Precious Metals and Market News

The next trillion matters more for gold than the next Fed rate hike - (Kitco News) - Something incredible happened this week, and even if you weren’t paying attention, the gold market certainly was.

Wall Street turns bullish on gold price ahead of the Fed, Main Street clings to slim bullish majority despite weekly slide - The latest Kitco News Weekly Gold Survey showed Wall Street returning to its bullish bias after gold’s late-week rebound, while Main Street further pared back its bullish majority following another weekly decline.

Gold price holds $4,300 support as CPI lifts Fed-hike odds - Kitco PM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are higher in late-afternoon U.S. trading Friday, as a pullback in crude oil and a softer U.S. dollar helped precious metals recover from Thursday’s inflation-driven selloff, even as markets priced a higher probability of a Federal Reserve rate hike next week.

The Fed can hike, but it won’t derail gold’s long-term bull market – analysts - (Kitco News) - The gold market is ending another week in negative territory as investors prepare for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next week.

Gold price holds near high after preliminary Consumer Sentiment falls to 47.8, inflation expectations spike - (Kitco News) - The gold market is trading near session highs after the latest data showed consumer sentiment in the U.S. declining, with inflation expectations shooting higher.The University of Michigan announced on Friday that the preliminary reading of its Consumer Sentiment survey for September was 47.8. The data was far worse than expectations, as the consensus forecast of economists c...

Gold, silver prices whipsaw as core CPI keeps Fed hike in play - Kitco AM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are sharply higher with extreme volatility in early U.S. trading Friday, after August core CPI rose more than expected and kept the Federal Reserve’s Sept. 15-16 rate decision tilted toward another hike.

Gold prices holding its ground following muted U.S. CPI data - (Kitco News) - The gold market is struggling to find any solid direction on Friday as U.S. inflation pressures remain elevated but have not accelerated.

Gold, silver prices tumble as hot PPI, oil shock lift yields - Kitco PM Report - (Kitco NewsWire) - Spot gold and silver prices are sharply lower in late-afternoon U.S. trading Thursday, as hotter wholesale inflation, a crude-oil surge and a jump in Treasury yields overwhelmed safe-haven demand tied to the U.S.-Iran war.

If these key gold price levels fail, expect accelerated near-term selling – TD Securities - (Kitco News) – Gold is outperforming other precious metals despite the headwinds of higher energy prices and rising Fed hike expectations, but Commodity Trading Advisors (CTA) and major funds could become sellers if gold breaks key support levels, according to commodity analysts at TD Securities.In a Thursday note, TD Securities’ Ryan McKay and Bart Melek wrote that while gold has given up some...

Gold’s record prices are reshaping demand as investors replace jewelry buyers - Metals Focus - (Kitco News) - Investment demand has been a critical pillar of support for gold in recent years and, while the unsustainable rise in global sovereign debt remains a key driver in the precious metal’s long-term uptrend, one research firm is warning investors to keep an eye on another pillar that has weakened.

Beijing Threatens To Cancel Trump-Xi Summit If US Approves New Arms Sales To Taiwan - Beijing Threatens To Cancel Trump-Xi Summit If US Approves New Arms Sales To Taiwan Chinese President Xi Jinping used today's 18th BRICS Summit to push for a greater diplomatic role in Gulf affairs. The move appears to be transforming the bloc's economic weight into geopolitical influence, really positioning it as a counterweight to US foreign policy. Beijing's leverage also rest...

Gen Z Has No Idea What 9/11 Is - Gen Z Has No Idea What 9/11 Is Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Twenty-five years after Islamist hijackers murdered 2,977 people on American soil, a young man in Lower Manhattan looked at 2,977 memorial drones drawing the towers in the night sky and asked why anyone would build a "fake" building. He called the Tribute in Light the "Batman signal." This is what ha...

