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GoldMoney's Roy Sebag: Gold's greatest virtue

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:27p ET Friday, June 25, 2021

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Turning philosophical in his company's annual shareholder letter, GoldMoney CEO Roy Sebag argues that gold's greatest virtue is "is in helping the common man ascertain the truth when he is asked to buy into new economic and political ideologies by those within or outside of the power structure."

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If Basel 3 is enforced, it will support gold, 'Rigged' author Englert says

Section: Daily Dispatches

11p Friday, June 26, 2021

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Stuart Englert, author of "Rigged," a history of gold market manipulation by central banks, was interviewed this week about the new "Basel 3" banking regulations by Investing News Network's Charlotte McLeod, concluding that if they are implemented and enforced, the regulations are likely to support gold prices. The interview is 20 minutes long and can be viewed at YouTube here:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O-Zkhw_nPU

Alasdair Macleod: Inflation and asset and consumer prices

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Wednesday, June 24, 2021

"The Fed finds itself between a rock and a hard place: either it keeps inflating or the whole confidence-based valuation of financial assets collapses. Either it raises interest rates or the dollar collapses."

Bolivia may require all gold production to be offered to its central bank

Section: Daily Dispatches

Black Market Bullion Is in Crosshairs of Bolivian Lawmakers

By Sergio Mendoza
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, June 23, 2021

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-23/black-market-bullion-is-in-the-crosshairs-of-bolivian-lawmakers

Bolivian lawmakers are debating a bill that would require all gold produced in the country to be offered to the central bank as the nation builds its reserves and cracks down on the illegal bullion trade.

Judge blocks FBI from keeping cash, gold, and silver seized in Beverly Hills raid

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Michael Finnegan
Los Angeles Times
Wednesday, June 23, 2021

A federal judge has blocked the FBI from confiscating some of the valuables it seized from safe deposit boxes at a Beverly Hills business, saying the government appeared to be violating the owners' rights.

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Poland's central bank adds 60,000 ounces of gold, contemplates more

Section: Daily Dispatches

From the Warsaw Business Journal
Tuesday, June 22, 2021

The National Bank of Poland has increased its gold reserves to 230.54 tonnes. It pointed to the possibility of introducing a strategy that provides for the purchase of 100 tonnes of gold to the domestic reserves over the next few years. 

MarketWatch's Myra Saefong: Why Basel 3 is poised to shake up the gold market

Section: Daily Dispatches

5:50p ET Thursday, June 24, 2021

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

MarketWatch.com's Myra P. Saefong provides tonight what may be the best mainstream financial news organization report so far about the impact of the new Basel 3 regulations on the gold market. It quotes, among others, Gold Newsletter editor and New Orleans Investment Conference manager Brien Lundin and GoldMoney research director Alasdair Macleod. It's headlined "Why Basel 3 Regulations Are Poised to Shake Up the Gold Market" and it's posted at MarketWatch here:

Basel 3's gold rules start Monday but it probably won't be the day of deliverance

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:54p ET Thursday, June 24, 2021

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Many people involved with the monetary metals may be eagerly awaiting Monday, when the "Basel 3" regulations on unallocated gold held by bullion banks take effect in the European Union, supposedly making the unallocated business prohibitively expensive. 

Of course there are great hopes that implementation of the rules will begin to explode the fraud of "paper gold" by which gold's price long has been suppressed with the assistance of central banks.

Central banks step up fight against cryptocurrencies

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Eva Szalay
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Central banks have intensified their criticism of cryptocurrencies as battle over the monetary system escalates, arguing that digital tokens such as bitcoin have few redeeming features and "work against the public good."

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Central bank digital currencies get full backing from BIS

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Marc Jones
Reuters
Wednesday, June 23, 2021

LONDON -- The Bank for International Settlements has given its full backing to the development of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), saying they are needed to modernise finance and ensure 'Big Tech' does not take control of money.

Dubbed the central bank to the world's central banks, the BIS, which is coordinating many of their discussions on digital currencies, set out recommendations on Wednesday on how a CBDC such as a digital dollar, euro, yen or yuan should look.

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