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Money Metals Exchange awards scholarships to students in sound-money essay contest
From Money Metals News Service, Eagle, Idaho
Thursday, January 8, 2026
A leading U.S. precious metals dealer has teamed up with the nation's leading sound money groups to award eight new students with more than $10,000 in scholarship funding.
Money Metals Exchange, Sound Money Defense League, and the Sound Money Foundation are proud to present the Sound Money Scholarship -- the first gold-backed scholarship of the modern era.
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Nearly 300 applicants across four continents, more than a dozen countries, and more than 40 states entered this year's scholarship contest. Applicants were tasked with writing essays on topics pertaining to sound money, the Federal Reserve, central bank digital currencies, and other timely prompts. The winners are as follows:
High School/Undergraduate Division
First Place: David Brady Jr., Florida Southern College, $2,500
Second Place: Adrian de Leon, American Public University, $2,000.
Third Place: Elijah Badgett, iLead Hybrid Exploration, $1,500.
Fourth Place: Dominick Brown, Corland Junior-Senior High School, $1,000.
Fifth Place: Adelaide Garnett, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, $500
Graduate Division:
First Place: Benjamin Seevers, West Virginia University, $2,000.
Second Place: Jose Juan Gonzalez Ortiz, Babson College, $1,000.
Third Place: Sarah Hinton, Johns Hopkins University, $500.
This year's blue-ribbon panel of judges for the Sound Money Scholarship was comprised of Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee, Tho Bishop of the Mises Institute, and Dr. Paul Cwik of Mount Olive University. ...
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