FRANK HOLMES

Crypto SWOT: Bitcoin is now up more than 70% since the start of the year
Frank E. Holmes - Mar 27, 2023 05:38PM(Kitco commentary) - Of the cryptocurrencies tracked by CoinMarketCap, the best performer for the week was Mask Network, rising 34.86%.

Gold SWOT: Can gold prices surpass the record set during the height of the Covid pandemic?
Frank E. Holmes - Mar 27, 2023 05:16PM(Kitco commentary) - The best performing precious metal for the week was silver, up 3.53%. Over the past two weeks, total known ETF holdings of silver dropped by more than 16 million ounces, or more than 2%, but the silver price gained over 14%.

Crypto SWOT: A group of investors has set out to raise $100 million for a Bitcoin-focused fund.
Frank E. Holmes - Mar 20, 2023 11:40AM(Kitco commentary) - The central Bank of the UAE and the Reserve Bank of India signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on central bank digital currencies and explore interoperability between the two currencies, reports Bloomberg.

Gold SWOT: Market turmoil linked to Credit Suisse has spurred demand for haven assets
Frank E. Holmes - Mar 20, 2023 11:13AM(Kitco commentary) - The best performing precious metal for the week was silver, up 10.16%, in response to the strong move in gold. Gold rose to a near six-week high, reports Bloomberg, as ongoing market turmoil linked to Credit Suisse Group AG spurred demand for havens.

Crypto SWOT: Voyager Digital won court approval to sell itself to Binance.US.
Frank E. Holmes - Mar 13, 2023 06:17PM(Kitco commentary) - Voyager Digital won court approval to sell itself to Binance.US, the U.S. arm of the worlds biggest crypto exchange, after four days of contentious bankruptcy hearings. U.S. bankruptcy judge Michael Wiles

Gold SWOT: Agnico Eagle Mines is weighing what to do with its only Australian gold mine
Frank E. Holmes - Mar 13, 2023 06:04PM(Kitco commentary) - The best performing precious metal for the week was gold, up 0.98%. Gold rose from near its lowest this year after a metric of U.S. unemployment came in higher than expected

Crypto SWOT: The creators behind Bored Ape Yacht Club are launching their first collection of Bitcoin NFTs
Frank E. Holmes - Mar 6, 2023 12:36PM(Kitco commentary) - Goldman Sachs' digital asset team signaled it's open to bolstering staff strength and flagged the potential for blockchain technology to improve the functioning of markets such as private equity, explains a Bloomberg article.

Gold SWOT: Gold set up for its best week since the middle of January
Frank E. Holmes - Mar 6, 2023 12:30PM(Kitco commentary) - The best performing precious metal for the week was platinum, up 8.29%, on a falling dollar and a pullback in yields.

Crypto SWOT: Music streaming service Spotify is testing a new service called token-enabled playlists
Frank E. Holmes - Feb 27, 2023 10:53AM(Kitco commentary) - Of the cryptocurrencies tracked by CoinMarketCap, the best performer for the week was Stacks, rising 114.41%.

Gold SWOT: Gold extended its decline to the lowest level this year
Frank E. Holmes - Feb 27, 2023 10:33AM(Kitco commentary) - The best performing precious metal for the week was platinum, but still down 1.20%.

Gold at its most oversold level since October
Frank E. Holmes - Feb 23, 2023 04:01PM(Kitco commentary) - Gold is nearing its strongest buy signal in four months as the U.S. dollar eases off a rally thats carried the greenback to its highest point since early January.

Crypto SWOT: Last Thursday, bitcoin rallied to $25,000 for the first time since august. Where to next?
Frank E. Holmes - Feb 20, 2023 10:51AM(Kitco commentary) - Bitcoin rallied to $25,000 for the first time since August on Thursday, rising to as much as 4.4% after falling 64% in 2022.