Left-Wing Media Doxxes And Attacks Black "Rogue" Lindsay Clancy Juror - Left-Wing Media Doxxes And Attacks Black "Rogue" Lindsay Clancy Juror Critics say they have never seen a more egregious example of political groups and the media attempting to expose and destroy a juror for not making the decision they wanted.  During the Lindsay Clancy trial Judge William Sullivan sealed the identities of all 12 jurors until at least September 18th, citing safety...

No Secretary Bessent, We Aren't Magically Growing Our Way Out Of Debt - No Secretary Bessent, We Aren't Magically Growing Our Way Out Of Debt Authored by Vincent Cook via The Mises Institute, As the official federal debt hit the $40 trillion mark and attracted a lot of negative publicity, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tried to reassure CNBC's Sara Eisen in an August 20 interview that there is nothing to worry about: Well, yes, I mean, look, Sara,...

"Riyadh In Difficult Position": Saudis Shutter Critical East-West Pipeline After Drone Attacks - "Riyadh In Difficult Position": Saudis Shutter Critical East-West Pipeline After Drone Attacks Saudi Arabia temporarily shut its 7 million-barrel-a-day East-West pipeline following multiple drone attacks, exposing a massive vulnerability in a critical export route used to bypass the Strait of Hormuz during more than six months of US-Iran conflict. The closure puts new pressure o...

UK Government Reserves Two-Thirds Of Elite Jobs By Race; Leaked Doc Exposes - UK Government Reserves Two-Thirds Of Elite Jobs By Race; Leaked Doc Exposes Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Sixty-six per cent of the slots are ringfenced for staff who are ethnic minority, disabled, or from a lower socio-economic background. Everyone else - including the white working-class kids the same government claims to champion - can take whatever is left. They...

President Xi Urges BRICS To Stand On "Right Side Of History", Calls For Gulf Peace - President Xi Urges BRICS To Stand On "Right Side Of History", Calls For Gulf Peace At the 18th BRICS Summit earlier today, held at the Bharat Mandapam convention center in New Delhi, India, Chinese President Xi Jinping urged member nations to help end the war in the Middle East, positioning the bloc as a force for global stability. Speaking Saturday at the BRICS summit, Xi said me...

Tylenol Use In Pregnancy May Reduce Daughters' Fertility, Study Finds - Tylenol Use In Pregnancy May Reduce Daughters' Fertility, Study Finds Authored by Rachel Roberts via The Epoch Times, Female reproductive organ development could be impacted by a mother taking Tylenol - also known as acetaminophen or paracetamol - during pregnancy, according to researchers in Denmark. Tylenol and acetaminophen tablets in a CVS store, in this file photo. Ronaldo Sc...

Report Sounds Alarm Over Return Of Iranian Mass Ballistic Missile Production - Report Sounds Alarm Over Return Of Iranian Mass Ballistic Missile Production Among an array of shifting official goals of the Iran war offered by the US administration, there's one which has remained consistent: President Trump and White House officials have time and again proclaimed that Iran's ballistic missile arsenal is mostly obliterated. Yet, this very week - as well as the ...

Countries Have No Duty To Admit 13 Children From 3 Marriages In Yemen, Rules Top Human Rights Court - Countries Have No Duty To Admit 13 Children From 3 Marriages In Yemen, Rules Top Human Rights Court Via Remix News, A Yemeni asylum seeker living in the Netherlands cannot rely on family reunification rules to bring over children from two additional marriages that Dutch law does not recognize, ruled the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The ECHR dismissed the migrant's compla...

‘I still don’t have my MRI’: My health insurer canceled my plan without warning. Is that legal? - “It wasn’t an ACA plan, but it was meaningfully cheaper than anything I could find on the ACA exchange.”

‘I’m the executor’: My two siblings and I inherited an IRA. Can we just cash it out? - “Am I required to create three new inherited IRAs so that the firm can divide it equally?”

My 87-year-old mother wants to pay for my brother’s kids’ education. I don’t have children. How is that fair? - “Over the years, my mother and I have supplemented his income.”

