Kitco News
Gold looks broken, but the only thing that has changed is the price -
(Kitco News) - The gold market just can't catch a break. What began as a correction from record highs has turned into a relentless selloff, with every major support level giving way. Some analysts are now warning that there are few meaningful technical levels below $4,000 an ounce.
Bears abound on Wall Street and Main Street as markets digest Fed’s hawkish bias with June payrolls on deck -
The latest Kitco News Weekly Gold Survey showed bears still the preponderant force on both Wall Street and Main Street, with a dwindling minority of both camps expecting gains next week.
Gold, silver rebound as Fed hike odds cool after oil slide - Kitco PM Report -
(Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are higher after the North American cash-market close on Friday, as lower Treasury yields and a softer U.S. dollar helped precious metals recover while oil retreated despite renewed Strait of Hormuz tension.
Gold faces make-or-break week at $4,000 as Fed hawkishness fuels bearish outlook -
(Kitco News) - The gold market is ending the week in a precarious position as prices cling to what has become critical support near $4,000 an ounce. The precious metal is on track to post its fourth consecutive weekly loss, its longest losing streak since August 2023.
Spot gold hits session high near $4,080/oz after final Consumer Sentiment rises to 49.5, one-year and long-term inflation expectations ease -
(Kitco News) - The gold market is trading at session highs after the latest data showed consumer sentiment in the U.S. improving, with both shorter and longer-term inflation expectations easing.
Gold and silver firm before U.S. open as dollar eases - Kitco AM Report -
(Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are higher ahead of the North American market open Friday, as a softer U.S. dollar gave metals room to rebound while traders balanced sticky inflation, Federal Reserve rate-hike risk and a less acute Strait of Hormuz shock.
Gold is going lower, but DeCarley Trading’s Garner sees one potential trade to play this summer -
(Kitco News) - Gold continues to hold support around $4,000 an ounce, but according to one market strategist, it's only a matter of time before the precious metal heads lower as it faces challenging headwinds from a stronger U.S. dollar.
Gold holds $4,000 as Fed hawkishness offsets renewed Gulf risk - Kitco PM Report -
(Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are firmer late Thursday as lower Treasury yields and a softer U.S. dollar helped metals rebound from Wednesday’s selloff while traders reassessed U.S.-Iran risk in the Strait of Hormuz.
Gold and silver slide amid dollar strength, but other headwinds are easing – Saxo Bank’s Hansen -
(Kitco News) – Gold’s break below $4,000 and silver’s slide below $60 has soured sentiment in the precious metals market, with the stronger dollar and last week’s hawkish FOMC the main short-term headwinds, but other headwinds are beginning to ease, according to Ole Hansen, head of commodity strategy at Saxo Bank.In a new analysis published Thursday, Hansen wrote that gold and silver are now fi...
Gold price could struggle through 2026 as it loses safe-haven status to US bonds - BI’s McGlone -
(Kitco News) - The bond market has been a significant headwind for the gold market as inflation fears have pushed yields higher in recent weeks, raising the opportunity cost of holding the non-yielding asset.
Zero Hedge
Speculation Nation -
Speculation Nation
Authored by Adam Sharp via DailyReckoning.com,
Americans are natural risk takers. This trait goes back to the country’s founding stock.
Many of our ancestors decided to leave their homelands and set off to the New World.
In search of freedom, land, meat, and prosperity, these pioneers laid the foundation for a bold nation.
As a result, Americans have always e...
Supreme Court Expected To Rule On Cook, Elections, And Trans Athletes -
Supreme Court Expected To Rule On Cook, Elections, And Trans Athletes
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide in the coming days whether President Donald Trump can remove Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook from her post - an extraordinary step that would mark the first presidential firing of a Fed official since the central bank's founding in 1913 and directly...
"Wants To Be More Political Than His Daddy": Alex Soros Plows $103 Million Into Unhinged Democrats Ahead Of Midterms -
"Wants To Be More Political Than His Daddy": Alex Soros Plows $103 Million Into Unhinged Democrats Ahead Of Midterms
The uncomfortable reality for socialist Democrats is that the anti-capitalist and anti-American movement is not an organic uprising from the working class, as they often portray in their propaganda.
Socialism on full display:
AOC wears "Tax The Rich" dress to the M...
