Precious Metals and Market News

Gold falls below $4,100, silver plunges 6% as hot CPI boosts Fed-hike bets - Kitco PM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Gold and silver prices were sharply lower in late U.S. trading Wednesday, as hotter-than-expected U.S. consumer inflation lifted Treasury yields, strengthened the dollar and increased expectations for further Federal Reserve tightening.

Gold's weakness is a buying opportunity as Jefferies sees $5,000 price in 2027, healthy mining margins - (Kitco News) - Gold prices continue to struggle in the face of persistent inflation pressures and growing expectations for higher interest rates; however, one bank continues to see short-term weakness as a buying opportunity and expects higher gold prices to continue to support the mining sector.

Can gold hold $4,000 with an October rate hike still in play? - (Kitco News) - Hotter-than-expected consumer prices have put an October rate hike back in play, pushing real bond yields higher and dragging gold prices below a critical near-term support level.

U.S. Treasury’s gold revaluation could restart the ‘debasement trade’ as yield pressures fade – UBP’s Kinsella - (Kitco News) – Gold has likely seen the worst of its Treasury-yield-driven losses, and once the Iran situation improves and Fed rate hike expectations ease, the Treasury department itself could provide a new tailwind for bullion prices between now and year-end, according to Peter Kinsella, Head of Investment Services for the UK at Swiss private bank UBP.Kinsella noted that gold has traded lower...

Hot CPI ‘far enough from consensus’ to put October Fed hike back in play – Natixis - (Kitco News) – September’s higher-than-expected CPI report means that August’s above-trend data wasn’t just an outlier – and it puts an October rate hike right back on the table, according to Natixis.

Gold, silver drop as hotter CPI revives Fed-rate pressure - Kitco AM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) – Spot gold and silver prices are sharply lower in early U.S. trading Wednesday, after hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation data revived concerns that energy-driven price pressure will keep the Federal Reserve’s year-end tightening path in place.

Gold price drops to session lows as U.S. CPI heats up in September - (Kitco News) - Gold prices have fallen to session lows, testing critical support as hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation data reinforces expectations that the Federal Reserve will have to raise interest rates by year-end, increasing the opportunity cost of holding the non-yielding precious metal.

Metals weaken as front-end yields, Hormuz risk offset softer dollar - Kitco PM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold prices were lower and spot silver prices were sharply lower in late U.S. trading Tuesday, as traders cut exposure ahead of Wednesday’s U.S. inflation report while front-end Treasury yields and December Federal Reserve rate-hike risk remained firm.

Silver’s industrial demand, mining dynamics and free float mean price rally might not impact supply until it overwhelms it – Sprott’s Zhu - (Kitco News) – Silver has key differentiators that insulate the impacts of the price action from the underlying supply and demand dynamics – but when investors do pile into silver, the grey metal’s constrained physical supply means the market can go parabolic in a way that gold is unlikely to ever do, according to Kenny Zhu, Director of Research and Investment Strategy at Sprott.

Silver prices could be headed back to $50 - Bloomberg’s McGlone - (Kitco News) - Silver prices could remain under pressure for years as the precious metal struggles to recover from its historic rally, and one market strategist warns that prices could fall back to $50 an ounce in the near term before finding meaningful support.

Russia Arrests Japanese Journalist On Espionage Charges, Tokyo Summons Ambassador - Russia Arrests Japanese Journalist On Espionage Charges, Tokyo Summons Ambassador Relations between Russian and Japan have been on a downward spiral of late, as Tokyo continues cozying up to the US military as well as NATO, and amid a long-simmering dispute over the Kuril Islands, which Japan identifies as its own Northern Territories. Russia on Tuesday arrested a Japanese journal...

Not 'The Onion': Harper's Magazine To Honor NPR CEO Katherine Maher With First Amendment Award - Not 'The Onion': Harper's Magazine To Honor NPR CEO Katherine Maher With First Amendment Award Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org, Harper's Magazine appears to be competing with The Onion in satire this week. It is awarding its First Amendment prize to NPR CEO Katherine Maher. It is akin to awarding a Second Amendment prize to Gavin Newsom. Maher has long been the ...