I want to pay for every customer at my late husband’s favorite restaurant on his birthday. Could this backfire? - “I’m concerned that my card issuers might freeze or flag the cards when they suddenly see an extraordinary number of transactions.”

The Fed could raise interest rates three times. Here’s where the market could face the stiffest test. - Economists note that the Fed historically has not been content to raise rates only once.

This investment is safe from both Trump and the Democrats — and it pays 4.7% - There’s a safe haven hiding in plain sight.

Marvell is sitting on an incredibly ‘sticky’ business that could help it unlock a $30 billion opportunity - Marvell is best known for making custom chips — but an analyst notes there’s arguably more potential in supporting components and optical networking.

Tesla could transform the trucking business — and capitalize on high diesel prices - The EV maker aims to finally kick its long-awaited Semi truck into high gear — unlocking a potentially huge opportunity, according to Morgan Stanley.

Oracle shook off fears about AI spending, but its stock still loses ground - “Several of Oracle’s bear cases were addressed head on” in the latest earnings report, according to an analyst.

Salesforce’s stock has been riding a wave of AI optimism. Here’s what Wall Street wants to see next. - Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference next week could offer a glimpse of how its recently announced Claudeforce partnership with Anthropic will play out.

Here’s the inflation breakdown for August 2026 — in one chart - Inflation remained stubbornly high in August, largely on the back of higher energy prices amid the Iran war, economists said.

Tehran won’t surrender to the U.S., Iranian President Pezeshkian says, as India's Modi urges dialogue and peace - On his first visit to India, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said he will not surrender to the U.S. and Israel, as New Delhi renewed its appeal for peace.

Saudi Arabia shut down East-West crude oil pipeline after multiple attacks by drones from Iraq - Iran-allied Houthi militants in Yemen have escalated strikes on Saudi Arabia this week.

Anthropic's Amodei proposes plan to 'slow the pace' of advancing AI capabilities - Amodei's essay landed after an Anthropic researcher set off a firestorm on social media this week by announcing he quit his job at the company.

Oil's roundtrip back to $100. Why China could determine what happens next - The U.S. crude oil price on Thursday topped $102 per barrel for its highest close since May.

Inflation is outpacing wage growth again, squeezing Americans’ paychecks - In August, consumer prices rose 3.4% over the past year while wages increased just 3.1%.

Consumer outlook plunges in September as inflation outlook worsens - The survey's headline index hit a level of 47.8, down 7.5% from the August reading and off 13.2% from a year ago.

Record U.S. cyclosporiasis outbreak is over, CDC says - The largest outbreak, linked to shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms, sickened more than 12,000 people.

Inflation persisted in August, potentially locking in a Fed interest rate hike - The all-items consumer price index was expected to rise 0.4% in August, with core, excluding food and energy, showing a 0.2% gain, according to the Dow Jones consensus.

Friday's CPI inflation report is even more important than usual. Here's what to expect - The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the August consumer price index report at 8:30 a.m.

Alasdair Macleod: A credit crisis is unfolding - By Alasdair MacleodGoldMoney, TorontoFriday, September 11, 2026 Usually, credit crises are in the private sector. Today it's a global government funding crisis from which there's no rescue. Gold and silver are the escape route. This week brought the beginning of a government financing train wreck to public attention, affecting all G7 nations. That it is only the start of a crisis is the key poi...

More gold and silver investment money is diverted from metal to the imaginary - Kalshi Launches 'Perps' for Gold and Silver Following CFTC Approval, Expanding Futures Offerings By Davis GiangiulioCNBC, New YorkThursday, September 10, 2026 Kalshi has won approval to list perpetual futures tied to precious metals gold and silver in the U.S., in the latest development as the company seeks to grow its trading offerings beyond prediction markets.  The listing was originally fil...

Chinese miner takes Belt and Road to Papua New Guinea with $453 million gold deal - By Peter KerAustralian Financial Review, SydneyThursday, September 10, 2026 A Chinese state-backed resources group has cited Beijing's flagship Belt and Road infrastructure and influence initiative as the reason it is spending more than $1 billion acquiring mines and port projects across three islands in Papua New Guinea, largely from Australian companies. ... Dispatch continues below ... ... ...

