Hut 8 Mining Corp. (TSXV:HUT) is currently the world's largest publicly-traded cryptocurrency miner based on funded and under-construction computing capacity.SmallCapPower | March 28, 2018: Hut 8 Mining Corp. (TSXV:HUT), backed by billionaire investor Mike Novogratz and partner BitFury Group, is the world's largest publicly-traded cryptocurrency miner. The Company operates ~100,000 machines, repre...Read More

Will this Friday's US jobs report be the catalyst that sends gold above the key $1370 resistance zone and ushers in a new era of institutional enthusiasm for gold stocks?The US stock market suffered yet another "cardiac arrest" moment yesterday.Market breadth has thinned horrifically, and the low rates and QE that have incentivized corporate buybacks have been replaced with rising rates and QT. Th...Read More

Financial crises tend to start at the periphery and work their way into a system's core. Think subprime mortgages (a tiny little niche of a few hundred billion dollars) that blew up in 2007 and nearly brought the curtain down on the whole show.There's no guarantee that the same dynamic will play out this time, but stage one - the bursting of peripheral bubbles - has definitely arrived, with thre...Read More

Randgold Resources (LON:RSS) said Tuesday an ongoing strike by its subcontractor's workforce at Tongon gold mine in the Ivory Coast, has started to hit operations.Tongon is expected to get back to full capacity with the assistance of the authorities, although it would be a challenge to recover the lost production.As a result, the Africa-focused gold producer is now not sure the operation will a...Read More

(Reuters) - Wall Street’s main indexes were slightly higher in volatile trading on Tuesday, supported by gains in financials, while technology stocks came under pressure again.Amazon fell 0.3 percent following President Donald Trump’s latest attack on the online retail giant.Tesla shares gained 4.5 percent after the electric automaker said it need not raise more capital this year and a...Read More

By Craig HemkeThere continue to be all sorts of purported analysts out there who insist that the price of gold is determined through physical supply and demand. These folks cling to the arcane notion that somehow fundamental factors are the key determinant of the daily price. Nothing could be further from the truth. Whether it's organizations like the World Gold Council, sell-side bullion bank s...Read More

The Prices Paid Index just rose for its fourth straight month to 78.1: its highest level since April 2011.Why does this matter?Because it's a MAJOR warning that inflation is coming.You see, when inflation hits, it doesn't hit all at once. Instead it rolls out into the economy in stages.The first stage occurs at the "production" level of the economy. In this stage, managers at large manufacturers/p...Read More

Trading activity in China's hot-rolled coil market continued at a sluggish pace on Tuesday April 3 with both buyers and sellers waiting for a clearer pricing trend to emerge.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,850-3,880 yuan ($613-618) per tonne, widened downward by 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,840-3,870 yuan per tonne, widened downward by 10 yuan per tonneHRC prices widened downwa...Read More

Graceland UpdatesBy Stewart Thomson 1. Will this Friday's US jobs report be the catalyst that sends gold above the key $1370 resistance zone and ushers in a new era of institutional enthusiasm for gold stocks?2. Please click here now. Double click to enlarge. The US stock market suffered yet another "cardiac arrest" moment yesterday. 3. Market breadth has thinned horri...Read More

In an essay at the Monetary Metals blog headlined "Backwardation, the Bank of England, and Falling Prices" --https://monetary-metals.com/backwardation-the-bank-of-england-and-fallin...-- the firm's vice president of operations, Bron Suchecki, offers an explanation of one of the anomalies of the gold market, backwardation (when prices for immediate or spot delivery are higher than prices for future...Read More

By Steve St. AngeloAs the BLOOD continues to run on Wall Street, gold and silver were the few assets trading in the green today. As I have mentioned in past articles and interviews, investors need to get used to this sort of trading activity. Even though the Dow Jones Index ended off its lows of the day, it shed another 458 points while the Nasdaq declined 190 points and the S&P fell 60.As t...Read More

We've certainly got plenty to look at in coming days, but perhaps a good place to start is with a review of some of the latest COTs, because of their implications for the immediate future. The following charts make very clear why those in control of publishing COT data hold up its release for three days (the data is always for Tuesday's close) so that those at the top of the food chain can positio...Read More

While apparently waiting for a taxi, or to be seated for lunch, Larry King was accosted by TMZ in a discussion which eventually ledContinue...Read More

Datametrex AI Limited (TSXV:DM), a Blockchain stock, climbed after announcing that it is close to implementing an AI and Blockchain solution for a division of Hyundai CorporationSean Mason | March 27, 2018 | SmallCapPowerA big potential deal with Hyundai Corporation propelled a Blockchain stock Tuesday. Here's some small stocks making big moves on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 (as of 4 pm EST):Datame...Read More

(Kitco News) - Gold andsilver prices are slightly lower in early U.S. trading Tuesday, on a correctivepullback after good gains scored on Monday. June Comex gold futures were last down$3.30 an ounce at $1,343.60. May Comex silver was last down $0.092 at $16.585an ounce.Worldstock markets were lower overnight, following the sharp losses seen in the U.S.stock market on Monday that saw the indexes hi...Read More

The Prices Paid Index just rose for its fourth straight month to 78.1: its highest level since April 2011.Why does this matter?Because it's a MAJOR warning that inflation is coming.You see, when inflation hits, it doesn't hit all at once. Instead it rolls out into the economy in stages.The first stage occurs at the "production" level of the economy. In this stage, managers at large manufacturers/p...Read More

Sheahan Diamond Literature Reference CompilationThe Sheahan Diamond Literature Reference Compilation is compiled by Patricia Sheahan who publishes on a monthly basis a list of new scientific articles related to diamonds as well as media coverage and corporate announcements called the Sheahan Diamond Literature Service that is distributed as a free pdf to a list of followers. Pat has kindly agreed...Read More

Let's tie two topics we have treated, one in exhaustive depth and the other in an ongoing series. They are bitcoin and capital consumption. By now, everyone knows that the price of bitcoin crashed. Barrels of electrons are being spilled discussing and debating why, and if/when the price will go back to what it ought to be ($1,000,000 we are told).As an aside, in what other market is there a sense...Read More

Shares of the Snapchat parent are pacing for their seventh straight lossIt's a broad-based rebound on Wall Street today, with the major U.S. benchmarks pacing for a positive session. Among individual stocks making notable moves are Model 3 maker Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), Snapchat parent Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP), and drugmaker Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG). Here's a closer look at what's moving shar...Read More

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:In an essay at the Monetary Metals blog headlined "Backwardation, the Bank of England, and Falling Prices" --https://monetary-metals.com/backwardation-the-bank-of-england-and-fallin...-- the firm's vice president of operations, Bron Suchecki, offers an explanation of one of the anomalies of the gold market, backwardation (when prices for immediate or spot delivery ar...Read More