* Guest: Bryan Rust - Over the past 50 years, Rust Coins has been working to educate customers about precious metals - RustCoinAndGift.com

* Honest Money Report: Gold: $1778.00 Silver: $21.95.

* Craig Wright, a computer scientist who claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin, prevailed in a civil trial verdict Monday against the family of a deceased business partner that claimed it was owed half of a cryptocurrency fortune worth tens of billions. A Florida jury found that Wright did not owe half of 1.1 million bitcoin to the family of David Kleiman. The jury did award $100 million in intellectual property rights to a joint venture between the two men.

* Congress gets a crash course on crypto - The chiefs of six cryptocurrency companies testified before the House Financial Services Committee about the promises and perils of crypto assets.

* nancy pelosi calls for ban of cryptocurrency trading.

* Fauci: Definition of Fully Vaccinated Will be Changed.

* Santa received his booster shot and is 'good to go' for Christmas, Dr. Fauci confirms - USA Today.

* Senate Votes to Reject Vaccine Mandate.

* Lawmakers kill measure that would have required women to register for the Selective Service and any future military drafts.

* Meta (formerly Facebook) has 'brilliant' suggestion to keep your nude photos offline - Not!