"I Come From Your Future": A Frenchman's Warning To All Americans Voting Democrat - "I Come From Your Future": A Frenchman's Warning To All Americans Voting Democrat France's welfare-state promises are colliding with a bill that keeps getting bigger. Far-left radicals rioting, fiscal crisis, and political uncertainty are exposing the upper limits of a system built on handouts, heavy taxation, uncontrolled borrowing, and mass migration.  For American voters headi...

America Looks Richer Than Ever. What Happens When The Fed's Asset Bubble Bursts? - America Looks Richer Than Ever. What Happens When The Fed's Asset Bubble Bursts? Authored by David Stockman via InternationalMan.com, It is now abundantly obvious that the FOMC and its clumsy rate-pegging and credit printing tools are not remotely fit for purpose. The real impact is dramatically displayed in the graph below. It shows that after 1987 the growth rate of household a...

Pizza Losing Value War As Cash-Strapped "Proteinmaxxing" Consumers Flock To Chicken - Pizza Losing Value War As Cash-Strapped "Proteinmaxxing" Consumers Flock To Chicken Domino's Pizza shares fell 3% in the early US cash session after the quick-service restaurant chain reported weaker-than-expected same-store sales growth in the US and internationally, despite earnings and revenue that beat Bloomberg Consensus estimates. US same-store sales rose .3%, below the .72%...

Useless Without Transmission: DOE Backs $581 Million TVA Grid Expansion - Useless Without Transmission: DOE Backs $581 Million TVA Grid Expansion On the same day we asked how much of the grid’s bill is really AI’s, the Department of Energy offered a partial answer. @TVAnews and @ENERGY are supporting readily-available, affordable energy that powers Tennessee and the nation. @POTUS is lowering costs for over 2 million families and businesses while bring...

Dowd: "Investment Bubbles Are A Feature Of Capitalism, Not A Bug" - Dowd: "Investment Bubbles Are A Feature Of Capitalism, Not A Bug" Authored by Ed Dowd via Ed Dowd's Beyond The Narrative Substack, On Friday October 9th Bloomberg published an article titled "Jeffries' Chris Wood Sees 'Massive Capital Destruction' in AI." His view is that the most likely long-term outcome of the AI boom is massive capital destruction in the US, with market share s...

Bank Of America Tumbles After Trading Miss Across The Board - Bank Of America Tumbles After Trading Miss Across The Board Last night we said Bank of America would use its brand new and "unexpected" $1.2 billion (non tax-deductible) money-laundering penalty as cover for an ugly quarter. This morning it tried to do just that. Just hours after Treasury fined the bank more than $1.21 billion for willfully failing to report over $5 billion in sus...

ZeroHedge Debate: Sankey Predicts 2028 Oil Futures Will Feel The Pain Soon - ZeroHedge Debate: Sankey Predicts 2028 Oil Futures Will Feel The Pain Soon The damage inflicted on global energy infrastructure during the Iran war could have consequences lasting well beyond the conflict itself, according to veteran energy analysts Paul Sankey and Arjun Murti, who joined Erik Townsend for last night’s ZeroHedge Debate. An oil tanker unloads crude oil at a crude o...

CVS To Pay $315 Million Over Claims It Filled Unlawful Opioid Prescriptions - CVS To Pay $315 Million Over Claims It Filled Unlawful Opioid Prescriptions Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, CVS Pharmacy Inc. and related entities agreed Tuesday to pay $315 million to resolve Justice Department allegations that the company illegally filled opioid and other controlled-substance prescriptions and billed many of them to Medicare and other federal hea...

The COLA wars are coming for Social Security - The annual cost-of-living adjustment may soon be capped, curtailed, means-tested or scrapped altogether under various proposals being actively considered

CoreWeave’s AI bonds tumble, raising red flags for the wider market - CoreWeave’s bonds issued six months ago fell to 81 cents on the dollar earlier Wednesday, yielding more than 15%.

Bank of America adds a profit miss to the misery of a $1.2 billion government fine - Bank of America’s stock falls as investor disappointment over the $1.2 billion government fine added to the bank’s downbeat earnings report.