Jim Rickards: China prepares for currency wars - By James RickardsThe Daily Reckoning, BaltimoreThursday, September 10, 2026 That China has a large quantity of gold in its official reserve position is not news. China's gold reserves have been rising substantially since 2009. At that time, Chinas official gold reserves were 1,054 metric tonnes (mt). Today those reserves stand at approximately 2,366 mt, an increase of about 124%. But that does ...

Brien Lundin: Gold and bonds are warning us - By Brien LundinGold Newsletter / Golden OpportunitiesMetairie, LouisianaWednesday, September 9, 2026 It might seem like everyone believes Kevin Warsh when he says he won't hesitate to raise rates. Well, everyone except one subset of investors: Those who keep buying gold. ... Dispatch continues below ... ... ADVERTISEMENT ... Power Metallic Defines High-Grade Maiden Resource at Lion Zone Aver...

Inflation Not Going Back into the Bottle: CPI, Core CPI, and Core Services CPI Bounce Back - Core services CPI +4.0% annualized, Core CPI +3.5% annualized, all-items CPI +4.9% annualized in August from July.

Bond Market Has a Cow, Treasury Yields Spike across the Board, 10-Year Yield near 5%, 30-Year Yield at 5.37% - Lots of Bad Stuff all at once, topped off by Trump’s $1.35 Trillion Free-Money Promise, $5,000 for every adult American, at the worst possible time.

Sales of Existing Single-Family Homes Sag Further, Supply Spikes to Decade High. Condo Sales Drop to Data-Low, Supply Spikes to 14-Year High - The average weekly mortgage rate, at 6.76%, is not high historically. Inflation is high. And home prices are high.

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 ...

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 ...

The $1 Trump coins are here. Why spending them is legal but tricky - The U.S. Mint began selling $1 Trump coins Wednesday. Why it matters: The Trump coin sits in a rare middle ground: The Mint is promoting it as a collectible, but under federal law, it has a face value ...

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, ...

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, ...

Ripple stablecoin chief sees $13 trillion corporate treasury opportunity for RLUSD - Payments and capital markets are driving growth for Ripple's $2.4 billion digital dollar as it looks to bring RLUSD to Europe under MiCA, the firm's Jack McDonald said.

Ditching bonds for bitcoin: How crypto can tackle the AI-heavy portfolio dilemma - Bitcoin Suisse says rising AI investment, government debt and weakening stock-bond diversification strengthen the case for adding bitcoin to traditional portfolios.

Staked ether should be seen as the benchmark of the decentralized economy - The yield-generating asset has a special place in the digital asset investor’s portfolio, argues GlobalStake’s Ryan Haczynski.

Bitcoin activity, passports exposed after Revolut falls for fake government request - Passports, selfies and home addresses were also handed over after the digital bank treated a fraudulent request as legitimate, but no customer funds were lost.

Robinhood CEO says companies shouldn't get veto over stock tokens in AMC feud - In a post on Friday, Vlad Tenev said securities issuers should control shareholder rights, but not separate products that track their publicly traded shares.

The legal drama of imprisoned Sam Bankman-Fried is waiting on its last act - The fallen leader of the former top exchange FTX is looking for answers from the U.S. Supreme Court.

With Fed rate hike all but assured, here's how markets might react - Traders could look past an expected Fed hike and weigh what higher rates are signaling about the economy.

India's richest state is exploring tokenizing its own assets to fund new infrastructure - Maharashtra is drafting a policy to tokenize the state's assets, including the electricity transmission infrastructure.

Metaplanet cuts executive reward pool by 41%, extinguishes $220 million in value - The bitcoin treasury firm cut the potential Series 10 share pool to 188.2 million.

