious costs for competition and security.

Waltz: Interceptor Shortage Is Biden's Fault, Fake News, and Illegal To Discuss - The Trump administration official contradicted himself as he tried to explain away bad news from the Iran war.

No, Remote Work Is Not Making Us Miserable - The rise of remote work is a tech success story, despite what one new and very convoluted study claims.

Misrepresentation About Ex-Employees May Be Criminal Libel - Cal. Labor Code § 1050 provides, Any person, or agent or officer thereof, who, after having discharged an employee from… The post Misrepresentation About Ex-Employees May Be Criminal Libel appeared first on Reason.com.

My Interview with Judge Altman on Anti-Semitism, Israel, and Judging - "What happened after October 7 in our sacred institutions, at our universities, in our Western media outlets, in our international NGOs and nonprofits, is that we completely forgot the ways that we had learned to tell truth from fiction."

The Energy Department Admits the OMB Canceled Grants 'Solely' To Punish Trump's Political Opponents - The episode illustrates the president's routine weaponization of government against his enemies.

Pentagon Death Numbers - Plus: Troy Jackson's race, City Without Children, the DEA and cocaine, the FDA and peptides, and more...

§ 230 Preempts Texas Mandates on Social Media Platforms, Fifth Circuit Holds by 2-1 Vote - An excerpt from the long opinion in Computer & Comm. Industry Ass'n v. Paxton, decided Friday by Fifth Circuit Judges… The post § 230 Preempts Texas Mandates on Social Media Platforms, Fifth Circuit Holds by 2-1 Vote appeared first on Reason.com.

Today in Supreme Court History: July 27, 1929 - /27/1929: The Geneva Conventions are signed by United States. The Supreme Court would consider the Conventions in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006).… The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 27, 1929 appeared first on Reason.com.

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.

Constitution Enforcement: 6 Ignored Steps That Actually Work - The founders knew exactly what it takes to deal with unconstitutional power. How that gets done? It’s built on their experience and tactics against the British empire. On this Episode - it’s 6 steps that actually work as the real enforcement mechanism for the constitution. They come right from the American Revolution, backed by the ultimate check - the duty of self preservation The post Constit...

Constitution: The REAL Reason it Even Exists. - The founders knew - freedom cannot exist with a government - that doesn’t have strict rules, a clear line in the sand that it’s not allowed to cross. In other words, when government determines the extent of its own power. On this episode, how lessons learned in the American Revolution gave birth to the written constitution. And more importantly, the real reasons it exists - that the government-...

The Foundation of the Constitution: Top-5 Principles from the American Revolution - Thomas Jefferson called the 10th Amendment the "foundation of the Constitution," and for good reason too. It enshrines many of the radical principles that sparked the “real American Revolution” in the years before the War for Independence. The post The Foundation of the Constitution: Top-5 Principles from the American Revolution appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

Missed EFF's Livestream with Adam Savage and iFixit? Listen Here! - EFF’s first EFFecting Change livestream was all the way back in July of 2024. Maybe you've caught each stream, or maybe you’ve only caught a few. Or maybe you’re like me and prefer to listen to conversations like these on your daily commute! Either way, if you want to stay on top of these monthly conversations, you can now subscribe to our new podcast feed for EFFecting Change—starting with our...

Hundreds of Drone-as-First-Responder Programs Could Soon Be Launched Across the Country - Police departments across the country are lining up to launch drone-as-first-responder (DFR) programs, and hundreds have cleared a necessary hurdle toward making deployment a reality, expanding aerial surveillance and data collection even in areas patrol officers typically can't reach. As of February 2026, over 1,000 public safety agencies—including police, fire, and other emergency management...

The Fourth Circuit Says Border Agents Can Search Your Phone By Hand, No Suspicion Required - Legal intern Suzanne Castillo was the principal author of this post. The Fourth Circuit issued a disappointing opinion in U.S. v. Belmonte Cardozo, a case in which EFF filed an amicus brief, alongside the national ACLU, its Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia affiliates, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). We argued that electronic device searche...

Victory! Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Against Warrantless Searches of Property - ARLINGTON, Va.—Today, in a landmark decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled unanimously 7-0 in favor of the Punxsutawney and Pitch Pine hunting clubs in their […] The post Victory! Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Against Warrantless Searches of Property appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Massachusetts Families File Appeal to Supreme Court Challenging Unconstitutional Conditions for Special Education Services - BOSTON—Can the government withhold aid from children because of their parents’ exercise of a constitutional right? That’s the question two Massachusetts families are asking the […] The post Massachusetts Families File Appeal to Supreme Court Challenging Unconstitutional Conditions for Special Education Services appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Supreme Court Takes Up Alaska Bush Pilot’s Fight to Save His Plane From Forfeiture Over a Six-Pack of Beer - For more than a decade, the state of Alaska has been trying to permanently forfeit Ken Jouppi’s $95,000 airplane after he transported a passenger carrying […] The post Supreme Court Takes Up Alaska Bush Pilot’s Fight to Save His Plane From Forfeiture Over a Six-Pack of Beer 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 ...

