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Legislators in Texas are leading the charge against the Federal Reserve’s monopoly on fiat money by offering an option for people to conduct business in sound money.
Physical gold and silver that would support the backing of the digital currency would be stored in a pooled account at the Texas State Bullion Depository.
US banks are ramping up in anticipation for the introduction of the FedNow system later this year. Various government agencies actively deny that Fednow is related to CBDC implementation. However, the instant payment service could provide the underpinnings to support institutional transfers that incorporate near real-time settlement.
Earlier this year, legislators in Texas became the first to offer a solution against a federal CBDC by introducing legislation to create a state managed gold-backed digital currency.
This week, legislators in North Carolina pushed forward a law that would ban the state’s agencies and institutions from accepting any payments in central bank digital currency (CBDC).
Investor demand continues to drive up prices for physical silver bullion. Supply chain disruptions at the start of the pandemic led to depletions of wholesale and retail bullion inventories resulting in the prices of physical bullion become far removed from following the paper price.
The US Mint continues struggling during periods of high demand due to ongoing supply chain issues plaguing domestic planchet suppliers.
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The Federal Reserve system is comprised of 12 Reserve Banks that were established following the outbreak of World War I in 1914 as a way to manage the cashflow of the country and to prevent future bank runs and other banking crisis’.
The Board of Governors, which is appointed by the President of the United States, is responsible for supervision of the reserve banks and regulating certain other financial institutions and activities.
Border police in India have arrested a woman attempting to cross the border wearing 2 kg of gold bars under her clothes.
Customs authorities have seized more than 604 kilograms of gold at Mumbai airport alone over the last year.
Zimbabwe has had a long history of economic instability. From 2004 until 2009 the country experienced five years of hyperinflation.
More than ten years later, the economy is Zimbabwe is still in shambles. The Zimbabwe dollar was reintroduced in 2019. More periods of high inflation quickly followed.
Despite the long history of gold and silver being recognized as money, many states continue to tax their citizens for the privilege of owning these metals. The notion of sales tax on precious metals investing is contentious to some and represents a line in the sand between some legislators and investors.
The latest officially released figures estimate that 1.6 metric tons, the equivalent to 1,600 kilos of gold were included among the stolen stash.
Unofficially, some media in Canada also reports a large amount of cash was stolen in an unknown currency
The announcement today notes that the minimum order size has been reduced to $250.