BlackRock now manages assets equal to half the size of the U.S. economy after 15% growth - Fund-management giant BlackRock said Wednesday that assets under management are nearly $15.5 trillion after growth of 15%.

Meet the baby chasers — they’re transforming the housing market and solving the childcare crisis - Baby boomers have been the biggest force driving home sales over the last few years. Many of them are moving to be close to family, and in particular, their grandchildren.

Why Dell’s stock was one of the S&P 500’s biggest laggards on Wednesday - An analyst sees limited room for Dell and HPE shares to continue climbing, as dynamics could shift within the market for memory components.

‘I am a pretty cautious person’: My financial adviser wants me to invest $350,000 in a UAE data center. Is this risky? - “I like my life, but I also like the idea of a big return after years of putting money into my 401(k).”

My wife says we can’t afford to retire. I vetoed her $8,000 trip to Italy. We’re in our 60s and have $4 million. Do I keep working? - “I worry about healthcare, long-term care, inflation, a long bear market and living to 95.”

‘Some people did everything right’: I lost my home in the Great Recession. I rent in my 50s. Why is that judged as failure? - ”I earn $110,000 a year.”

What to expect at the next Fed meeting now that rate-hike odds are rising - Market participants and economists are split on the question of whether or not the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by another quarter-point in two weeks.

Container ship sinks in Strait of Hormuz as Iran steps up attacks - Iran has escalated its strikes on commercial ships transiting Hormuz in recent weeks, as it tries to choke off a rebound in crude oil exports.

OpenAI bugging suspect booked one-way ticket to Saudi Arabia with family before arrest - "Like countless Americans, Mr. Alfozan came to this country years ago as a young person with a dream," his criminal defense lawyer said Wednesday.

Dell stock plunges 11%, leading data center sell-off as fears mount about 'enterprise AI timing' - Barclays downgraded Dell, HPE, and NetApp on concerns that enterprise AI adoption is lagging.

OpenAI sued by 8 states over ChatGPT safety concerns - OpenAI is facing mounting scrutiny over its safety and security practices, including around how the company is working to protect children.

CoreWeave shares tumble as bond yields near 15% on concern about AI borrowing binge - Shares of CoreWeave sank 15%, while yields in its bonds blew out further.

How high inflation became a 'fact of life' in the U.S. - U.S. inflation has stayed elevated for years, raising concern at the Federal Reserve that consumers may come to expect stubbornly high prices.

Consumer prices rose 3.7% annually in September as gas prices skyrocket - The consumer price index was expected to increase 0.6% in September on a monthly basis and 3.6% from a year ago, according to the Dow Jones consensus forecast.

'Godzilla El Niño' is wreaking havoc with Philippine central bank's inflation forecasts - The Philippine central bank is running policy scenarios for a severe El Niño on top of the oil shock, with inflation at a three-year high.

The latest inflation data is expected to show price increases are accelerating - Economists expect the consumer price index for September to rise 0.6% on the month and 3.6% year over year.

In charts: How one of the world's biggest economies got trapped by debt - France opens debate on its 2027 budget as high deficits, rising debt and student protests intensify pressure on lawmakers.

CFTC staff were told to retract analysis of suspicious oil trades - By Charles Gorrivan, Lydia Beyoud, and Nicola M. WhiteBloomberg Newsvia The Japan Times, TokyoWednesday, October 14, 2026 When U.S. President Donald Trump backed away from threats to strike Iranian power plants on March 23, it sparked a frenzy of buying and selling across oil, equities and other markets.Traders had grown accustomed to prices lurching wildly on developments in the Middle East.  ...

Bank of America fined $1.2 billion for money laundering and sanctions violations - By Samantha DelouyaCNN, New YorkTuesday, October 13, 2026 The U.S. Treasury Department today announced it was imposing a more than $1.2 billion fine on Bank of America, accusing the bank of violating anti-money laundering and sanctions laws. The bank, the second-largest in the U.S., failed to mitigate and report "priority national security risks, including Chinese money laundering networks and ...