Zodia Custody CEO Julian Sawyer steps down, becomes adviser - Sawyer will become a strategic adviser rather than take the helm of Zodia Solutions, as previously announced.

Ether ETFs Gain $216M as Bitcoin ETFs Extend 4-Day Outflow Streak - U.S. bitcoin ETFs posted a fourth straight day of outflows on Friday, losing $13.29 million. In contrast, ether funds moved sharply in the opposite direction, attracting $216.41 million and closing a fourth consecutive week with net inflows. Bitcoin ETFs Stay Negative With Bitcoin’s Price Stuck at $77K Friday brought a striking split across the crypto […]

Revolut Leaks Customer Data to Hackers Posing as State Agency - The institution shared personally identifiable information from an unknown number of users after receiving a request from an unauthorized government email account. The shared documents include identity details, ID and verification information, and financial statements, putting affected users at risk. Revolut Leaks Customer Information To Unidentified Threat Actors Revolut, a UK-based neobank, b...

Bitcoin Price Takes a $3,215 Ride Just to Land Back at $77K - Bitcoin’s price is hanging around $77,300 on Saturday morning, after somehow squeezing a $3,215 intraday adventure into a 24-hour gain of just 0.2%. That tiny move does a pretty good job of hiding what has actually been a wild ride underneath, as bitcoin’s longer-term structure remains intact while the short-term picture has clearly cooled, leaving […]

Bitcoin’s Price Just Drew an $85M Bet From Last Year’s ETH Top-Caller - An address that sold 50,600 ETH near the top in late 2025 has spent four days converting $85.42 million in stablecoins into 1,075.6 BTC, and it still holds $74.32 million in unspent dry powder. The Trade That Earned the Attention In late 2025, the whale liquidated 50,600 ETH at an average price of $2,921, a […]

Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP Burns $3.5M After Eric Trump and Beeple Mentions - Two public mentions, one from Eric Trump and one from digital artist Beeple, resolved the first bets written into Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP memecoin and permanently destroyed 10 million tokens worth about $3.56 million. The Bet Baked Into the Token LAPTOP doesn’t work like an ordinary memecoin, with thirty percent of its 1 billion supply being […]

Judge Sutton on "The Three Faces of American Constitutional Law" - This year's Sumner Canary Memorial Lecture at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

Can the Feds Ban You From Making Liquor in Your Own Home? - A challenge to the federal prohibition on home distilling could give the Supreme Court a chance to rein in Congress’ Commerce Clause power.

Today in Supreme Court History: September 12, 1958 - 9/12/1958: Cooper v. Aaron is decided. The post Today in Supreme Court History: September 12, 1958 appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Trump Said He Would Rid the Kennedy Center of 'Woke.' He Injected His Own Politics Instead. - This is what happens when you give the government control over artistic institutions.

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Court Upholds $7.85M Verdict for Employees Fired for Refusing to Get COVID-19 Vaccine - An excerpt from the long opinion today in Lewis-Williams v. S.F. Bay Area Rapid Transit Dist., decided by Judge Ryan… The post Court Upholds $7.85M Verdict for Employees Fired for Refusing to Get COVID-19 Vaccine appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Supreme Court Blocks Missouri's Messy, Trump-Backed Gerrymandering Fight - The decision ends a yearlong legal war spanning multiple lawsuits, contradictory state and federal court orders, and repeated appeals to the Supreme Court.

This California Social Media Law is a Privacy and Free Speech 'Nightmare' - California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed more than a dozen online safety and tech regulation bills into law this week.

How a Street Brawl Led to a 5th Circuit Case That Casts Doubt on the Constitutionality of Many Federal Laws - Challenging his conviction for illegal gun possession, Curtis Squire argues that the Commerce Clause cannot justify bans on intrastate, noncommercial conduct.

Jimmy Kimmel Didn't Air Talarico Interview Over Fear of FCC 'Equal Time' Threats - For the second time this year, Talarico appeared on a late-night show only to be bumped in response to federal threats.