AI Demand, War, & Climate Pressure Push World Back To Nuclear -
AI Demand, War, & Climate Pressure Push World Back To Nuclear
Authored by Haley Zaremba via OilPrice.com,
The US and Canada each announced plans this week to build ten new nuclear reactors, the biggest coordinated nuclear push in North America in decades.
The moves come as the AI boom, the war in Iran, and broader geopolitical instability push energy security to the top of ...
CDC Raises Ebola Response To Highest Level As Outbreak Grows -
CDC Raises Ebola Response To Highest Level As Outbreak Grows
Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times,
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has activated its highest-level emergency response to the growing Ebola outbreak in central Africa caused by the rare Bundibugyo strain, as the agency says that the risk of spread within the United States remains low.
...
Chinese AI Matches Mythos In Cybersecurity Tasks With Open-Weight Model -
Chinese AI Matches Mythos In Cybersecurity Tasks With Open-Weight Model
While Anthropic has been forced to shut down its latest general-use models for over two weeks after it emerged that the company's de-tuned public-facing Fable 5 model could be 'jailbroken' into its unrestricted form (Mythos 5) to perform tasks that pose security risks, a Chinese AI company backed by Alibaba and...
The Coming Return Of Commodity-Backed Money -
The Coming Return Of Commodity-Backed Money
Authored by Chris MacIntosh via InternationalMan.com,
This piece is as much a mental exploration as a fact-gathering exercise.
Let’s begin with the problem. Bank failures come together with economic failures.
So trusting banks is a problem, but furthermore, trusting fiat currency is also a problem. This is on top of the issue that movi...
The Path To A September Rate Cut (Despite AI Inflation) -
The Path To A September Rate Cut (Despite AI Inflation)
By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities
The Path to a September Rate Cut (despite AI inflation)
A lot has changed in the past 24 hours. After Thursday’s CNBC interview, it seemed obvious (to me) that I needed to write about how there is a real path to a Fed Rate Cut in September. Not only has the market priced in a 75% chance o...
Next Switzerland Talks 'Stalled' After Past Days' Flare-Up In US-Iran Fighting -
Next Switzerland Talks 'Stalled' After Past Days' Flare-Up In US-Iran Fighting
(Update1500ET): An expected next round of US-Iran talks in Switzerland has been 'stalled' by the latest fighting flare up in the Strait of Hormuz, after US forces bombed Iran's coast a couple times - and following more Iranian 'retaliation' on Gulf states, as well as against at least two international ve...
"Navigation Extremely Limited": Top Shipper Warns IRGC Mines Complicate Hormuz Normalization -
"Navigation Extremely Limited": Top Shipper Warns IRGC Mines Complicate Hormuz Normalization
The top executive of Japan's largest shipping company told the Financial Times in an exclusive weekend interview that the path toward normalization in the Strait of Hormuz remains far more complicated than anticipated. He warned that shipping volumes may stay well below prewar levels for mo...
MarketWatch - Top Stories
Oil prices, stock futures inch higher as U.S. and Iran reportedly agree to halt attacks -
Oil prices rose Sunday while U.S. stock-index futures advanced, after the U.S. and Iran reportedly agreed to halt attacks after repeatedly exchanging fire in the Persian Gulf over the weekend.
I had gallbladder surgery. After I got home, the hospital asked me for a financial donation. Is this ethical? -
“The letter asked whether I had a favorite caregiver and if I would like to make a contribution in their honor.”
Your health insurer shouldn’t decide your treatment plan. That’s what your doctor — and AI — should be doing. -
With a digital health record, clinicians and AI-driven diagnostic tools would be able to see your full health history, and then make better decisions.
‘It feels like a medical miracle’: How did a single QR code coupon cut my $618 Walgreens prescription to $15? -
“This medication was generic.”
Micron is about to be more profitable than any U.S. company except Nvidia and Google -
Big Tech companies are willing to pay astronomical prices for AI memory components, helping spark a dramatic turnaround in Micron’s finances.
Forget the ‘Sell America’ trade: Why U.S. markets keep proving the naysayers wrong -
Foreign investors are still pouring money into U.S. assets, and the dollar remains the undisputed global reserve currency.
‘She is retired’: Do I dip into my 401(k) to pay my mother’s $30,000 credit-card debt? -
“I want her to live on her Social Security instead of using it to pay off her credit-card debt.”