DRCongo to demand franc payments, not dollars, to boost currency, investment - By Michael J. KavanaghBloomberg NewsMonday, October 12, 2026 Democratic Republic of Congo’s central bank will soon require a range of payments to be made in francs instead of dollars -- including to mining subcontractors -- to strengthen the local currency and encourage domestic investment, Governor Andre Wameso said. Miners, who are already required to repatriate 60% of their export revenues t...

Even CNBC gets it now: How China's gold-buying spree helps the yuan go global - How a Gold-Buying Sppree Helps the Yuan Go Global By Evelyn ChengCNBC, New YorkMonday, October 12, 2026 China's decades-long push for yuan internationalization is getting a lift from the buildout of Hong Kong as a gold trading center -- denominated in the Chinese currency. "As those trading volumes grow, there would be a growing volume of the physical gold trade that is denominated in RMB and n...

The game changer in Hong Kong's gold ambition is to serve as Shenzhen's jewelry hub - By Chow Chung-yanSouth China Morning Post, Hong KongMonday, October 12, 2026 https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3370195/game-changer-hong-kongs-gold-ambition-shenzhens-jewellery-hub Hong Kong's ambition to become an international gold trading centre rests not only on serving the nation's financial needs, but also on China's booming consumer market for gold. As the world's la...

Inflation Spreads across the Economy, Not Going Back into the Bottle: CPI, Core CPI, Core Services CPI Spike - Core services CPI +4.5% annualized, Core CPI +4.1% annualized, all-items CPI +8.1% annualized in September from August.

The Social Security COLA for 2027 Will Be Largest since 2023 - The numbers are out for the Cost-of-Living Adjustments for Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income.

Sales of Existing Single-Family Homes Scrape along Bottom of 4-Year Dumpster, Supply at 11-Year High. Condo Sales at Record Low, Supply at Record High - Affordability crisis has softened in markets where home prices have fallen for a few years and hourly earnings have risen, but has worsened in others.

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, ...

This Day In Market History: Legal Tender Act Of 1862 - What Happened? On this day in 1862, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Legal Tender Act into law. Where The Market Was: The Legal Tender Act predates both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones ...

Legal Tender - Legal tender is a medium of payment recognized by a legal system to be valid for meeting a financial obligation. Paper currency and coins are common forms of legal tender in many countries. Legal ...

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 ...

Kalshi CEO says state-led oversight of U.S. prediction markets would push them out - CEO Tarek Mansour said he feels "pretty good" about the pending outcome of the current legal fight over who has the right to regulate prediction markets.

AI agents make 138 million crypto payments as U.S. dominates spending on AI models - U.S.-linked wallets account for just over 88% of tracked AI model payments, dwarfing China’s 0.1% share, according to new Chainalysis research.

Crypto Long & Short: Why gold and bitcoin belong in the same portfolio -
EasyA hits $1.1 billion valuation, targets 2027 public listing and tokenized shares - The blockchain and AI developer platform has completed two years of audits and wants its shares available onchain from the first day of trading.

BlackRock's crypto ETF assets surge 63% but remain far below 2025 peak - The asset manager's crypto assets surged 63% to $79.6 billion as investors returned, but holdings remain 23% below year-ago levels.

Former FTX Europe chief targets U.S. tokenized stock trading with new SEC exemption - Nasdaq-listed Perpetuals.com is the second company to pursue a U.S. tokenized stock marketplace under the SEC's new framework, following a joint venture between OKX and NYSE parent ICE.

America's growing digital economy requires power grid updates. Who will foot the bill? - Congress must decide how the U.S. can build the infrastructure its booming digital economy requires while protecting the communities that host it.

Kraken parent Payward to become first crypto firm to buy a EU bank as it expands into deposits, lending - Payward agreed to buy Lithuania’s Saldo Bank, which holds $190 million in total assets, securing an EU license for deposits and lending.

U.S. September CPI comes in hot, sending bitcoin sharply lower - The news could put multiple rate hikes by the Federal Reserve back into play.