Heading toward the Cliff - The American people are complaining about affordability. The prices of groceries, automobiles, movies, clothes, gasoline, rent, mortgage payments, and just about everything else are soaring. Many Americans are having a very difficult time making ends meet. The post Heading toward the Cliff appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

How to Beat an Empire: The Founders’ Ignored Blueprint - Paul Revere rode into Philadelphia on Sept 16, 1774 with urgent business for the First Continental Congress. His task? Deliver a document from Boston - a blueprint for total resistance. If adopted, secession from the British Empire would be unavoidable. On this episode, it’s Joseph Warren’s forgotten and ignored Suffolk Resolves: The American Revolution’s step-by-step guide for defeating tyrann...

You Don’t Have “2nd Amendment Rights.” You Just Have Rights. - Millions of people today refer to their rights by amendment number, as if they get them FROM the Bill of Rights. Like referring to their right to keep and bear arms as their “2nd Amendment Rights.” But the founders saw things far differently. The words on paper aren’t a permission slip for the people. They aren’t a “gun permit.” They are a restraining order for government: hands off our natural...

Governor Newsom Signs Student-Backed Digital Literacy Bills Alongside Misguided Bans - Governor Newsom signed a package of 12 bills yesterday aimed at “protecting children” online. One of them was AB 1709, which EFF has opposed this legislative session and serves as a functional ban on young people under 16 using social media. However, EFF supported two of the bills signed into law, AB 2071 and AB 2298, which require that children learn critical digital literacy and cybersecurity...

Cold TAKE: Amazon's New Encryption Method Still Doesn't Deliver Real Privacy - Amazon recently debuted a new feature for its Ring cameras that the company is calling Throw Away the Key Encryption (TAKE). The idea is to cut back on the amount of video content available to the company, and thus potentially available to law enforcement. But while it might technically add a speed bump to accessing full video content, it doesn’t deliver nearly the level of privacy we should be...

We All Deserve a Better Internet, Not A Smaller One - Bans Like California’s Don’t Fix What’s Wrong With Social Media Companies SAN FRANCISCO - Technology and the laws that regulate it should support and empower young people. California’s AB 1709 - signed into law today by Gov. Gavin Newsom - falls far short of this goal, say the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and its allies.    Using technology is how we learn and build community in today’s...

Public Invited to Select Their Favorite Neighborhood Businesses to Compete in Annual South Side Pitch - CHICAGO—Public input determines one of the lucky finalists for this year’s South Side Pitch. For the 13th year in a row, South Side entrepreneurs will […] The post Public Invited to Select Their Favorite Neighborhood Businesses to Compete in Annual South Side Pitch appeared first on Institute for Justice.

Innovative Hybrid Homeschool Program Fights for the Right to Teach After Being Wrongly Labeled as a Childcare Center - PITTSBURGH—Katy Duckstein created Roots Academy to work with other homeschool parents to provide instruction and socialization. Operating in Pittsburgh’s northern suburbs, Roots is an innovative […] The post Innovative Hybrid Homeschool Program Fights for the Right to Teach After Being Wrongly Labeled as a Childcare Center appeared first on Institute for Justice.

South Carolina Entrepreneur Files Lawsuit Challenging Irrational Ban on Mobile Beauty Services - GREENVILLE, S.C.—Brandi Rosemond is a former model born and raised in Greenville, whose dream is to operate a mobile beauty salon that travels the state. […] The post South Carolina Entrepreneur Files Lawsuit Challenging Irrational Ban on Mobile Beauty Services 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 ...

GOA LEADS INDUSTRY COALITION IN SUPREME COURT FIGHT TO DEFEND AR-15s - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  September 4, 2026  GOA LEADS INDUSTRY COALITION IN SUPREME COURT FIGHT TO DEFEND AR-15s  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF)—along with Century Arms, Canik USA, B&T USA and Fostech—filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down “assault weapons” bans in Viramontes v. Cook County.  What that case comes d...

This Week In Gun Control - THIS WEEK IN THE FIGHT Here’s what you may have missed this week in the fight for the Second Amendment… Biden’s “Ghost Gun” rule was struck down by the courts. GOA’s case against it is still active. Gun shops are passing ATF inspections after selling suppressors with no registration. A foreign ransomware gang hacked ATF. A federal judge struck down … Read more

PA: Legalize Suppressors - Let’s Eliminate Suppressor and SBR/SBS Restrictions in Pennsylvania Pennsylvanians should NEVER be treated like criminals for exercising their constitutionally-protected rights. Yet under Pennsylvania’s archaic Title 18, Section 908, law-abiding citizens face state criminal charges simply for possessing suppressors (hearing protection) and short-barreled firearms—tools that are widely owned acr...

Fed, Bowman sued over capital-requirements process - The advocacy group Better Markets alleged the central bank’s supervision chief met with bank CEOs to guide public comments in a way that would emphasize support for the proposals.

Banks keep cannabis at arm’s length over perceived risk: GAO - Financial institutions cite an evolving regulatory landscape among reasons for their uncertainty in serving the space, according to a wide-ranging report.

How Navy Federal harnesses AI to confront scam activity - A top anti-fraud executive at the credit union says thwarting scams requires “totally different” tools than fraud, and AI is providing both new threats and novel solutions.

HSBC CFO Pam Kaur to step down - The first woman to serve as finance chief at Britain’s largest bank will leave before next year’s annual general meeting and will not stand for re-election to the lender’s board.

Chime outgrew bank partner model, CEO says - “There's no question that we haven't been able to move as fast as we would like” with product launches, Chris Britt said Wednesday. Acquiring Stride Bank will give the fintech “complete control of our destiny.”

Maine bank hopes branch makeovers will attract deposits - Mirroring the efforts of a number of larger institutions, Portland-based Northeast Bank plans to open a de novo branch in Bangor and renovate its seven existing branches.

Nubank launches in the U.S. through a sponsor bank - The Brazilian digital bank is bringing its services to U.S. consumers through a partnership with Lead Bank as it awaits its own final charter approval.

AI fuels some RIA hiring plans, dampens others: Cerulli - Research from Cerulli Associates suggests that many RIAs have a long way to go with AI adoption while already finding possible ramifications for back-office staff.

New York tells banks to find their single points of failure - Regulators want firms to spot where several critical functions ride on one provider, a question the department's earlier vendor guidance did not ask.

BVNK and Marqeta dangle a payments lure for stablecoins - The digital asset and card-issuing firms are supplying the guts to enable transactions for cards and digital wallets, betting that Mastercard's ties to both firms will be attractive to banks, consumers and merchants.

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.

Agencies seek comment on proposed third-party risk management guidance and issue statement on community bank engagement with core service providers - Agencies seek comment on proposed third-party risk management guidance and issue statement on community bank engagement with core service providers

Agencies reduce regulatory burden for community banks, increase eligibility for 18-month exam cycle - Agencies reduce regulatory burden for community banks, increase eligibility for 18-month exam cycle

Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement actions with United Texas Bank, Quontic Bank Acquisition Corp., and Quontic Bank Holdings Corp. - Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement actions with United Texas Bank, Quontic Bank Acquisition Corp., and Quontic Bank Holdings Corp.

Press Release: Joint Readout of Principals’ Meeting of UK and U.S. Authorities Regarding Central Counterparty Resolution - PRESS RELEASE | SEPTEMBER 11, 2026 Joint Readout of Principals’ Meeting of UK and U.S. Authorities Regarding Central Counterparty Resolution WAS...

Press Release: Agencies Seek Comment on Proposed Third-Party Risk Management Guidance and Issue Statement on Community Bank Engagement with Core Service Providers - PRESS RELEASE | SEPTEMBER 11, 2026 Agencies Seek Comment on Proposed Third-Party Risk Management Guidance and Issue Statement on Community Bank Engagement with Core Service Providers ...