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The United States has approved a newly created national bank for the first time during President Donald Trump's second term, granting a charter to crypto-friendly startup Erebor Bank.
As gold prices surged more than 230% since 2020, central banks around the world launched one of the largest gold-buying waves in modern history.
Gold has been universal international money for thousands of years for many reasons; primarily because no government can control or counterfeit it.
China's ferocious appetite for gold is influencing the global metals market, and that demand is what will keep driving up metal prices, according to Michael Howell, founder of CrossBorder Capital.
The image above shows a one-kilo bar of gold (worth roughly $150,000 at present).
The Chinese Take A Hammer To The U.S. Dollar By Instructing Their Banks To Dial Back Their Holdings Of U.S. Treasuries
China's guidance for big banks to stop buying US Treasuries will not go unnoticed across wider Asia
Ray Dalio on how to prevent another American civil war.
FOR THE SECOND TIME since 2024, a Chicago bank became the first in the nation to fail in a calendar year.
The German Bundesbank hoards the second-largest gold reserves among central banks.
Silver went from ~$121 to ~$74, then settled around ~$78.
Wall Street banks, crypto leaders set to meet in Washington with landmark Clarity Act hanging in the balance
Paul Buitink talks to former hedge fund manager and author of The Great Taking David Rogers Webb about current events in the light of his Great Taking thesis. How Venezuela, Greenland and the taking of Russian assets in euroclear are all interconnect
If you've walked into a credit union that isn't in your home state recently, you may have noticed a new hurdle: before the teller will let you deposit cash, withdraw funds, or even update account information, you're asked to sign up for IDCheck
Margin hike - banks panic
China Just Triggered A Global "Bank Run" On Silver (No One Is Ready For What's Next)
The above quote is from William Gouge, commenting on the Panic of 1819.
The monetary order is breaking down..
The spat between the White House and Fed Reserve Chairperson Jerome Powell, a President Trump appointment, is hardly unusual. Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon bullied the central bank to lower interest rates.
...AND FIAT IS NO LONGER A CENTRAL BANK ASSET.
Commodity prices are skyrocketing, and central banks are now holding more gold than the USD for the first time in decades.
Over the weekend, Deutsche Bank's head of FX George Saravelos laid out one theoretical reason why in his view, Europe has leverage over the US in the latest burst of transatlatnic tensions over Greenland: or rather $8 trillion reasons why the US has
Experts say central banks are increasingly stuffing their vaults as an insurance policy in a volatile world
The ABA sent a letter to the U.S. Senate, saying stablecoins that offer yields will affect its banking members ability to grant loans, but JPMorgan disagrees.
Digital ID, in whatever form it takes, is just one cog in the wheel for the digital control grid: perspective
The past year was difficult for homeowners -- but experts warn that 2026 could be even more challenging.
A division appears to be forming among crypto industry executives regarding the market structure bill, with crypto giants such as Coinbase pulling support, but others stating that any regulation is better than none.
An estimated 453,230 accounts were shut down in the United Kingdom in the last year, a stunning figure that has drawn outrage from the country's leading conservative lawmaker.
Everyone wants to lend us money now, even though they're not banks: the insurance company Progressive offered us a loan, PayPal offers us a business loan every time we log in, and the payment processor Stripe includes a pitch to borrow money on its
Before I talk about what I expect for the economy, I want to take a few minutes to tell you more about its current state. I'll focus on the two sides of the Fed's dual mandate: maximum employment and price stability.