Here's how analysts see U.S. inflation influencing bitcoin - Your day-ahead look for Oct. 14, 2026

Polygon Rolls Out US-Regulated Payments With Completed Coinme Deal - Polygon Labs has completed its acquisition of crypto payments company Coinme, bringing regulated U.S. payment capabilities to its Open Money Stack platform and expanding its push into stablecoin-powered financial services. Polygon Gets Regulated Payments via Coinme Polygon Labs announced Wednesday, Oct. 14, that it has finalized its acquisition of Coinme, giving its payments business regulatory...

Chainlink Expands Market Data to Stellar’s $4B Tokenized Asset Ecosystem - Chainlink’s data infrastructure is now live on the Stellar blockchain, opening the door to new decentralized finance (DeFi) applications across a network that already supports more than $4 billion in tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). Chainlink Arrives on Stellar The Stellar Development Foundation announced that Chainlink’s Data Feeds and Data Streams are available to developers, providing […]

Standard Chartered Brings Bitcoin Trading and Custody to Affluent UAE Clients - On Wednesday, the banking giant managing nearly $1 trillion in assets, Standard Chartered, revealed it is making new moves inroads in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The bank explained that it is making it possible for wealthy clients in the UAE to buy and sell bitcoin and ether directly through their regular bank accounts. Standard […]

OCC Blows Lid Off Debanking Practices at America’s 9 Bank Giants - America’s largest national banks face fresh scrutiny after federal regulators discovered that all nine maintained policies that could restrict financial services based on political beliefs, religious affiliations, or lawful business activities. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reviewed nearly 100,000 complaints and 420,000 pages of documents, uncovering decisions involving Tr...

Bitcoin Price Slips as Saylor’s Bull Market Call Meets Reality - Bitcoin’s price tapped an intraday low of $81,500 per coin on Wednesday, Oct. 14, as hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation data rattled financial markets and triggered a wave of leveraged liquidations. Roughly $331 million in cryptocurrency positions vanished over 24 hours, with bullish traders absorbing most of the damage. The sell-off offered an awkward counterpoint to Strategy […]

Lawsuit Alleging Bank Played Role in Facilitating "Jeffrey Epstein's … Sex-Trafficking Operation" Can Go Forward - From Molchonova v. FirstBank Puerto Rico & First Bancorp, decided today by Judge Jed Rakoff (S.D.N.Y.): On September 25, 2026,… The post Lawsuit Alleging Bank Played Role in Facilitating "Jeffrey Epstein's … Sex-Trafficking Operation" Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Trump's $90 Checks to Seniors Look a Lot Like Vote Buying - With the midterms rapidly approaching, Trump is sending out billions in taxpayer money to court Medicare-enrolled seniors.

Second Amendment Rights Forfeited by Past Terroristic Threats Conviction - Some excerpts from the long Third Circuit en banc opinion yesterday by Judge Stephanos Bibas in U.S. v. Bost (for… The post Second Amendment Rights Forfeited by Past Terroristic Threats Conviction appeared first on Reason Magazine.

America: Democracy or Republic? - I'm interviewed about this roughly at about 3:15 to 6:30 of this episode of PBS's Civics Made Easy series. Unfortunately,… The post America: Democracy or Republic? appeared first on Reason Magazine.

A Trump Appointee Says the President Likely Violated the First Amendment by Banishing Disfavored Journalists - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly granted a preliminary injunction to CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, which Trump banned from the White House because of their "purposely negative stories."

Second Amendment Rights Not Forfeited by Past Drunk Driving Conviction - From yesterday's Third Circuit en banc opinion in Williams v. Attorney General, written by Judge Paul Matey (and citing, among… The post Second Amendment Rights Not Forfeited by Past Drunk Driving Conviction appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Posting About This 'Robot Sexual Assault' in Germany Could Be a Crime - Let's unpack the latest dystopian tech news—and German cops' dystopian response. 

Trump's Plan To Buy Russian Diesel Would Violate Federal Law - If laws passed by Congress do not apply to presidential actions, then we no longer live in a democracy.

New on SCOTUSBlog: "Witnessing a reorientation of the First and Second Amendments on the Roberts court" - "What a difference two decades has made for the First and Second Amendments."

