The Golden Jubilee and the return to gold standard
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News Date: August 17, 2022
On 15 August 1971, US President Richard Nixon officially announced that the country was completely abandoning the gold standard.
This meant that the US government abandoned the convertibility of US dollars into gold at a fixed rate of $35 per ounce.
The government simply could not meet the demand to exchange dollars received for goods and services for gold.
The jubilee in its original, biblical meaning when once in 50 years the sold and mortgaged lands were returned to their original owners, slaves and prisoners of war were freed, debts were forgiven, and the land rested from fieldwork.
Why not, 2022 may be the year for the return of the gold standard.
Sources: datadriveninvestor
Tether Introduces Gold-Backed stablecoin
Tether has introduced Alloy, a series of gold-collateralized assets.The first product, AUSDT, is a token that mirrors the U.S. dollar's value but is backed by Tether Gold (XAUT).
This innovative approach, created by Tether's subsidiaries, Moon Gold NA and Moon Gold El Salvador, aims to provide stable, gold-backed digital assets.
CEO Paolo Ardoino highlighted the novelty and potential market impact of this mechanism.
Initially available on the Ethereum blockchain, AUSDT allows XAUT holders to transact in a dollar-like currency, with over 8 million AUSDT issued, supported by more than 140 kg of gold.
Russia, China switch to national currencies
Russia and China switch to settlements in national currencies for energy supplies.Russia, China switch to national currencies in payments for gas, says a senior official.
Russia, China also actively switching to national currencies for payments of oil supplies, and products, says the deputy prime minister.
Sources: aa.com
The Central Bank of China Extends Gold Buying
China Extends Gold Buying With Fresh Flows to Central Bank.The People's Bank of China raised its holdings by 30 tons in December, according to data on its website on Saturday.
This follows November's addition of 32 tons, and brings the nation's holdings to a total of 2,010 tons.
Sources: bloomberg
US Mint increases prices on silver products
The United States Mint recently adopted a new strategy for pricing products in its silver numismatic products portfolio. Prices for products containing silver will change EFFECTIVE October 13, 2020-applicable to silver products already on sale/those yet to be released.In order for the United States Mint to cover rising costs, meet its fiduciary responsibility to operate at no net cost to taxpayers, and return money to the Treasury General Fund, re-setting silver prices is necessary.
The Mints goal, as a financially responsible Federal agency, is to always provide the best quality numismatic products while maintaining fair prices.
The first objective is to ensure that the numismatic portfolio (all product lines together) be self-sufficient and cover all associated costs. The new silver prices reflect a sound business decision aimed at meeting these obligations.
(No tax dollars are used to fund numismatic operations.) The United States Mint will continue to look for operations optimization and cost reduction efforts to deliver superior quality numismatic products at a fair price.
Sources:www.federalregister.gov, twitter.com, www.coinworld.com
American Sovereignty Restoration Bill
H.R.204 - American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2019:This bill directs the President to terminate U.S. membership in the United Nations (U.N.) and all affiliated bodies. It also ends U.S. participation in all U.N. conventions and agreements.
Funds may be appropriated to facilitate U.S. withdrawal from the U.N. No funds may be made available for contribution to or paid to any U.N. body. No member of the U.S. Armed Forces may serve under U.N. command, and no funds may be used to support Armed Forces participation in U.N. military operations.
President Donald Trump spoke to the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly. He said "The future does not belong to globalists, the future belongs to patriots."
Sources:www.congress.gov, www.youtube.com