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Coincheck says it lost $400 million in crypto coins
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2018-01-26 19:21 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Yuji Nakamura and Andrea Tan
Bloomberg News
Friday, January 26, 2018
One of Japan's biggest cryptocurrency exchanges said that about $400 million in NEM tokens were lost after the coins were sent "illicitly" outside the venue, spooking investors in a country that's still wary of digital-token exchanges four years after the collapse of Mt. Gox.
CFTC to fine UBS, Deutsche, HSBC for futures spoofing, manipulation, sources tell Reuters
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2018-01-26 18:57 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Reuters
Friday, January 26, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cftc-enforcement-exclusive/exclus...
ECB executive warns against currency war
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2018-01-26 12:23 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Reuters
Friday, January 26, 2018
Attempts to target exchange rates risk setting off a currency war, a top European Central Bank executive argued today, just days after U.S. officials made their case for a weaker dollar to boost trade.
Nick Barisheff: Gold price manipulation isn't mere conspiracy theory anymore
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2018-01-25 19:46 Section: Daily Dispatches7:51p ET Thursday, January 25, 2018
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Mike Kosares: Why gold can beat hyperinflation
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2018-01-25 15:13 Section: Daily Dispatches3:15p ET Thursday, January 25, 2018
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
USA Gold's Mike Kosares, answering a question from the Netherlands, explains why gold prices are likely to outpace other prices during hyperinflation. Kosares' commentary is headlined "RK Asks for Some Specifics on Gold as a Hedge Against Hyperinflation" and it's posted at USA Gold here:
Alex Pollock: Confiscation of gold by the federal government -- a lesson
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2018-01-25 10:24 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Alex Pollock
Real Clear Markets, Washington
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Mnuchin comment surprises markets, turns dollar decline into 'one-way bet'
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2018-01-24 15:19 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Patti Domm
CNBC, New York
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's comment that a weak dollar is good for the country accelerated a decline in the currency and fed fears in a market already speculating that White House may make the dollar less attractive for the longer term. ...
Myanmar legalizes gold imports and exports
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2018-01-24 15:09 Section: Daily DispatchesGold Exports Now Permitted in Myanmar
By Thiha Ko Ko
Myanmar Times, Yangon
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Gold and gold jewelry and accessories have been legally cleared for import and export, the Ministry of Commerce said Monday.
Commerce secretary says U.S. isn't abandoning 'strong dollar' policy
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2018-01-24 11:45 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Matthew J. Belvedere
CNBC, New York
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross took issue today with media characterizations that the United States is departing from its historically strong dollar policy.
Craig Hemke: Will the bullion banks ever let silver join commodities rally?
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2018-01-24 10:05 Section: Daily Dispatches10:07a ET Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Weakness in the U.S. dollar, the TF Metals Report's Craig Hemke writes today at Sprott Money, is being reflected in the prices of major commodities, particularly oil and copper, but not in silver, whose market is "easily the most manipulated in the world."
So will silver ever rise and catch up to the rest?