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CME to offer 1-ounce gold futures to divert retail demand from real metal

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CME to Offer 1-Ounce Gold Futures to Meet Surging Demand From Retail Traders

By Yvonne Yue Li
Bloomberg News
via Yahoo News, Sunnyvale, California
Thursday, December 5, 2024

CME Group Inc. will start offering a one-ounce gold futures contract in January to meet surging demand from retail investors amid bullion's record-breaking rally.

Fed chairman's brazen lies about gold go unchallenged at NY Times conference

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:54a ET Friday, December 6, 2024

Ðear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Money Metals writer Mike Maharrey yesterday shot down the laughable assertion made this week by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell that bitcoin is, "like gold," merely a "speculative asset" and thus a competitor with gold, not the dollar, because people aren't using bitcoin for payments or as a store of value.

Mali issues arrest warrant for Barrick Gold CEO Bristow

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By Katarina Höije and William Clowes
Bloomberg News
via Yahoo News, Sunnyvale, California
Thursday, December 5, 2024

Mali's military-controlled government has issued an arrest warrant for money laundering against Barrick Gold Corp. Chief Executive Officer Mark Bristow amid an escalating dispute over mine revenues in the West African nation.

The authorities in Mali are also seeking to arrest Abbas Coulibaly, the general manager of the Canadian mining company's Loulo-Gounkoto complex, according to people familiar with the matter.

Jan Nieuwenhuijs: Repatriated gold reaches historic highs

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By Jan Nieuwenhuijs
Money Metals Exchange, Eagle, Idaho
Thursday, December 5, 2024

The share of global official gold reserves NOT stored at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Bank of England in London has reached 78% in 2024, from 51% in 1972.

The shift in this ratio appears to be accelerating and can be seen as a proxy for the West’s decline in financial dominance.

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From the New Orleans Investment Conference: The future of money

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By Brien Lundin
Gold Newsletter/Golden Opportunities
New Orleans Investment Conference
Metairie, Louisiana
Thursday, December 5, 2024

This year's 50th anniversary New Orleans Conference was packed full of highlights, but one of the best was our Future of Money Panel.

This is always a thought-provoking panel, and over recent years it has featured a number of today's most insightful monetary and macroeconomic experts exploring big ideas and providing compelling forecasts.

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Bitcoin is a competitor for gold, not dollar, Fed chairman says

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By Rocio Fabbro
Quartz, New York
Wednesday, December 4, 2024

While cryptocurrency fans like to float bitcoin as a possible replacement for the U.S. dollar, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell doesn't quite see it that way.

Speaking today at The New York Times DealBook Summit in Manhattan, the central banker said bitcoin is a speculative asset like gold rather than something comparable to a currency.

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George Will: What is the Federal Reserve for, exactly?

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Central bank's 'too leveraged to fail' principle has created a poisonous bailout culture 

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By George Will
The Washington Post
Friday, November 29, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/11/29/federal-reserve-bailouts-moral-hazard/

Silver's prospects discussed by GoldSeek Radio's Waltzek and GATA Chairman Murphy

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:25p ET Monday, December 2, 2024

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldSeek Radio's Chris Waltzek today discusses silver's prospects with GATA Chairman Bill Murphy, who says JPMorganChase is still working to prevent the white metal from catching up to gold.

The interview is 8 1/2 minutes long and can be heard at GoldSeek's companion site, SilverSeek, here:

https://silverseek.com/article/goldseek-radio-nugget-bill-murphy-bad-guys-are-getting-out

Australia's Northern Star plan to buy De Grey Mining for US$3.3 billion

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By Melanie Burton and Aaditya Govind Rao
From Reuters
Monday, December 2, 2024

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Australian gold miner Northern Star Resources said today it will buy De Grey Mining in an all-share deal valuing the smaller miner at A$5 billion (US$3.3 billion) as high gold prices spur consolidation in the sector.

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