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Maryland and Alaska legislators honored for support of sound money
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2026-08-14 10:44 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom the Sound Money Defense League, Eagle, Idaho
Thursday, August 13, 2026
One of the largest national precious metals dealers and depositories in the U.S. has again teamed up with the nation's leading sound money public policy group to recognize state legislators championing sound money policies.
Money Metals and the Sound Money Defense League today named Maryland lawmakers Del. Wayne Hartman and Sen. J.B. Jennings and Alaska Rep. Kevin McCabe as the 2026 Sound Money Legislators of the Year.
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'Our resources, our prices': Indonesia's president announces new commodity bourse
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2026-08-14 09:49 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Bernadette Christina and Ananda Teresia
Reuters
Friday, August 14, 2026
JAKARTA -- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto today announced a plan to create a new exchange that will set prices for the country's strategic commodities by the start of next year, in a fresh gambit to leverage the country's vast natural resources to boost growth.
Jamie McGeever: Central banks spearhead renewed gold rush
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2026-08-13 18:33 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jamie McGeever
Reuters
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Gold is on the rise again, as a confluence of economic and political dynamics spurs demand from investors around the world, especially one cohort: central banks.
After stalling around $4,000 an ounce for several weeks, bullion has jumped around $400, or 10%, since the start of August and could be on track for its best month this century. The last time it rose 13% or more in a month was September 1999.
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Robert Lambourne: Are BIS swaps being used to hide double-counting of ETF gold?
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2026-08-13 12:28 Section: Daily DispatchesJuly's BIS gold swaps fell 13 tonnes from June's and now stand at 131 tonnes.
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12:36p ET Thursday, August 13, 2026
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA's consultant on the Bank for International Settlements, Robert Lambourne, reports today that the bank's monthly statement for July was published this week --
https://www.bis.org/publications/statement-account-31-july-2026.pdf
Yen intervention impugned dollar's reserve role, leaving only gold, Maguire tells LFTV
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2026-08-13 11:18 Section: Daily Dispatches11:20a ET Thursday, August 13, 2026
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
On this week's episode of Kinesis Money's "Live from the Vault" program, London metals trader Andrew Maguire notes how the recent intervention in the yen market by the U.S. and Japanese governments has impugned the role of the dollar and U.S. Treasury bonds in the international financial system.
Jp Cortez: From 'audit the Fed' to 'trust me, it's there' -- Rand Paul's Fort Knox fumble
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2026-08-12 08:51 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jp Cortez
Washington Examiner
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Americans have long demanded real answers about U.S. gold holdings. Year after year, they receive only vague political half-answers that raise more questions than they answer.
The latest example is this week.
Mike Maharrey: Sen. Rand Paul becomes a pawn in Fort Knox debate
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2026-08-11 16:33 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Mike Maharrey
Money Metals Exchange, Eagle, Idaho
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Sen. Rand Paul has become Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's pawn.
A few weeks ago Bessent insisted all the gold is in the vaults at Fort Knox.
"I haven't" seen it, Bessent said, but "people on my staff have. The treasurer has been to Fort Knox, and I'm happy to say all gold is present and accounted for."
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Jacob Childress: China cannot afford to use its alternative to the dollar
Submitted by admin on Mon, 2026-08-10 19:34 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jacob Childress
Real Clear World, Washington
Monday, August 10, 2026
Over the past 18 months, nearly every condition analysts have long said would erode the dollar's dominance arrived at once.
War broke out in the Persian Gulf. The Strait of Hormuz has closed, reopened, and closed again, and remains shut as this is written. Iran began charging transit tolls denominated in yuan.
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Timothy Noah: Why does the world put up with the dollar?
Submitted by admin on Mon, 2026-08-10 08:49 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Timothy Noah
The New Republic, New York
Monday, August 10, 2026
The most powerful tool of the American imperium is not, as is generally supposed, its military, but rather its currency.
Other nations (China, India) possess more troops, but none possesses more legal tender. There were 57,000,000,000 dollar-denominated bills in circulation last year. By comparison, euro-denominated bills -- the world's second-most-widely circulated currency, minted not by one nation but by 21—numbered 31,000,000,000.
UK regulator prepares framework for tokenised gold
Submitted by admin on Mon, 2026-08-10 08:15 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Nikou Asgari and Martin Arnold
Financial Times, London
Monday, August 10, 2026
UK regulators are preparing a framework for tokenised gold as part of plans to encourage the digitisation of financial markets and to protect the dominance of London in global bullion trading.
The Financial Conduct Authority has talked to industry members, including big banks, about ways it could regulate tokenised gold in order to encourage growth in the market, according to people familiar with the watchdog's plans.
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