‘I’ll happily wait’: Does delaying Social Security make sense for high earners like me? -
“In many states, Social Security benefits are exempt from state income tax.”
How to work in retirement without seeing your Social Security checks slashed -
Claiming benefits before full retirement age while keeping a job can trigger unexpected withholdings — but the money isn’t lost forever.
Americans’ 401(k) balances hit record levels last year. See how you compare. -
It was a very good year for most workplace retirement savers, according to Vanguard’s latest “How America Saves” report.
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GATA
The U.S. Mint gold coin that broke the circle -
From Coin Week, Silver Springs, FloridaSunday, June 28, 2026
The 1915-S Panama-Pacific $50 Octagonal gold coin did something no other legal-tender United States coin had done.
It broke the circle.
For more than a century this massive gold commemorative stood alone as the only non-round legal-tender coin ever issued by the United States Mint. That distinction now feels more important than ever....
Ed Steer: The Big 8 shorts get stuffed again -
9:31a ET Sunday, June 28, 2026
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The weekend edition of GATA board member Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Digest is headlined "The Big 8 Shorts Get Stuffed Again" and is posted in the clear at GoldSeek's companion site, SilverSeek, here:
https://silverseek.com/article/big-8-shorts-get-stuffed-again
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/TreasurerGold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.CPow...
Gold market manipulation hasn't gone away and GATA still needs your help -
10:55a ET Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
The last year has been dramatic for the monetary metals. Sharp increases in price, indicative of short squeezes, have been offset by counterintuitive downward smashes even as a major war has broken out while another has intensified. News reports and analysis have emphasized the role of some central banks as major long...
Bolivia ends 15-year dollar peg in attempt to restore economic stability -
By Monica MachicaoReutersSaturday, June 27, 2026
LA PAZ -- Bolivia will adopt a flexible exchange-rate system, the government said on Friday, effectively devaluing the currency by ending a 15-year dollar peg in a major policy shift aimed at restoring economic stability.
Bolivia's central bank will oversee the shift, as the government aims to "strengthen macroeconomic stability, preserve extern...
I inherited gold and silver worth tens of thousands -- but with no receipts, how do I find what it's worth? -
By Laura GrandeAssociated Press MoneywiseSaturday, June 27, 2026
Andrea knew her late aunt collected coins, but she never imagined she'd inherit a box full of gold and silver bullion.
At 51, Andrea has spent much of her adult life living paycheck to paycheck. She carries credit card debt, has only a modest emergency fund and hasn't accumulated much wealth outside of her home.
... Dispatch conti...
Wolf Street
CoinDesk
CZ wants to make the U.S. the 'capital of crypto': State of Crypto -
The Binance founder shared his views on a variety of topics in an exclusive interview with CoinDesk earlier this month.
Samson Mow says bitcoin bottom is in despite skepticism from analysts -
The bitcoin advocate said his crypto bottom claim is based on the fact that the traditional four-year halving cycle has changed, although several analysts continue to expect further downside.
Michael Saylor teases more bitcoin buying even as Strategy stock continues to fall -
The crypto bull shrugged off market skepticism by sharing a chart of the company's $50 billion stash and teasing that they are going to need more data points.
SBI's $289 million Bitbank deal is symptomatic of Japan's crypto consolidation: Architect Partners -
The investment bank said the purchase of Japanese crypto exchange Bitbank is a bet on regulated scale as sweeping reforms reshape the country's digital asset market.
Crypto's next frontier isn't crypto, it's financing AI and robotics, Framework's Anderson says -
Blockchain is becoming the financial layer for capital-intensive industries rather than just crypto-native speculation, Michael Anderson, the crypto venture firm's cofounder, said.
Bitcoin falls below $60,000, on track for a rare back-to-back quarterly loss -
The token is down nearly 7% on the week with the altcoins falling harder. Bitcoin and ether are both ending the second quarter in the red, a back-to-back losing first half that runs against the usual pattern.
Why a selloff in gold and silver is dragging bitcoin down -
Bitcoin has long been lumped in with precious metals as a hedge against a weakening dollar. That trade is unwinding on a hawkish Fed, and bitcoin is falling alongside the metals it was supposed to rival.
What Robinhood’s recent layoffs say about the current state of crypto investments -
Despite the trading platform’s restructuring and the wave of crypto companies making cuts, signaling a late bear market, Altcoin Pro’s Horst, Anderson and Zhuleku explain there’s no reason to panic.
