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Vermont, New Jersey, Maine among the worst states on sound money

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From Money Metals News Service
Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Residents of Wyoming and South Dakota live in the most pro-sound money states in the United States, according to the 2023 Sound Money Index released today.

Money Metals Exchange, a national precious metals dealer, depository, and collateral lending institution, has again teamed up with the Sound Money Defense League, an influential public policy group, to produce this authoritative ranking.

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Dan Oliver: Collapse of FTX portends the collapse of all the bubbles

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1:27p ET Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Mirmikan Capital's Dan Oliver today published a brilliant review of the rise and fall of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, showing how it is a metaphor for all the big financial frauds that preceded it from centuries ago to the present, where even the most imaginary assets can attract and then vaporize enormous wealth.

Central banks to shift away from 'jumbo' interest rate rises as outlook darkens

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By Valentina Romei
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Central bankers are to shift toward a more gradual monetary tightening, economists predict, as recent "jumbo" rate moves show signs of taming inflation and officials acknowledge the growing threat of recession.

After central banks' last meetings and a cooling in U.S. inflation to 7.7% in October from 8.2% in September, markets are pricing in a greater probability of 50 basis point rather than 75bp rises in the banks’ next announcements, and smaller rate rises continuing into next year.

Bankrupt crypto storage firm FTX hit by mysterious outflow of about $662 million

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By Suvashree Ghosh
Bloomberg News
Saturday, November 12, 2022

Sam Bankman-Fried’s bankrupt digital-asset exchange FTX was hit by a mysterious outflow of about $662 million in tokens in the past 24 hours, the latest twist in one of the darkest periods for the crypto industry.

Customers still coming to terms with the platform's Friday plunge into Chapter 11 proceedings were subsequently confronted with what the general counsel of its U.S. arm, Ryne Miller, described as "abnormalities with wallet movements."

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Stefan Gleason: Crypto carnage exposes untold risks of unbacked digital wealth

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By Stefan Gleason
Money Metals Exchange, Eagle, Idaho
Thursday, November 10, 2022

Cryptocurrency markets were rattled this week by the abrupt collapse of FTX, a major exchange.

Facing a wave of customer requests for withdrawals, FTX announced it was experiencing "liquidity" issues. Rival firm Binance initially offered to help facilitate an emergency rescue of FTX.

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A top gold-buying central bank plans to acquire a lot more

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By Nariman Gizitdinov and Maria Kolesnikova
Bloomberg News
Thursday, November 10, 2022

The world's second-biggest buyer of gold among central banks last quarter believes there's hardly such a thing as too much bullion.

Uzbekistan has brought the share of the precious metal in its $32 billion reserves to almost two-thirds, in a reversal of a plan to cut it below 50% by buying U.S. and Chinese sovereign debt.

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Robert Lambourne: BIS is nearly out of its gold swap business

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By Robert Lambourne
Thursday, November 10, 2022

After 12 years in the gold swap business, the Bank for International Settlements seems to have just about gotten out.

The bank's October statement of account, just published --

https://www.bis.org/banking/balsheet/statofacc221031.pdf

The End Times arrive! Kitco covers gold manipulation in some detail

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2:08p ET Thursday, November 10, 2022

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

More evidence that the End Times are here!

Yesterday Kitco News editor Michelle Makori moderated a discussion about gold market manipulation with mining entrepreneur Frank Giustra taking the position that the manipulation emanates from government and mining entrepreneur Rick Rule taking the position that it doesn't.

Alasdair Macleod: Legal definitions of money and credit

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By Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Thursday, November 10, 2022

At these times of growing confusion over the future of currencies’ purchasing power, it is time to remove all doubt in the definitions of the differences between money, currency, and credit. This article traces the history and legal background to these relationships.

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