Daily Dispatches

'Buy bitcoin' overtakes 'buy gold' as online search phrase

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2017-11-07 09:38 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Eddie VanDer Walt
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Add bitcoin to the list of things denting gold's appeal.

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Ronan Manly: Will anyone notice LME's new gold and silver reference prices?

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2017-11-04 10:04 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:10a ET Saturday, November 4, 2017

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold researcher Ronan Manly today analyzes the London Metals Exchange's 2-month-old system of posting daily reference prices for gold and silver and finds it not yet very useful or competitive with the prices reported by the Intercontinental Exchange and London Bullion Market Association.

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TF Metals Report: Nothing really matters, anyone can see

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2017-11-03 12:30 Section: Daily Dispatches

12:30p ET Friday, November 3, 2017

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Hong Kong gold trade linked to Shenzhen; Dubai, Singapore, Myanmar next?

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2017-11-03 11:12 Section: Daily Dispatches

900 Kilos of Gold Traded After Launch of New 'Connect' System Linking Hong Kong and Shenzhen

By Enoch Yiu
South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
Friday, November 3, 2017

http://www.scmp.com/business/commodities/article/2118346/900-kilos-gold-...

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Site chosen for Texas bullion depository

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2017-11-03 10:48 Section: Daily Dispatches

From The Associated Press
via U.S. News & World Report, Washington
Friday, November 3, 2017

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/texas/articles/2017-11-03/leande...

AUSTIN, Texas -- An Austin-area city will be home to the Texas Bullion Depository, with construction expected to begin early next year.

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Bitcoin may be biggest challenge yet to gold and silver

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2017-11-03 09:25 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Mark DeCambre
MarketWatch.com, New York
Friday, November 3, 2017

Is bitcoin knocking some of the shine off gold?

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Iran asks Putin to eliminate use of dollar to isolate U.S.

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2017-11-02 19:19 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Belinda Robinson
Daily Express, London
Thursday, November 2, 2017

Iran's supreme leader has urged Russian president Vladimir Putin to join forces with Tehran to beat the United States' sanctions against them by ditching the dollar.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei branded the United States an enemy and urged Moscow to sever ties with the U.S. currency.