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Bitcoin hash rate hits record average high with $12K price in sight
August 17th, 2020
Bitcoin’s seven-day average hash rate passes 129 TH/s for the first time as the price continues to meet resistance at the $12K level. As the price of Bitcoin continues to meet resistance passing $12,000, its hash rate has hit ...
Jay Taylor: “Stick With Your Gold As Long As You Are Able”
August 17th, 2020
From this week’s edition of J Taylor’s Gold, Energy & Tech Stocks newsletter: Gold’s slight correction of 3.99% this week doesn’t say much. But the $170/oz. decline in about 24 hours certainly did get my attention. And I have ...
Europe stock futures tick lower; Offshore yuan and euro to dollar traded up
August 17th, 2020
Stocks in China climbed after the central bank’s injection of cash raised hopes of more supportive monetary policy, with equities and futures elsewhere trading mixed as investors assessed soured U.S.-China ties. The dollar slipped. The Shanghai Composite was more ...
Gold at $2k+. So why the fuss?
August 10th, 2020
There appears to be no way out for the bullion banks deteriorating $53bn short gold futures positions ($38bn net) on Comex. An earlier attempt between January and March to regain control over paper gold markets has backfired on ...
Gold price rises above $2,000 for first time
August 6th, 2020
Gold has topped $2,000 (£1,527) an ounce for the first time as traders look for havens amid the pandemic. Investors have moved cash into the precious metal as Covid-19 cases rise in the US and more money is pumped ...
Putin signs law giving cryptocurrency legal status in Russia
August 4th, 2020
Russia’s bill to regulate cryptocurrencies has been signed into law by President Vladimir Putin. The new law gives legal status to cryptocurrency but prohibits its use as a means of payment. Russian Crypto Bill Signed Into Law Russian President ...
The Eurozone’s financial disintegration
July 31st, 2020
Introduction The Euro Crisis Monitor (above) shows the increasing imbalances in the TARGET2 settlement system between all its members: the ECB (itself with a €145bn deficit) and the national central banks in the Eurozone. Other than minor differences reflecting ...
UPDATE: Sterling rose against a weaker euro but fell versus the dollar
July 30th, 2020
Sterling rose against a weaker euro but fell versus the dollar on Thursday after the $1.30 level reached late in the previous session did not hold, with Brexit and the economic fallout from coronavirus weighing on the currency. Global ...
The pound’s future in a dollar collapse
July 28th, 2020
In recent articles for Goldmoney I have pointed out the dollar’s vulnerability to a final collapse in its purchasing power. This article focuses on the factors that will determine the future for sterling. Sterling is exceptionally vulnerable to ...
Explaining the credit cycle
July 24th, 2020
This article summarises why the credit cycle leads to alternate booms and slumps. It is only with this in mind that they can be properly understood as current economic conditions evolve. The reader is taken through three monetary ...
