By Darren Brady Nelson One of the underrated, and easily dismissed, stories from the first 100 days of the second Donald J. Trump presidency was in March 2025, when the president said: “We’re actually going to Fort Knox to see if the gold is there, because maybe somebody stole the gold. Tonnes of gold.” Two developments have happened since. First ...
Statistics Canada released July’s labor force survey on Friday (August 8). The data shows that the Canadian economy shed 41,000 workers during the month and registered a 0.2 percent decline in the employment rate to 60.7 percent. However, the unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.9 percent. The most significant segment for the decline was among youth aged 15 to 24, ...
U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly intends to remove Billy Long as the IRS Commissioner. In his stead, the president will nominate pro-crypto Scott Bessent, who is also the Treasury Secretary, to serve as the acting Commissioner. Donald Trump Removes IRS Commissioner, Names Bessent As Acting Head According to a Bloomberg report, the president plans to The post Trump Removes IRS ...
BlackRock has stated it will not file for an XRP or Solana ETF. This announcement was made after Ripple’s prolonged legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission officially ended this week. BlackRock Holds Off on XRP ETF Amid Legal Clarity, Drawing Criticism for Limited Crypto Focus The top asset manager, which already lists The post BlackRock Rules Out ...
Ethereum surged above $4,000 today. It remained above this level even as Binance moved tens of thousands of ETH to market maker Wintermute. Binance’s Ethereum Transfers to Wintermute Spark Market Concerns Data from Arkham Intelligence shows Binance hot wallets sent thousands of ETH to market maker Wintermute within hours of the price surge. The transactions The post Binance Transfers Massive ...
The S&P 500 ($SPX) just logged its fifth straight trading box breakout, which means that, of the five trading ranges the index has experienced since the April lows, all have been resolved to the upside. How much longer can this last? That’s been the biggest question since the massive April 9 rally. Instead of assuming the market is due to roll ...
Apple has been sued by a Texas company that accused the iPhone maker of stealing its technology to create its lucrative mobile wallet Apple Pay. In a complaint made public on Thursday, Fintiv said Apple Pay’s key features were based on technology developed by CorFire, which Fintiv bought in 2014, and now used in hundreds of millions of iPhones, iPads, ...
The 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship, the first of the three-event FedEx Cup playoffs, finally arrived. The opening round played out with plenty of action at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler entered the first leg of the playoffs in a favorable position — having won four PGA Tour events, including two major titles — in ...
Legendary ESPN ‘College GameDay’ analyst Lee Corso will make his final ‘GameDay’ appearance on Aug. 30 in a clash of titans between No. 1 Texas and No. 2 Ohio State. ESPN announced on Thursday, Aug. 7, that it’s airing a one-hour TV special in honor of the former college football coach. It’ll be an emotional day on ‘College GameDay’ for ...
Yet while the exhibition slate seldom features an extensive run for the league’s biggest stars – or even many of its starters – the contests can often be a vital proving ground for those entering the league without a massive buy-in from their respective teams. Competition for the last roster spots can be fierce, and the final cutdown date looms ...
Sranan Gold Corp. (CSE: SRAN) (FSE: P84) (Tradegate: P84) (‘Sranan’ or the ‘Company’) announces three channel samples with an apparent width of 5 metres that averaged 36.7 gramstonne (gt) gold were sampled in trench 25RACH-001, the first trench of an ongoing trenching program at the Tapanahony Project in Suriname. This initial trench is located 150 metres south of Randy’s Pit, ...
Chile’s state-owned copper giant Codelco is seeking approval to restart parts of its flagship El Teniente mine less than a week after a deadly collapse killed six workers and forced a full suspension of operations, according to sources familiar with the matter. The accident, triggered by a 4.2-magnitude seismic event last Thursday (July 31), halted production at the world’s largest ...