SEC and CFTC Make Case for Rational Regulation at Senate Virtual Currency Hearings

Regulation guidelines with bitcoin

Focus is on unregistered Initial Coin Offerings, bad actors. CFTC – Policy must evolve in responsible ways to grow the economy and increase prosperity. SEC -Optimistic re developments in financial technology; should embrace the technology while protecting investors. CFTC overview labels Bitcoin a “Store of Value”. CFTC cite role of Millennials in shaping the digital Read More →

Shanghai Gold Exchange Withdrawals Top 2000 Tons in 2017

Shanghai Gold Exchange Withdrawals 2008 - 2017 annual through December

Shanghai Gold Exchange Withdrawals in 2017 were 2030 Tons. Shanghai Gold Exchange Withdrawals rose 10% in 2017 to 2,030 tons up from 1,845 tons in 2016. Watch the video companion of “Shanghai Gold Exchange Withdrawals Top 2000 Tons in 2017 ” Also watch on Bitchute Donate To Smaulgld.com via paypal You can compare pricing and Read More →

The New Petro Dollar – Backed by U.S. Oil

U.S. Oil Production and Exports Surge. Gold and silver take a hit on robust jobs report. US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross – multi polar world. U.S. to attack Venezuela? South Korea no plan to ban cryptocurrency exchanges. South Korea’s Samsung enters crypto mining market. India to Eliminate Cryptocurrencies – Not really. China – no Read More →

A Turning Point? The SOTU, The Memo & The Inspector General Report

Turning point

Is the Tide Turning? Russian Collusion, Obstruction of Justice, Personal Animus have been the line of attack against Trump. IF these fail, the economy and policy issues will come in increasing focus. Is defending the DOJ/FBI/CIA as sacrosanct and immigrant rights a winning strategy? Watch the Video Commentary to “A Turning Point: The SOTU, The Read More →

People’s Bank of China Gold Reserves Unchanged in 2017

People's Bank of China Gold Reserves - 2009 - 2017 full year revised

The People’s Bank of China has not added any gold to reserves since they were admitted to the SDR in October 2016. Total reported People’s Bank of China gold reserves stand at 1842.56 tonnes. PBOC foreign reserves rose for the eleventh month in a row, up $20.67 billion in December to $3.140 trillion. PBOC Foreign Read More →

Largest Nordic Bank Pulls a Jamie Dimon on Bitcoin

Bitcoin ban

U.S. Government reopens. Democrats reject President’s DACA offer. Dollar falls further on Mnuchin comments. 50,000 Strzok/Page texts go missing. Twitter warns users on Russian propaganda. Senator Feinstein and Congressman Schiff:Russian bots behind #ReleaseTheMemo. British Prime Minister vows to “do something” about Bitcoin. George Soros trashes Bitcoin and Trump. Gold and silver rebound. Largest Nordic bank Read More →

U.S. Government Shutdown: Good For Gold Silver & Cryptos?

Government shut down

U.S. Government shutdown over DACA. Republican Congressmen demand release of classified memo. Cryptos crash and rebound. South Korea catalyst for much of the price movement. Bitcoin regulation concerns move to India. St. Louis Fed Issues Report on Bitcoin. Bundesbank to hold some Yuan in reserves. India considering Scraping 10% import duty. Gold backed ahem Oil Read More →

The Central Bank of Russia Added a Record 224 Tons of Gold in 2017

Russian Additions-Subtractions to Gold Reserves 1997 - 2017

Russian Central Bank Adds a record 223 tons of gold to reserves in 2017. Russian Central Bank Adds 300,000 ounces (9.331 tons) of gold to reserves in December. Since June 2015, the Central Bank of Russia has added over 558 tons of gold to reserves. December’s 9.331 ton gold addition brings Russia’s Central Bank holdings Read More →

Russia’s U.S. Treasury Holdings Exceed their Gold Holdings

Russian Holdings of U.S. Treasuries November 2016 - November 2017

Russia Adds to U.S. Treasury Holdings in November; China & Japan Cut Holdings Russian U.S. Treasury holdings rise to $105.7 billion in November – near a 12 month high. Russia’s gold reserves were valued at $76.1 billion at the end of November. Russian U.S. Treasury holdings are up 22% (+$19.1 billion) since November 2016 when Read More →

Perth Mint Silver Sales Fall 21% in 2017

Perth Mint Silver Sales 2017

Perth Mint Silver Sales Finish 2017 Strong Silver sales at the Perth Mint in 2017 were 9,636,408 ounces down 21.3% from 2016 silver sales of 12,236,772 ounces and down 18.2% from 2015 silver sales of 11,775,927 ounces. December Perth Mint silver sales of 874,437 ounces were up 60.6% from 544,436 ounces sold in November. Silver Read More →