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Taiwan punishes Deutsche Bank, others in currency speculation case

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From Reuters
Sunday, February 7, 2021

TAIPEI -- Taiwan's central bank said today it had banned Deutsche Bank from trading Taiwan dollar deliverable and non-deliverable forwards and suspended it for two years from trading forex derivatives as part of a crackdown on speculation.

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Silver coins still in high demand even with drop in metal price

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Yvonne Yue Li
Bloomberg News
via Yahoo News
Thursday, February 4, 2021

Americans can't get enough silver coins despite declining metal prices since the Reddit buying frenzy unraveled.

Palladium broke price suppression and silver will too, fund manager Middelkoop says

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:27p ET Friday, February 5, 2021

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Interviewed today by Daniela Cambone of Stansberry Research, "The Big Reset" author and Dutch commodity fund manager Willem Middelkoop says that physical demand for palladium broke the suppression of the metal's price by derivatives and he expects the same to happen with silver.

Biden withdraws Judy Shelton's nomination for Fed board

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By Andrea Shalal
Reuters
Friday, February 5, 2021

WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden on Thursday withdrew from consideration Donald Trump's contentious nomination of Judy Shelton to fill a vacant seat at the Federal Reserve.

Robert Lambourne: BIS executive's speech hints central banking will attack bitcoin soon

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Robert Lambourne
Friday, February 5, 2021

It always amuses me when somebody makes a set of arguments to justify his predetermined position. That's the case with the address given last week to the Hoover Institution by Agustín Carstens, general manager of the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland. It was titled "Digital Currencies and the Future of the Monetary System":

Nigeria's central bank orders cryptocurrency accounts to close

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ruth Olurounbi
Bloomberg News
Friday, February 5, 2021

Nigeria's central bank ordered deposit-taking banks and other financial institutions to immediately close accounts transacting in or operating cryptocurrency exchanges, saying such deals are "prohibited."

State legislatures eye sound-money reforms

Section: Daily Dispatches

By JP Cortez
Money Metals News Service, Eagle, Idaho
Monday, February 1, 2021

More state lawmakers than ever are introducing sound-money legislation in the opening days of the 2021 legislative session.

Several states will consider measures to remove sales or general excise taxes from the purchases of gold, silver, and other precious metals.

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J.S. Kim: The real short squeeze is in gold and silver, not GameStop

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:06a ET Thursday, February 4, 2021

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Market analyst John S. Kim writes today that the real financial market squeeze is in gold and silver, not GameStop and AMC Entertainment shares.

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