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How Will A Central Bank Digital Currency Work?

What are the preconditions necessary for a FedCoin and why are they coming to the fore now? What will happen to banks and could the Fed be the lender of first and only resort?

Looming Debt Ceiling Deal to Leave Dollar Locked in Downtrend

By Mike Gleason, Money Metals

U.S. Federal Reserve notes are backed by nothing but faith and credit. Since they do not represent anything tangible, such as a particular quantity of gold or silver, they can be issued in unlimited quantities.

SIC Mix

By John Mauldin, Thoughts from the Frontline

This week, we had a reminder that the “Artificial” part may need more attention. AI-generated images of a large explosion at the Pentagon spread online and caused a brief stock market dip.

Debt Default is Just a Terror Tactic, but it Will Blow up Stocks and Likely a Lot More, Regardless

By David Haggith, The Daily Doom

So, the default scare is bringing trouble, no matter what, because our leaders are acting recklessly when so many pieces are ready to fall. Brinksmanship with the debt or even constant threats..

The Only Macro Equation You Need To Know

By Keith Weiner, Monetary Metals

Economists from the Moneterist School to popular writer Thomas Piketty have all attempted to use equations to predict economic outcomes. Here is the only macro equation that you need to understand what’s happening now.

Gold, The Great Depression and the On-going Monetary System Bank Run

By Hubert Moolman

We are in the midst of a system bank run, which are in the greater sense really a bank run on the United States of America, the issuer of the reserve currency of the world.

There Are No Debt-Based Solutions to the Debt Problem

By Stefan Gleason, Money Metals

Unlike debt-based fiat currency, gold isn’t an IOU. It doesn’t have an issuer and cannot be issued in whatever quantity is convenient for debtors. It is honest money.

Technology Turning

By John Mauldin, Thoughts from the Frontline

We’ve seen enormous technological change in the last 70 years. The next 50 years will bring several multiples of it. Some will surprise us—technologies so revolutionary we can’t presently imagine them.

COMEX Gold Futures Explained Part 1: The Basics

By Jan Nieuwenhuijs, Money Metals

This is part one of a series on COMEX gold futures contracts, for those interested to reach a proper understanding on this section of the gold market. In this first part we will discuss the history of futures trading and the basics of COMEX gold futures.

Gold Price Suppression, or Unbroken Confidence by the Herd?

By Gary Tanashian, NFTRH

First let me get this in print up front; the gold price (like most/all markets) is manipulated in different ways. It can be talked down, it can be subject to paper buying/selling that does not bear resemblance to its street value and it can be..

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