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Another gold-rich but mismanaged country sinks into hyperinflation again

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Specter of Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe Triggers Panic Buying

By Agence France-Press
via ENews Channel Africa, Johannesburg
Sunday, October 1, 2017

HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Driving to work last week, Dennis Zhemi found his usually busy neighborhood garage in the Zimbabwean capital Harare deserted and a forecourt attendant signalling "no fuel."

President's top candidate to lead Fed knows all about gold market rigging

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:36a ET Friday, September 29, 2017

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

President Trump's top candidate for the next chairman of the Federal Reserve Board appears to be former board member Kevin M. Warsh, who has complained repeatedly about the Fed's manipulation of markets and in 2009 revealed to GATA that the Fed has secret gold swap arrangements with foreign banks.

Cryptocurrencies drop as South Korea bans new coin offerings, margin trading

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Yuji Nakamura and Sam Kim
Bloomberg News
Friday, September 29, 2017

Ethereum and bitcoin dropped after South Korea banned domestic initial coin offerings and margin trading in cryptocurrencies.

Chaos and hackers stalk investors on cryptocurrency exchanges

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By Steve Stecklow, Alexandra Harney, Anna Irrera, and Jemima Kelly
Reuters
Friday, September 29, 2017

Dan Wasyluk discovered the hard way that trading cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin happens in an online Wild West where sheriffs are largely absent.

Monetary Metals provides lease rate charts to Goldseiten

Section: Daily Dispatches

Company Announcement
Friday, September 29, 2017

By Bron Suchecki

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona -- Monetary Metals announces that it has licensed its charts for the gold forward rate (GOFO), silver forward rate (SIFO), gold lease rate, and silver lease rate to the German precious metals internet site Goldseiten:

http://www.goldseiten.de

Ronan Manly: New London silver benchmarking has no wider participation

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:25a ET Friday, September 29, 2017

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Jan Skoyles: Report in FT is favorable to gold standard

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:15a ET Thursday, September 28, 2017

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldCore's Jan Skoyles today takes note of a report in -- of all places -- the Financial Times suggesting that the gold standard system produced fewer economic disasters than the fiat money system. Skoyles' commentary is headlined "Gold Standard Resulted in 'Fewer Catastrophes' -- FT" and it's posted at GoldCore here:

GoldMoney to accept bitcoin and ethereum for storage and exchange

Section: Daily Dispatches

Company Announcement
Thursday, September 28, 2017

Billionaire John Paulson targets gold-mining CEOs over pay

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By Anders Melin, Danielle Bochove, and Luzi-Ann Javier
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Billionaire John Paulson is building a coalition of major investors in some of the world's top gold producers to curb years of "value destruction" and excessive executive compensation in the industry.

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