“The ECB is afraid of gold as much as they are afraid of Bitcoin,” says Frank Holmes, CEO and Chief Investment Officer at U.S. Global Investors. In an interview with Daniela Cambone, he explains that the European Central Bank’s (ECB) warnings about gold stem from a fear of losing control—much like their stance on Bitcoin. Both assets represent decentralized, portable forms of wealth that challenge centralized monetary authority.
Rather than viewing gold as a source of instability, Holmes argues that it serves as a barometer of systemic fragility within the global financial system. “They’re trying to paint the picture that gold is possibly broken. But what it’s really showing… is that the financial system is broken and gold’s just sounding that alarm.” Looking ahead, Holmes predicts that global monetary trends could push gold to $6,000 in the coming years.
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Its debt, not gold, that is the risk for the system
ECB= manure …..
GDP for the USA has been downgraded over the next year
If you don’t hold it, you don’t own it!
Cash, Bonds and Stocks are also tier one. Stop omitting important data that can allow others to make informed decisions
I mean I guess if I could bring an ounce down to the grocery store I could buy $3,500 or whatever the supposed value per ounce will be when Fiat turns into nothing but possibly what Donald Trump crypto hahaha
It's illogical. What are we going to do take gold and buy crypto?
Is that the same crypto or Bitcoin that is presently being hacked by quantum computers and moved into certain very private period-to-peer floating satellite transferred decentralized currency?
Or are we going to take gold and chip off enough of a weight that we can use it for $100 at the grocery store?
Okay let's get this straight we all buy gold right? And then we have it where like in our safe in our house? And then what do we do and we need to go buy groceries with it?
So, we're not going to talk about the 650+ military cargo planes of gold we removed from the tunnels under the Vatican huh? Do your research!
The liberals that political liberals are the worst fascist
America has previously seized gold and silver and will do so again when they enter the inevitable depression coming soon to america. Land is the only investment you should make right now. Especially as 90% of framers are claiming bankruptcy, land is about to get a whioe lot cheaper.
If you think the US is financially in trouble, you should see the EU… Spain and Italy are likely to fail and France and Germany probably cannot bail them out. That may trigger a rush towards safe haven currencies like the USD and the yen and to gold and silver.
All the clearing banks, LBMA and COMEX need to do is to limit or ban derivatives trading on precious metals. Gold is not the threat. It’s unlimited derivative trading of precious metals and unlimited printing of fiat currency.
gold is not the cause it is the symptom
Who invented this shell game , selling something that doesn’t exist seems illegal , paper assets? As a mechanic this sounds like a shell game only business people play. How did it happen,
Drop the private bank , 🤙,
NATIONAL BANK OF USA
Owned by Americans
For Americans
War and assignations are always a result
China brilliant? They lent $2T out to countries who won’t be able to pay most of it back. I guess if you were buying influence, that was successful… but not a great investment. lol
This is Turkish tradition to collect gold. We give as a gift to our children or grandchildren during the traditional celebration. Also we give it to our relatives when they get married or have a child. That is why..
Well get buying even more now everyone. When the financial overlords tell you not to own something, then you know you need to buy it.
I think we are seeing more and more desperation from the establishment, the last thing they want is you to hold wealth and assets outside of the system that is not under their control.
Our farmers have been under attack because our government knows they will take gold/silver for beef, pork, chicken, vegetables, cheese, milk & canned goods they make. I live in PA & know many farmers.
thats because they cant control gold and bitcoin
They are afraid they can’t print their way out. And they can’t keep making trillions of us.
There’s strong evidence that China’s population is less than 800 million. If true, China and India do not have 40% of the world’s population.
It is hilarious … gold investors have been saying this for decades and oh yeah, no manipulation LOL ! ….. I hope the gold market takes the whole thing down …. a massive clean out of the corruption of these banks needs to happen
Interesting comments but the Elephant in the room was not addressed.
Which is the leveraged bullion banks and the hidden OTC paper trades.
