Alt-Coin, Litecoin Gains Nearly 4x.
Ripple and Cardano also see outsized gains.Gold and Silver rebound after Fed rate hike.
Tax Reform, likely to pass – Obamacare killer?
CFTC/South Korea to Crypto Exchanges: You must have the coins to deliver.
CBOE Bitcoin Futures Begin Trading, CME Futures Open Tomorrow.
St. Louis Fed Touts Negative Interest Rates.
Stunning Gold and Silver Finds and Seizures!
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Gold and silver.
Gold closed last week at $1248.20 an ounce and closed this week at $1255.10 -)0.0%
Silver closed last week at $15.82 an ounce and closed this week at $16.06 +1.5%
The gold and silver ratio ended the week at :1

Gold and silver are not the same metals, they have different properties and different uses. Relative rarity is not the only determinate in arrive at price.
Silver is a spike and dive metal.
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Tweets of the Week
Bitcoin Futures
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#Bitcoin /XBT futures halted for a few minutes… no halt on the real bitcoin exchanges. Odd differences between markets and their rules pic.twitter.com/osh9gEaWqU
— Peter Spina ⚒ GoldSeek | SilverSeek (@goldseek) December 11, 2017
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 INTERACTIVE BROKERS LAUNCHES BITCOIN FUTURES TRADING
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CBOE and CME Group mulling #ethereum and #litecoin #futures https://t.co/RvNVXMDP4a #LTC #ETH #cryptocurrencies pic.twitter.com/SBW2iYoPFs
— Finance Magnates (@financemagnates) December 12, 2017
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Trading in our Bitcoin futures begins tomorrow. Follow, trade & learn more here: https://t.co/B4rrhOQfzo pic.twitter.com/bycO9OuudX
— CME Group (@CMEGroup) December 16, 2017
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Litecoin is Life
 Television Exposure, Bitcoin Futures, Favorable Side by Side Comparisons with Bitcoin, Mania boost Litecoin
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What is Litecoin, and why is it beating Bitcoin this year? https://t.co/4saWnJSLdk
— TIME (@TIME) December 13, 2017
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Bloomberg adds Ethereum, Litecoin and Ripple to its terminal https://t.co/D1HznOxGDI
— TIME (@TIME) December 15, 2017
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Lite Litecoin bashing by Novogratz 
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Integration with the Banking System
 https://twitter.com/shakepay/status/940781150162866176
Student Loans
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Bitcoin
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There's a one-bedroom condo for sale in Miami — and the seller will only accept bitcoin https://t.co/OEcyIeGMmC
— CNBC (@CNBC) December 13, 2017
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Direxion just filed for Bitcoin ETF #16, not leveraged tho.. pic.twitter.com/WVSf5f5r2H
— Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) December 15, 2017
Fake Dollars
Fake supernotes found in Seoul fan suspicions that North Korea is forging $100 bills https://t.co/Jsb83v8CCz
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) December 12, 2017
Crypto Regulation
U.S.
 SEC
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 Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC)
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 CFTC
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Federal Reserve
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if it is a trap they would want you in it to track and tax you not to arrest you (arrest you only if you dont pay taxes or use it illegally) Same can be said for silver and gold
South Korea
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 Australia
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Japan
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Switzerland
 When did governments and bankers even see a ponzi scheme they didn’t like
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Gold and Silver
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Silver
 Inedible Silver
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Gold
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Bitcon’s succes in part is because of nutcases having given gold a bad wrap.
— Jan Nieuwenhuijs (@JanGold_) December 11, 2017
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this use to be funny, but not a laughing matter any longer, if stackers don’t kill them selves,I think their significant other will
— slimjim (@poorpauper) December 11, 2017
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Platinum
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Gold and Bitcoin
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Goldpumper.com
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Some of the hyperbole gold bloggers have written so much nonsense that people are turning away from gold to buy bitcoin (thinking gold can never go up). It doesn’t matter, eventually the truth will prevail.
— Jan Nieuwenhuijs (@JanGold_) December 13, 2017
All those “experts” (when they’re wrong you must question their expertise) have been saying the same thing all their life. Pride, fear and income is what’s keeping them from coming in line with reality.
— Jan Nieuwenhuijs (@JanGold_) December 13, 2017
Buried Gold
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Gold Below the Water
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Gold Above
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Seized Gold
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Edible Gold
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/940654249230372866
Shout out to vidme
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Tesla
https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/941486873695936512
The Fed Raises Rates and Yellen Yacks
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Charles L. Evans and Neel Kashkari dissent against rate hike
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 13, 2017
Coinbase
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/941490806900305921
Economy
BREAKING NEWS: U.S. manufacturers’ economic optimism hit 94.6% in Q4 of 2017, the highest rate ever recorded in the survey’s 20-year history. Report from @loriannlarocco via @CNBC —> https://t.co/Q1TqeHRQU8
— The NAM (@ShopFloorNAM) December 11, 2017
China’s Vision of Peace and Harmony Through Trade and Sound Money
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 Pakistan Gets the Shaft
 https://twitter.com/Smaulgld/status/940949573647912960
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I love China, and Russia. They buy gold you know. Go Putin! Go Xi!
— Jan Nieuwenhuijs (@JanGold_) December 13, 2017
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December 11, 2017
From Smaulgld.com
US Mint Sales Update
U.S. Mint reported selling 120,000 American Silver Eagles and 4,500 American Gold Eagles today.
MTD American Silver Eagles sold 385,000 & American Gold Eagles sold 9,500
 YTD American Silver Eagles sold 17,323,500/American Gold Eagles sold 190,500
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The U.S. Mint reported selling 1,500 American Gold Buffalo coins.
MTD 2000 sold
YTD 85,500 sold
The U.S. Mint sold 0 of the first America the Beautiful Coin of 2017 today – the Effigy Mounds National Monument coin. YTD Effigy Mounds ATB coins 35,000. The US Mint sold 0 Frederick Douglas National Historical Site ATB coins and 0 of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. The US Mint sold 1,500 George Rogers Clark National Historical Park today
The US Mint sold 0 Ellis Island ATB coins today
Total YTD ATB coin sales 35,000 Effigy Mounds National Monument coins, 20,000 Frederick Douglas National Historical Site, 20,000 Ozark National Scenic Riverways ATB coins, 40,000 Ellis Island ATB coins and 32,400 George Rogers Clark National Historical Park. Total 147,400
December 1, 2017
From Smaulgld.com
 ANOTHER MONSTER MONTH FOR INDIAN SILVER IMPORTS IN OCTOBER</strong>
December 2, 2017
From Smaulgld.com
INDIA IMPORTED OVER 2.3 MILLION OUNCES OF GOLD IN OCTOBER
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 Golden Eagle Coins
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