Tether putting $23 billion gold stockpile to work with bullion-backed loans -
The stablecoin issuer is extending its tokenized gold strategy by allowing holders of XAUT to borrow against their bullion, mirroring bitcoin-backed lending without selling the underlying asset.
Polymarket hack updated to $3.1 million days after the platform promised users full refunds -
The prediction markets giant is under investigation in connection with false or deceptive marketing practices, according to news reports.
bitcoin.com
10 Crypto Market Predictions for 2026 Show Winners, Laggards, and Emerging Trends -
21Shares says its 2026 crypto forecasts are showing uneven progress, with prediction markets and Ethereum scaling ahead of pace while ETPs, stablecoins, DeFi, digital asset treasuries, and tokenized assets trail ambitious targets. 21Shares Measures 10 Crypto Forecasts Against Midyear Market Data Crypto markets are entering the second half of 2026 with 10 major forecasts moving […]
US Lawmaker: Bitcoin Could Mark the ‘Beginning of the End’ of All Authoritarian Governments -
House lawmakers spotlighted bitcoin as a challenge to authoritarian governments after Representative William Timmons said cryptocurrency could mark the “beginning of the end” of authoritarian rule. At a House roundtable, participants discussed financial repression, China’s digital-currency ambitions, and U.S. leadership in digital-asset policy. House Roundtable Examines Crypto Access Under Repr...
Ripple CEO Sees Massive XRP Opportunity in $16 Trillion Payment Flows -
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse outlined XRP’s role in institutional payments, citing $16 trillion in annual payments and clearing activity across businesses Ripple added through acquisitions, where digital asset usage remains minimal. Garlinghouse Positions XRP Within Institutional Payment Infrastructure Institutional settlement remains central to Ripple’s strategy, with Brad Garlinghouse discuss...
Ripple’s CLARITY Truck Hits Washington as Congress Weighs Crypto Rules -
Ripple pushed its CLARITY Act campaign through Washington with a branded truck as Senate pressure mounted over crypto market rules. Ripple Takes CLARITY Act Campaign to Washington, D.C., as Senate Vote Pressure Builds Ripple put its CLARITY Act message on wheels June 25, sending a branded truck through Washington, D.C., as Congress continued work on […]
Bitcoin Trades 50% Below Its $126K Peak as 4 Bullish Catalysts Clash With 4 Bearish Forces -
Bitcoin is trading near $60,000 in late June 2026, more than 50% below its 2025 all-time high above the $126,000 zone, and eight competing forces are determining whether that floor holds or breaks. Where Bitcoin Stands The drawdown places bitcoin in one of its more extended corrective phases of the current cycle. Institutional infrastructure has […]
Reason
Cato Institute
Tenth Amendment Center
Five Weapons. One Target: Your Freedom. -
The top tools of tyrants aimed right at your liberty. Washington, Webster, Paine, Madison, and more - they saw every one of them coming and warned us. On this Episode - what they use against us and what’s self-inflicted.
The post Five Weapons. One Target: Your Freedom. appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.
They’re not Grievances. They’re STOLEN Power -
Declaration of Independence: That long list of charges against the king aren’t mere “grievances.” That word isn’t even in the text. They Founders didn't secede and fight a long, bloody war over mere complaints about bad policy. American Independence was built on something else spelled out in the text itself, and understood by everyone at the time. On this Episode - It's the foundation of the de...
Let’s Not Forget What Madison Said About War -
What Madison is pointing out is that among all the ways that government destroys the liberty of its own people, its wars are the worst.
The post Let’s Not Forget What Madison Said About War appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF to Grindr: This Pride Month, Put Safety and Privacy Over Profits -
This Pride month, we’re calling on the dating app Grindr to prioritize LGBTQ+ user safety by making privacy the default across its platform. That means no more sharing personal data with advertisers or training AI on private information without users’ opt-in consent.
Grindr is a dating app for the LGBTQ+ community; and for queer people, privacy violations can have life-altering consequences. In...
Hate “The Algorithm?” RSS Is One of the Tools You’ve Been Looking For -
Poke your head into just about any online social network—or any general conversations about internet culture—and you’ll likely find a boogieman: the algorithm. Since at least the moment Facebook introduced (and apologized for) its News Feed, “the algorithm” has been shorthand for the ways the tech giants control what we see and when we see it. In the age of enshittification, there is a push to ...
