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Tom Luongo Basel 3 and the new role for gold
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2021-05-25 15:27 Section: Daily DispatchesHis hypothesis evokes 1974 warning to Kissinger, 2006 study by Peter Millar, and 2012 hypothesis by Paul Brodsky and Lee Quaintance.
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3:32p ET Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
An interesting hypothesis about the purpose of the "Basel 3" banking regulations being pressed by the Bank for International Settlements is offered by financial writer Tom Luongo in his new commentary, "Basel 3 and the New Role for Gold."
Ambrose Evans-Prtichard: Bitcoin fever is the primrose path to digital servitude
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2021-05-25 13:21 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Bitcoin is already a barbarous relic in fintech time. It has failed to make the grade as a daily means of exchange after 12 years of agitation, bar money laundering, cyber-extortion, and Iranian sanctions busting.
It has not progressed beyond the stage of a speculative asset. It is captivating but is not what the evangelists promised.
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Trove of Klondike Gold Rush artifacts donated to UBC
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2021-05-23 12:36 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Leonard Linklater
Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Ottawa
Saturday, May 22, 2021
You could call it the motherlode of Klondike Gold Rush artifacts.
It's a massive trove of historic books, letters, journals and other objects, amassed over the years by a moneyed collector and now donated to the University of British Columbia (UBC).
"It's an extraordinary collection. There's nothing like it, because of its size, and the kind of material it covers, and also the years that it covers," said UBC librarian Susan Parker.
GoldSilverPros' Robert Kientz gets Perth Mint's confirmation of a fractional-reserve gold vaulting system
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2021-05-23 12:18 Section: Daily Dispatches12:22p ET Sunday, May 23, 2021
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
In another video posted at YouTube, Robert Kientz of GoldSilverPros.com reported yesterday that a statement from the Perth Mint cnfirms what he alleged this week after a detailed examination of the mint's annual report -- that the mint is operating a fractional-reserve gold sales business and has sold its customers nearly a billion Australian dollars in metal the mint has not yet obtained.
Sound Money Defense League's Stefan Gleason interviewed by Bullion Star's Ronan Manly
Submitted by admin on Sat, 2021-05-22 00:07 Section: Daily Dispatches12:05a ET Saturday, May 22, 2021
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Bullion Star's Ronan Manly this week interviewed Stefan Gleason, founder of coin and bullion dealer Money Metals Exchange, about his work with the Sound Money Defense League
They discuss the league's advocacy of a return to constitutional money, the need to audit the U.S. gold reserve, the desirability of reducing state taxes on monetary metals purchases, the depreciation of the U.S. dollar, and other subjects.
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Robert Kientz of GoldSilverPros.com: Perth Mint runs a fractional-reserve metals scheme
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2021-05-21 23:49 Section: Daily Dispatches11:45p ET Friday, May 21, 2021
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Robert Kientz of GoldSilverPros.com reports this week that his detailed review with an accountant of the Perth Mint's latest annual report shows that the mint does not have all the metal it claims to vault for customers, nor enough cash to cover the difference, and that the mint is lending huge amounts of metal to unidentified entities.
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Gold pledging on the rise as stress hits Indian households
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2021-05-21 22:51 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Anuradha Shukla
The New Indian Express, Chennai
Friday, May 21, 2021
NEW DELHI -- With businesses shut, jobs lost, and salaries slashed, many people are pledging their household gold savings to borrow money to meet their essential expenditures as well as emergency medical requirements, show official data from the Reserve Bank of India.
Why Basel 3 might not bring the end of gold price suppression
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2021-05-21 13:59 Section: Daily Dispatches2:17p ET Friday, May 21, 2021
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Alasdair Macleod: Does the BIS really mean to destroy gold and silver derivatives?
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2021-05-20 23:02 Section: Daily DispatchesThe End of Paper Gold and Silver Markets
By Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
Thursday, May 20, 2021
This article looks at the likely consequences of the Bank for International Settlements' introduction of the net stable funding requirement (NSFR) for bank balance sheets, insofar as they apply to their positions in gold, silver, and other commodity markets.
Craig Hemke at Sprott Money: U.S. rates getting more negative and will boost gold
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2021-05-19 21:48 Section: Daily Dispatches9:45p ET Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Real short-term interest rates in the United States and growing more negative, Craig Hemke of the TF Metals Report writes today at Sprott Money, noting an announcement last week by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York that it will start buying longer-dated Treasury bonds, suppressing rates there too.
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