How Local Governments Turn Minor Violations Into Financial Ruin - The Supreme Court will soon have a chance to rein in excessive fines.

This isn’t an Instruction Manual. It’s a Warning. How Empires Fall. - Collapse is self-inflicted: Benjamin Franklin knew the pattern all through history. In 1773, he wrote a masterpiece of biting satire - 20 rules for how a great empire destroys itself from within by making its own people see it as detestable. It was supposed to be a warning, but London completely ignored it and paid the price. Once you hear his “rules,” judge for yourself. Is this just another h...

Lost Cause: The Federal Government will Never Limit Itself - Going to the federal government to convince the federal government to limit its own power? That’s not just dumb strategy and a lost cause. It’s dangerous to the Constitution and liberty. On this episode, it’s James Madison’s blueprint for beating the feds without relying on the feds to magically limit their own power. Plus the right to keep and bear arms as the ultimate safeguard for freedom. T...

The Word “Emergency” Doesn’t Exist in the Constitution. That’s no Accident. - That means the rules of the constitution apply whether someone calls it an “emergency” or not. On this episode, it’s the founders’ long-forgotten warning about the oldest weapon in the book. Let politicians have extra power or funding because THEY declare an emergency? And you’ll get never-ending emergencies. The post The Word “Emergency” Doesn’t Exist in the Constitution. That’s no Accident. a...

DHS Inspector General Finds That TSA is Not Properly Safeguarding Passenger Facial Recognition Data - EFF legal intern Gabrielle Ladun was the principal author of this post.  The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) has published a summary of findings from its audit of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) facial recognition technology. While the detailed findings are classified, the summary states that the OIG’s audit uncovered a “significant weakn...

🗣 A Victory for Freedom of Speech Online | EFFector 38.18 - No one should have to think twice before criticizing the government online. But a mass surveillance program known as "Catch and Revoke" was created to make millions do just that. EFF and other defenders of free speech are fighting back. In our latest EFFector newsletter, we're talking about a key court win for our lawsuit challenging this unconstitutional surveillance program. JOIN OUR NEWSLETT...

As Federal Court Rules ALPRs are Mass Surveillance, EFF Gets Disappointing Ruling - In an extremely disappointing ruling, a California trial court dismissed SIREN v. San Jose, our case challenging the city of San Jose’s warrantless searches of its vast stores of automated license plate reader (ALPR) data. EFF and the ACLU of Northern California represent SIREN and CAIR California, two non-profits that serve San Jose residents, in this case. Make no mistake: We believe this rul...

Court Denies Immunity for Judge Who Personally Jailed Two Innocent Kids, Upholds Damages - ST. LOUIS, Mo.—On Tuesday, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a judge who personally jailed two innocent children after a 2019 custody hearing is […] The post Court Denies Immunity for Judge Who Personally Jailed Two Innocent Kids, Upholds Damages appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Texas City Hits Learning Pod with Cease-and-Desist in Violation of State Law - After working in K-12 education for nearly 30 years, including teaching special education and serving as a summer school principal, in 2025 Ruby Brock founded […] The post Texas City Hits Learning Pod with Cease-and-Desist in Violation of State Law appeared first on Institute for Justice.

New Decision in Ongoing Legal Saga of Atlanta Family Wrongly Raided by FBI SWAT Team - ATLANTA—A three-judge panel of the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in the years long lawsuit brought by an Atlanta family whose […] The post New Decision in Ongoing Legal Saga of Atlanta Family Wrongly Raided by FBI SWAT Team 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 ...

This Week in Gun Rights - THIS WEEK IN THE FIGHT Here’s what you may have missed this week in the fight for the Second Amendment… This week, ATF confirmed that guidance is incoming on GOA’s historic victory against the registration requirements of the National Firearms Act…  Also, ATF confirmed to Congress that they have more than 1.4 billion records in their illegal registry of guns … Read more

GOA Sues City of Jacksonville, Florida Over Illegal Gun-Free Zones - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  September 29, 2026  Jacksonville, FL — Gun Owners of America (GOA), Gun Owners Foundation (GOF), Florida Carry, and individual plaintiffs have filed a lawsuit challenging firearm restrictions enforced at City-owned venues across Jacksonville. The suit (Case No. 16-2026-CA-006676-AXXX-MA) names the City of Jacksonville, Sheriff T.K. Waters, and Mayor Donna Deegan—and chall...

