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Bitcoin's future threatened by software schism
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2016-02-11 20:26 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Richard Waters
Financial Times, London
Thursday, February 11, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO -- A schism among software developers that threatens the future of bitcoin has broken into the open with Wednesday's release of a rival version of the technology behind the digital currency.
Bank of Japan loses control as QE hits the limits
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2016-02-11 20:17 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Thursday, February 11, 2016
The Japanese yen has become the lightning rod of extreme stress in the global financial system, rocketing this week in violent moves that threaten to plunge Japan back into deep deflation and overwhelm the experiment of "Abenomics."
TF Metals Report: The confidence game is failing
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2016-02-11 20:09 Section: Daily Dispatches8:10p ET Thursday, February 11, 2016
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The TF Metals Report's Turd Ferguson attributes the launch of the monetary metals to widespread loss of confidence in central banking and sees this as a first step toward greater use of gold and silver as money. His commentary is headlined "The Confidence Game is Failing" and it's posted here:
Koos Jansen: Looks like London's gold inventory is nearing exhaustion
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2016-02-11 16:17 Section: Daily Dispatches4:15p ET Thursday, February 11, 2016
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Mike Kosares: Why is gold up so much today?
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2016-02-11 12:25 Section: Daily Dispatches12:24p ET Thursday, February 11, 2016
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Investors 'go bananas' for gold bars as global stock markets tumble
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2016-02-11 11:14 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Elizabeth Anderson
The Telegraph, London
Thursday, February 11, 2016
BullionByPost, Britain's biggest online gold dealer, said it has already taken record-day sales of L5.6 million as traders pile into gold following fears the world is on the brink of another financial crisis.
Alasdair Macleod: Feb. 5 gold smash failed and gold outlook has improved
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2016-02-11 11:00 Section: Daily Dispatches11a ET Thursday, February 11, 2016
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
With characteristically British understatement, GoldMoney research director Alasdair Macleod writes today that the outlook for gold has "improved." He notes that the February 5 smashing of the gold futures market with the dumping of 10,000 contracts failed quickly.
World Gold Council celebrates the obvious about gold demand
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2016-02-11 01:48 Section: Daily DispatchesThe world discerns easily enough where gold demand comes from. Why doesn't the World Gold Council ever attempt a report on gold supply trends? After all, that would require putting only a few more questions to certain governments and central banks.
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Central Banks and Chinese Buyers Helping to Spur Gold Demand, World Gold Council Says
By Susan Fenton
Reuters
Canada sells nearly half its gold reserves, 1.3 tonnes -- 1.7 tonnes remain
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2016-02-10 20:38 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Monique Muise
Global News, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
The government of Canada sold nearly half its gold reserves in recent weeks, continuing a pattern of moving away from the precious metal as a government asset.
According to the International Monetary Fund's International Financial Statistics, Canada held 3 tonnes of gold reserves as of late 2015.
Gold strengthens as central bank money injections fail, Embry says
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2016-02-10 10:22 Section: Daily Dispatches10:22a ET Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Sprott Asset Management's John Embry tells King World News today that money injections by central banks are having less effect on the markets, that the gold price is showing strength, and that gold mining shares have never been as undervalued. An excerpt from the interview is posted at KWN here:
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