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Big bitcoin exchange just added 100,000 users in a day
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2017-11-02 15:23 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Brandon Kochkodin
Bloomberg News
Thursday, November 2, 2017
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-02/bitcoin-exchange-adde...
The eye-popping surge in bitcoin this week is paying dividends for one of the biggest U.S. online cryptocurrency exchanges.
Bullion Star's gold charts for October
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2017-11-02 12:55 Section: Daily Dispatches12:55p ET Thursday, November 2, 2017
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Bullion Star's gold charts for October have been posted, showing data for China, India, Russia, Swiss exports, and exchange-traded funds:
https://www.bullionstar.com/blogs/gold-market-charts/gold-market-charts-...
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
CPowell@GATA.org
Alasdair Macleod: Gold, GoldMoney, and Mene
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2017-11-01 21:16 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney.com, St. Helier, Channel Islands
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Russia and China talk about joining forces to shake dollar's dominance
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2017-11-01 19:38 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Damien Sharkov
Newsweek, New York
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Russia and China could join forces in linking their national payment systems, to rival Western alternatives, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at an event in Beijing.
Dave Kranzler: Will the new bitcoin CME futures contract benefit gold?
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2017-11-01 14:20 Section: Daily Dispatches2:20p ET Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Fearing eurozone meltdown, German investors rush to gold
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2017-11-01 09:22 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Simon Osborne
Daily Express, London
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Germany has become the world's biggest buyer of gold amid fears of economic meltdown across the eurozone.
Figures from the World Gold Council reveal that the country invested a record L6 billion in gold bullion and coins as well as in exchange-traded products.
Gold bugs embrace bitcoin, upending retail sellers
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2017-11-01 09:17 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Stephanie Yang
The Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Gold prices are rallying, but retail gold dealers and shops are struggling to survive.
Fake gold wasn't ours, Royal Canadian Mint says
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2017-10-31 21:37 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Canadian Broadcasting Co. News, Ottawa
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/fake-gold-not-ours-mint-says-1.4380705
A gold bar purchased in Ottawa that turned out to contain no gold did not come from the Royal Canadian Mint, the Crown corporation said today.
So long, cryptos: CME Group plans bitcoin futures
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2017-10-31 09:53 Section: Daily DispatchesPresumably governments and central banks will get volume trading discounts from CME Group on the new futures contracts as they do with the current ones:
http://www.gata.org/node/14385
http://www.gata.org/node/14411
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CME Plans to Launch Bitcoin Futures by Year-End
By Evelyn Cheng
CNBC, New York
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Elaborate fake gold bar sparks investigation by RBC and police
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2017-10-30 21:41 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Vito Pilieci
Ottawa Citizen
Monday, October 30, 2017
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/elaborate-fake-gold-bar-sparks-...
RBC Royal Bank is working with police to investigate allegations that one of its branches on Bank Street sold a gold bullion 1-ounce bar that turned out to be an elaborate counterfeit.