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Bundesbank will add China's yuan to currency reserves

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By Jeff Black, Stephen Engle, and Enda Curran
Bloomberg News
Monday, January 15, 2018

Germany's central bank has decided to include the Chinese yuan in its own reserves, in a further boost to the international status of the currency.

With real rates staying negative, this may be gold's year, Turk tells KWN

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10:18a ET Saturday, January 13, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Brandon White: Gold is getting top bank asset status in Canada

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7:43p ET Friday, January 12, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Big crypto exchange goes dark and users are getting nervous

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By Camila Russo
Bloomberg News
Friday, January 12, 2018

One of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges has been down for hours and its clients are starting to freak out.

Treasury's Mnuchin says there's no need for a digital dollar

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By Kasia Klimasinska and Saleha Mohsin
Bloomberg News
Friday, January 12, 2018

So much for a digital dollar any time soon.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he spoke to the Federal Reserve about cryptocurrencies, and the Financial Stability Oversight Council has set up a working group on it.

Cryptocurrency creation is now as easy as breathing

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Every Breath You Take: New Respiratory Miner Makes Crypto-Profit with Lung Action

From Russia Today, Moscow
Friday, January 12, 2018

The whole world of virtual currencies and blockchain technologies has generated a raft of brand-new phenomena for humanity to take on board. And now there’s Breath -- a device allowing mining via respiration.

Ted Butler: The last great silver buy

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2:40p ET Friday, January 12, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Ralph Nader: Corporate coercion and the drive to eliminate buying with cash

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By Ralph Nader
Wednesday, January 3, 2018

"Sorry, we’re not taking cash or checks," said the clerk at the Fed Ex counter over a decade ago to an intern. "Only credit cards."

Bitcoin profits may be converted to monetary metals purchases, GATA chairman says

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8:50a ET Friday, January 12, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy, interviewed this week by GoldSeek Radio's Chris Waltzek, discusses the improving prospects for monetary metals prices and speculates that bitcoin investors may start to convert their profits into gold and silver. The interview is 10 minutes long and can be heard at GoldSeek Radio here:

China sets record for gobbling up the world's commodities

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By Pratish Narayanan
Bloomberg News
Thursday, January 11, 2018

China continues to gobble up the world's commodities, setting new records for consumption of everything from crude oil to soybeans.

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