WY: GOA Endorses 30+ Pro-Gun Candidates Across Wyoming - See GOA’s list of pro-2A candidates before the upcoming August 18 primary Gun Owners of America is proud to endorse the following candidates in Wyoming’s Republican primary on Tuesday, August 18, 2026: **Click on any image above to download full size graphic for sharing** To find your legislative district, click the button below; cross-reference your district with the list above … Read more

Gun Owners of America Gun Giveaway Official Rules - Gun Owners of America GOALS 2026 Giveaway OFFERED ONLY TO LEGAL U.S. RESIDENTS AGED 18 YEARS OR OLDER, WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO OWN A HANDGUN UNDER ALL APPLICABLE LAWS. 1. ELIGIBILITY: Open to U.S. residents age 18 years or older, who are eligible to own and lawfully receive a handgun under federal, state, and local laws, and who enter the … Read more

Gun Owners of America Sues U.S. Virgin Islands Over Unconstitutional Ban on Nonresident Right to Bear Arms - Gun Owners of America Sues U.S. Virgin Islands Over Unconstitutional Ban on Nonresident Right to Bear Arms   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  July 20, 2026  CHARLOTTE AMALIE, USVI — Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the U.S. Virgin Islands’ prohibition on nonresidents exercising their Second Amendment rights.  The lawsuit argues the USVI ...

BitMEX to shutter after 11 years - HDR Global Trading Limited, BitMEX’s owner and operator, has decided to close the cryptocurrency exchange following a strategic review of the business and crypto industry.

Banco Popular CEO to retire - Puerto Rico’s largest lender is moving its CFO, Jorge García, into its chief executive role when Javier Ferrer exits the bank Aug. 31.

Democrats grill CFPB nominee over CapOne, staff-cut plan - Capital One executive Brian Johnson weathered a testy exchange with Sen. Elizabeth Warren over potential conflicts of interest. Johnson said the CFPB has “deficiencies” but is “capable of great good.”

Upstart nabs conditional bank charter - “We've been challenged extensively throughout the process, and that's exactly what should happen when an institution is seeking the privilege of becoming a national bank,” an Upstart executive said.

OCC rejects Wise’s trust charter application over ‘deficiencies’ - The British fintech said it plans to submit a new application for a U.S. trust charter under a Genius Act framework.

Rent fintech Flex is latest firm to ask for a bank charter - The parent company behind Flex Rent submitted applications to state and federal regulators for an industrial loan charter and deposit insurance.

One bank's pitch to potential depositors: Do well and do good - Climate First Bank's fast-growing loan portfolio is creating the need for additional funding. In response, the Florida bank is rolling out a checking account that pays a high yield and also sends money to a nonprofit organization chosen by the customer.

Second-lien issuance expected to reach $41 billion this year - So far this year, the volume of closed-end second and home equity line of credit securitizations is near last year's $29 billion, Bank of America Securities said.

How Citizens is placing its bets in digital assets - For banks, getting ahead in the digital asset race may be less about picking a winner and more about playing the field.

'Tokenized dollars will obviate the ACH': Caitlin Long - The founder and CEO of Custodia Bank believes most demand deposits in the U.S. will be tokenized.

What drives exchange rate pass-throughs? Evidence from a non-parametric method - by Emanuel Kohlscheen, Aaron MehrotraWe provide new evidence on the drivers of the pass-through of exchange rate movements into consumer prices across four decades and close to a hundred countries, combining econometrics and random forests. Random forests are particularly useful for modelling highly non-linear relationships, as well as for identifying the relative importance of the different th...

Dollarisation and monetary control: what lessons for the rise of stablecoins? - by Boris Hofmann, Aaron Mehrotra, Jan PaulickThe emergence of stablecoins has created a new channel to access US dollar liquidity in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs), similar to the historical role of foreign currency deposits, or "deposit dollarisation". This has raised concerns about the possible implications for monetary control in EMDEs. Drawing on data on foreign currency d...

A Mythos moment? Frontier AI and cyber risk - by Iñaki Aldasoro, Raphael Auer, Jon Frost, Fernando Perez-CruzFrontier artificial intelligence (AI) models increase the speed, scale and complexity of cyber attacks, and they also strengthen cyber defence. But the costs are asymmetric and may favour attackers. The medium-term impact on systemic cyber risk depends on the various actors' access to the most advanced tools, on compute power to run...

Agencies issue joint statement on handling of highly sensitive information during bank examinations - Agencies issue joint statement on handling of highly sensitive information during bank examinations

Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former chief lending officer of Heritage State Bank - Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former chief lending officer of Heritage State Bank

Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on June 8 and June 17, 2026 - Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on June 8 and June 17, 2026

Press Release: The Farmers State Bank of Oakley, Kansas Assumes All Deposits of Small Business Bank, Lenexa, Kansas - PRESS RELEASE | JULY 17, 2026 The Farmers State Bank of Oakley, Kansas Assumes All Deposits of Small Business Bank, Lenexa, Kansas WASHINGTON — ...

Press Release: Agencies Issue Joint Statement on Handling of Highly Sensitive Information During Bank Examinations - PRESS RELEASE | JULY 16, 2026 Agencies Issue Joint Statement on Handling of Highly Sensitive Information During Bank Examinations WASHINGTON — T...