Daily Dispatches

By Yuji Nakamura and Andrea Tan
Bloomberg News
Friday, January 26, 2018

One of Japan's biggest cryptocurrency exchanges said that about $400 million in NEM tokens were lost after the coins were sent "illicitly" outside the venue, spooking investors in a country that's still wary of digital-token exchanges four years after the collapse of Mt. Gox.

From Reuters
Friday, January 26, 2018

Attempts to target exchange rates risk setting off a currency war, a top European Central Bank executive argued today, just days after U.S. officials made their case for a weaker dollar to boost trade.

3:15p ET Thursday, January 25, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

USA Gold's Mike Kosares, answering a question from the Netherlands, explains why gold prices are likely to outpace other prices during hyperinflation. Kosares' commentary is headlined "RK Asks for Some Specifics on Gold as a Hedge Against Hyperinflation" and it's posted at USA Gold here:

By Patti Domm
CNBC, New York
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's comment that a weak dollar is good for the country accelerated a decline in the currency and fed fears in a market already speculating that White House may make the dollar less attractive for the longer term. ...