Lawmakers Must Act Now to Prevent Armed Police Drones -
This is not science fiction. It’s not premature. If towns, cities, states, or the federal government want to act to reign in the emergence of armed police drones and robots, we have precious little time. In the absence of substantial regulation around when and how domestic law enforcement in the United States can deploy force using drones, the companies that markets technology to law enforcemen...
The Institute For Justice - Press Releases
Second Amendment Foundation
TAURUS RENEWS PLATINUM-LEVEL CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP -
BELLEVUE, Wash. — April 24, 2025 — The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is pleased to announce that Taurus Holdings Inc. has renewed their commitment to the organization as a Platinum-level corporate partner. “At Taurus, we believe that the right to keep and bear arms is fundamental to the American way of life,” said Taurus USA
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
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Gun Owners of America
ATF Registry Rule DEAD, SCOTUS Win and GOA Calls Out Bad Law in Texas! -
Here’s What Happened at GOA Last Week! At GOA, we’ve been hard at work fighting for your Second Amendment rights, here’s what we did… From defeating the ATF’s “Engaged in the Business” rule in federal court, to winning a Supreme Court case regarding gun owners who use marijuana, and exposing the injustice of a failure in Texas law that ended with a gun owner arrested — GOA has been … Read more
GOA and GOF Petition the Virginia Supreme Court for a Preliminary Ruling on Virginia’s Looming “Assault Firearms” Ban -
GOA and GOF Petition the Virginia Supreme Court for a Preliminary Ruling on Virginia’s Looming “Assault Firearms” Ban FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 16, 2026 Springfield, VA — Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF), alongside Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) and 2A journalist John Crump, have petitioned the Virginia Supreme Court for an urgent ruling in their lawsuit cha...
One GOA Brief Changed Gun Rights Forever -
Here’s What Happened at GOA This Week! At GOA, we’ve been hard at work fighting for your Second Amendment rights, here’s what we did… We at Gun Owners of America have been hard at work fighting for your rights this week. From Hosting National Women’s Range Day in New Hampshire, to highlighting our work defining the legal interpretation of the … Read more
Banking Dive
American Banker
Clash of titans: GSIB proposal pits megabank against megabank -
JPMorganChase and Bank of America raised concerns about the proposed removal of risk-weighted assets from the denominator of the short-term wholesale funding component of the GSIB surcharge — changes backed by Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
Housing bill expected to become law — sooner or later -
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., reportedly plans to send the recently passed housing bill to the White House on Monday, starting a 10-day clock for the president to sign the bill.
Airwallex announces $320 million fundraise and CFO hire -
The global payments platform, which recently expanded to the U.S., also plans to build new autonomous finance and agentic commerce products.
Epstein victim says Puerto Rico bank facilitated his crimes -
A new lawsuit seeking class-action status alleges that FirstBank Puerto Rico knowingly facilitated Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking operation by failing to enforce basic anti-money-laundering and know-your-customer rules.
Pinnacle chooses new Midtown Atlanta HQ -
Pinnacle Financial Partners' headquarters is moving to a new 25-story office tower in Midtown Atlanta; New Jersey-based Provident Bank appoints Adriano Duarte to succeed Thomas Lyons as chief financial officer; Binance will shut down services for customers in France, Italy, Spain and Poland after the exchange withdrew its MiCA licence application in Greece; and more in this week's banking news ...
Bank of International Settlements
Global economic pressure points call for policy discipline: BIS -
The sustainability of the AI boom, financial vulnerabilities and strained public finances are among pressure points facing the global economy, along with the return of inflation.
The interplay of record-high public debt with the increasing role of highly-leveraged hedge funds creates a new sovereign-financial stability nexus and poses growing financial stability risks.
Safeguarding price stab...
Anchoring trust in money: innovation beyond stablecoins -
Speech by Frank Smets, Acting Head of Monetary and Economic Department and Head of Economic Analysis and Statistics, on the occasion of the Bank's Annual General Meeting, Basel, 28 June 2026.
Annual Economic Report 2026 -
This year's Annual Economic Report examines how the global economy is faring as progress meets rising perils – including a new fiscal-financial stability nexus and shifting inflation dynamics.
Federal Reserve - Press Releases
FDIC - Press Releases