President Trump Just Killed DOJ’s Appeal - PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD DOJ: DON’T APPEAL GOA’S WIN! Thank you to President Trump for supporting the Second Amendment! President Trump personally ordered the Justice Department not to appeal our NFA victory. The deadline to file would have been October 5th. But, ATF still hasn’t issued guidance for FFLs and gun owners on how to proceed after the win. GOA has … Read more

SoFi, Figure co-founder raises $19M for newest venture - “The problem that we've created in blockchain,” Navra co-founder Mike Cagney said, “is we've been building for this native crypto audience, but not for the real world.”

Kraken parent eyes EU license with bank acquisition - Buying Lithuania-based Saldo Bank would give Payward an upgrade from the Ireland-issued electronic money institutions license it now carries. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

OCC blasts debanking instances by JPMorgan, others in report - The agency combed through the policies and individual account-closing decisions at nine banks, alleging discrimination, mostly against conservatives. The CFPB also said it would investigate.

JPMorgan rounds up payments partners - The biggest U.S. bank has been leveraging relationships to better integrate software and keep up with industry trends, among other purposes.

JPMorgan to livestream fraud-fighting event to 700 branches - The panel, highlighting scam methodology and the tools that banks and customers can use to fight back, comes as the cost to victims soars, according to Gallup and the Federal Trade Commission.

State Street's new wealth-services unit notches early win - A deal announced Wednesday validates the company's decision to reverse course and re-enter a market it exited five years ago, CEO Ron O'Hanley said.

Why Scotiabank is investing in working capital and liquidity - Widespread geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty is shaping the Toronto-based bank's commercial payment strategy as it looks to deepen client relationships in transaction banking and capitalize on its footprint in Mexico.

How AI will impact payments - Leigh Amaro, Chief Executive of the Americas at Swift, talks with American Banker payments reporter Joey Pizzolato at SIBOS about AI and its impact on the payments sector.

Should banks prepare for an 'agentic buy button''? - Visa risk executive James Mirfin says tools designed to manage e-commerce include concepts that can be applied to managing AI agent risk.

Debanking makes a campaign stop in Kentucky - Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., and Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould touted the OCC's recent debanking report, which called out large banks for allegedly turning customers away because of their industry and beliefs.

Pushing the monetary frontier: stablecoins and tokenised deposits - Speech by Mr Pablo Hernández de Cos, General Manager of the BIS, at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, 28 August 2026.

BIS residential property price statistics, Q1 2026 - Real global house prices declined by 1.2% year on year (yoy) in the first quarter of 2026.

Effective resolution strategies and plans for insurers – Executive Summary - The Key Attributes of Effective Resolution Regimes for Financial Institutions (Key Attributes) of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) require resolution plans to be developed for all financial institutions, including insurers, that could be systemically significant or critical upon failure.

Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on August 17, September 9, and September 16, 2026 - Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on August 17, September 9, and September 16, 2026

Federal Reserve Board releases results of the 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances, which provides the public and policymakers with detailed insights into the economic condition of American families - Federal Reserve Board releases results of the 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances, which provides the public and policymakers with detailed insights into the economic condition of American families

Federal Reserve Board announces enforcement action against American Express Company to address, among other things, the firm’s failure to sufficiently detect and report certain suspicious activity ... - Federal Reserve Board announces enforcement action against American Express Company to address, among other things, the firm’s failure to sufficiently detect and report certain suspicious activity related to money laundering

Press Release: FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance - PRESS RELEASE | OCTOBER 5, 2026 FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance WASHINGTON—The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC...

Press Release: FDIC Announces Conclusion of Independent Monitorship - PRESS RELEASE | SEPTEMBER 30, 2026 FDIC Announces Conclusion of Independent Monitorship WASHINGTON — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (...