Daily Dispatches

London's gold market demands green credentials for producers

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2018-06-13 11:44 Section: Daily Dispatches

How hypocritical! For the LBMA is the agent of central bank price suppression policy, which induces miners to skimp on environmental protection and remediation -- to take the metal and run, leaving polluted gashes in the land.

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By Henry Sanderson
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, June 12, 2018

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Tether was used to manipulate bitcoin price, study says

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2018-06-13 11:33 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Matt Robinson and Matthew Leising
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Tether, one of the most-traded cryptocurrencies, shows a pattern of being spent on Bitcoin at pivotal moments, helping to drive the world's first digital asset to a record price in December, according to research by a University of Texas professor known for flagging suspicious activity in the VIX benchmark.

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Craig Hemke at Sprott Money: EFP use for Comex gold is beyond belief

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2018-06-12 20:35 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:34p ET Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Craig Hemke at Sprott Money: Social Security deficit will be monetized

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2018-06-11 12:43 Section: Daily Dispatches

12:43p ET Monday, June 11, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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GATA asks bank regulator to check risks of gold futures maneuver

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2018-06-10 12:17 Section: Daily Dispatches

12:21p ET Sunday, June 10, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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CFTC probes market manipulation -- but of bitcoin, not gold

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2018-06-10 11:14 Section: Daily Dispatches

As the fraternity brothers observed in "Animal House":

Boon: A vicious mother, isn't he?

Otter: He can't do that to our pledges.

Boon: Only we can do that to our pledges.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQR60rdKffw

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U.S. Regulator Demands Trading Data From Bitcoin Exchanges in Manipulation Probe

By Gabriel T. Rubin, Dave Michaels, and Alexander Osipovich

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Bitcoin tumbles most in two weeks amid South Korean hack

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2018-06-10 10:40 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Eric Lam and Jiyeun Lee
Bloomberg News
Sunday, June 10, 2018

Bitcoin extended losses for a third day, tumbling as much as 6 percent today as South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinrail said there was a "cyber intrusion" in its system.