A short squeeze /dislocation is what the ECB fears
❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂when the digital € is launched later this year, gold is a major threat to their plan of domination. All so called economists cannot be trusted. They are mouthpiece for elites. They are building a case to seize all gold and silver in white EU . The Gold must be owned by them and not by the people.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The west is in denial phase… what comes after denial phase? Exactly depression… Enter The Dragon… it’s awaken now
The Turkish Lira is low because of government spending but fortunately the money is spent in infrastructure all over Türkiye. I buy all my gold when I visit Kapalı Çarşı aka The Grand Bazaar.
The masses must demand the true validity of the gold & an immediate audit, imagine Doge was about to conduct their full audit and what they found Internally was & remains a mystery one in quantum & two in purity , with no announcement made or none to come has left everyone guessing where the fuck is all our gold – the US & the ECB have all done a « Ferdinand/Imelda Marcos »
The sweetener that will be thrown into this great new deal for the masses to accept the CBDC, will be that there will be a means test to qualify for the European version of UBI Universal Basic Income & depending on the acceptance might offer to all residence living in The EU Zone, as an inducement
A bitcorn will eventually disappear.
Simple, they hv no more gold in reserves, or they hv been rehypothecated or just plain stolen by the European elite for favours to their govts, and covered up « RETURNED » as either adulterated and or pure fake gold and not 999.998 pure. Plus to add insult to injury , the likes of current French President & his predecessors , have now just lost access to their African colonies reserves of not just gold but her entire bounty of mineral resource wealth- now all completely taken back by their own Rulers. Do the game plan moving forward is in complete tatters. The EU is literally up shit creek with no paddle to steer , Christine LaGarde has no where to go , which is why she is pushing for this Octobers conversion to the Euro version of CBDC this time backed by absolutely thin air, all credibility & trust by euro zone population is out the window, there will be heavy riots throughout the continent – mark my words
They print expensive toilet paper out of thin air and feed us their shit monetary system but call the gold price suspicious! If anything their actions are and Gold always was and will be tear 1 not the toilet paper we have in our wallets!
Buy what with gold nothing.
Daniela, come to the right side-bitcoin.
Gold has failed us. It is donne.
Bitcoin being a decentralized asset is the biggest lie of the century.
The Canadian government also blocked crypto during the truckers protest. Physically gold in your possession is the only ultimate safe haven
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Bitcoin…
Not surprised on the US bonds downgrade…in addition now the genius’s in Washington are passing a new bill called The Genius Crypto Bill … so fitting….they want to back crypto with US dollars and or US short term bonds. Thats a powerful statement totally revealing that crypto isn’t really worth anything on its own….crypto has always been a fools dream and trying to save it by backing it with US paper really exposes the crypto lie/scam…..crypto is dying as is US bonds and US fiat currency …they are losing value and credibility…so yeah back up the crypto Ponzi scheme with those and they will all go down together….wake up!
Judge just declared in Australia that Bitcoin is money and can not be taxed!
ECB fear mongering over an asset class is the mother of all buy signals…..😂
What really frightens me is the thought that the ECB functionaries actually believes their own propaganda that gold is the problem and MMT is the truth. Gold hasn’t moved up or down. Instead, fiat has fallen away like rock.
Begininng Jan 1, 2023 gold was reclassified as a Tier 1 asset. The only other Tier 1 asset is the dollar. Basel III introduced a non-risk-based leverage ratio as a backstop to the risk-based capital requirements.
Banks are required to hold a leverage ratio in excess of 3%, and the non-risk-based leverage ratio is calculated by dividing Tier 1 capital by the average total consolidated assets of a bank.
Banks have been buying gold as it doesn't have a counterparty risk. All currencies are measured by the # of its units it takes to buy an ounce of gold. In other words, they are trading fiat dollars for physical gold. That is the cause for the increase in bank purchases of gold.
All BUNK! The world NEEDS the dollar,
The world WANTS the dollar,
The world DESERVES the dollar!
Just print and be done with it!
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To simplify they are simply admitting that if you start taking deliveries of your paper gold with real gold it will break their system thats it. Because they don't have the physical gold to deliver. While those who are well informed already know it, a veiled public admission is a big thing so beware, something might be round the corner.
6000? The clowns have no clue🤣
Even going by simple metrics, like M1,Gold should have been at $27k, not to mention so many other factors full of frauds, Waste, Abuse, massive mismanagement, & the lack of credible leadership in every segment of the economy 😀🤣