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CHINA IS BUILDING THE WORLD’S GOLD CAPITAL IN THE PLUMBING — LONDON IS THE TARGET Prof. Michael Hudson, Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, sat down with Kathleen Tyson, a former New York Fed attorney and global-markets supervisor who co-invented triparty repo and helped design major capital-markets plumbing, including FX settlement infrastructure. Tyson’s point is blunt: China never announced a plan to take the gold market. It built the pipes. Gold is already leaving London and the United States. The question is who holds it when the next freeze comes. THE PLAN THEY NEVER ANNOUNCED China stayed quiet and laid track for three decades. ➡️ Private gold was restricted until 1993. A domestic market opened in 1994. The Shanghai Gold Exchange arrived in 2002. ➡️ By 2019, Tyson says the Shanghai futures market had already passed London and sat just behind Chicago. ➡️ In 2025 they eased gold imports. Gold, she says, has been the biggest export out of the United States in six of the last eight months. ➡️ Hong Kong now settles Shanghai contracts in physical metal, payable in dollars, euros, Hong Kong dollars, or renminbi. A Western bank that holds almost no RMB can still buy the gold in dollars. THE SEIZURE DIVIDE This is the political core. ➡️ In 2005 China passed a law: official and central-bank gold cannot be seized or expropriated. ➡️ Tyson calls that 180 degrees from the West. She says Western vaults have taken gold from Yugoslavia, Iran, Afghanistan, Venezuela and Iraq, and that Tripoli’s gold “disappeared very suddenly onto big jumbo cargo jets.” ➡️ Hudson notes the Netherlands now wants its gold out of the New York Fed, citing political instability. Germany asked for years and was stalled. ➡️ “You don’t really own the gold unless you hold it,” Hudson says. He would rather store metal in Hong Kong than in New York. THE NEW COLLATERAL Gold only becomes money again if it can be borrowed against. ➡️ Tyson watched Shanghai futures vault receipts sit near five tons for years, then spike toward about 96 tons. ➡️ Those receipts are digital certificates on assayed, numbered bars. They can move electronically and serve as repo collateral. ➡️ This year Hong Kong launched a precious-metals clearing house. Founder members include HSBC, Citi, UBS and Morgan — the same names behind London clearing. ➡️ They are listing 400-ounce London good-delivery bars, not the one-kilo Shanghai bar. Tyson’s read: they are aiming at London and Chicago. “They don’t talk about it. They just do it in the plumbing.” NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER’S GOLD STANDARD Hudson draws the line that matters for the Global South. ➡️ After the world wars, gold was a creditor whip. Convertibility plus austerity forced deficit countries to shrink credit, sell assets, and feed bondholders. ➡️ This time, he says, gold is not being used to impose deflation on debtors. It is a settlement reserve and an accounting anchor while countries try to trade outside the dollar. ➡️ Tyson’s refinance math is the other half: she puts RMB debt near 1.95 against a 10-year Treasury at 5 percent — about 60 percent cheaper debt service if a Belt-and-Road or BRICS borrower refinances out of dollars. ➡️ She expects a line for that trade as Western rates stay high. Hudson asks the harder question: why help pay dollar debts he calls bad loans created by war and energy shock, instead of writing them down. THE BOTTOM LINE China is not giving speeches about dethroning the dollar. It is building a seizure-resistant gold market, a Hong Kong delivery window, and digital vault paper that can function as collateral. London still clears the old bars. The metal is already moving east. The country that holds the gold, and can lend against it, writes the next rulebook. #Gold #ChinaGold #Dedollarization #HongKong #BRICS #Hudson #Tyson HT:

Mark

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TRUMP'S CRITICAL METALS ORDER COLLIDES WITH JULY 29 SILVER TIME BOMB Austrian Precious Metals expert Ernst Gratz lays out the most dangerous setup the silver market has seen in years. Trump’s critical metals Executive Order is racing toward its mid-July deadline at the exact same moment the COMEX July contract hits Last Notice Day. The collision of policy power and physical scarcity is no longer theoretical. THE TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER ➡️ On January 14 the critical metals Executive Order covering roughly 60 minerals and metals was signed. ➡️ By mid-July U.S. trade negotiators must deliver concrete results on supply-chain deals with partner nations. ➡️ The explicit goal is to slash dependence on China and rebuild secure Western production. THE NEW RULES OF THE GAME ➡️ Price floors are being examined to shield domestic mines and friendly imports from violent swings. ➡️ Predatory dumping that once crushed Western refiners is now firmly in the crosshairs. ➡️ Failure of the talks triggers the threat of tariffs on industrial silver imports. ➡️ Those tariffs would immediately tighten available metal and force U.S. buyers to pay up. THE COMEX DEADLINE ➡️ July 29 is Last Notice Day for the silver futures contract. ➡️ Total open interest currently stands near 108,000 contracts, equal to 540 million ounces. ➡️ Registered, deliverable silver in the vaults is only about 86 million ounces. ➡️ The specific July contract alone still shows roughly 200 million ounces of open interest. THE PAPER TRAP ➡️ Physical coverage is a thin 16 percent. ➡️ If a meaningful share of holders stand for actual delivery, the registered stocks disappear. ➡️ The exchange would be forced into force majeure and cash settlement. ➡️ When that happens the true physical price detaches and surges higher with almost no resistance. THE BOTTOM LINE Policy pressure from the White House is tightening the noose at the precise moment the paper market is most exposed. The mismatch between claims and real metal has never been this extreme heading into a major notice period. This is the setup that turns paper promises into physical fireworks. #SilverSqueeze #COMEX #CriticalMetals #PhysicalSilver #TrumpOrder #July29Deadline #SilverBull
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TRUMP'S CRITICAL METALS ORDER COLLIDES WITH JULY 29 SILVER TIME BOMB Austrian Precious Metals expert Ernst Gratz lays out the most dangerous setup the silver market has seen in years. Trump’s critical metals Executive Order is racing toward its mid-July deadline at the exact same moment the COMEX July contract hits Last Notice Day. The collision of policy power and physical scarcity is no longer theoretical. THE TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER ➡️ On January 14 the critical metals Executive Order covering roughly 60 minerals and metals was signed. ➡️ By mid-July U.S. trade negotiators must deliver concrete results on supply-chain deals with partner nations. ➡️ The explicit goal is to slash dependence on China and rebuild secure Western production. THE NEW RULES OF THE GAME ➡️ Price floors are being examined to shield domestic mines and friendly imports from violent swings. ➡️ Predatory dumping that once crushed Western refiners is now firmly in the crosshairs. ➡️ Failure of the talks triggers the threat of tariffs on industrial silver imports. ➡️ Those tariffs would immediately tighten available metal and force U.S. buyers to pay up. THE COMEX DEADLINE ➡️ July 29 is Last Notice Day for the silver futures contract. ➡️ Total open interest currently stands near 108,000 contracts, equal to 540 million ounces. ➡️ Registered, deliverable silver in the vaults is only about 86 million ounces. ➡️ The specific July contract alone still shows roughly 200 million ounces of open interest. THE PAPER TRAP ➡️ Physical coverage is a thin 16 percent. ➡️ If a meaningful share of holders stand for actual delivery, the registered stocks disappear. ➡️ The exchange would be forced into force majeure and cash settlement. ➡️ When that happens the true physical price detaches and surges higher with almost no resistance. THE BOTTOM LINE Policy pressure from the White House is tightening the noose at the precise moment the paper market is most exposed. The mismatch between claims and real metal has never been this extreme heading into a major notice period. This is the setup that turns paper promises into physical fireworks. #SilverSqueeze #COMEX #CriticalMetals #PhysicalSilver #TrumpOrder #July29Deadline #SilverBull

Mark

82,677 views • 2 months ago

SILVER'S RUBBER BAND IS ABOUT TO SNAP: 80:1 BACK TO HISTORIC 15:1 Austrian silver expert Ernst Gratz just laid out the most extreme valuation gap in monetary history. Gold and silver are the oldest currencies on earth, yet the paper market has stretched their relationship to a breaking point never seen before. What happens when that rubber band finally snaps back will rewrite portfolios overnight. THE GEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL TRUTH ➡️ In the Earth’s crust silver is only 15 to 19 times more abundant than gold. ➡️ Ancient Egypt under King Menes set the ratio as low as 2.5 to 1. ➡️ The Roman Empire fixed it by law at 12 to 1. Julius Caesar adjusted it to 11.5 to 1. ➡️ The United States Coin Act of 1792 locked the official ratio at exactly 15 to 1 for generations. THE MODERN MADNESS ➡️ Today the paper market trades the ratio at 80 to 1 or higher. ➡️ This is not a free market price. It is a historic anomaly created by derivatives, industrial classification, and institutional blindness. WHY THE BAND IS STRETCHED SO FAR ➡️ Gold is treated as pure money and is hoarded. Silver is treated as an industrial metal and is consumed. ➡️ Over 50 percent of annual silver demand now comes from industry: electric vehicles, electronics, and AI data centers. ➡️ Paper markets and futures contracts systematically suppress the physical silver price. ➡️ In every crisis the big institutions, central banks, and sovereign funds flee almost exclusively into gold and overlook silver completely. THE SUPPLY TIME BOMB ➡️ The world has run a structural silver deficit for six consecutive years. ➡️ The cumulative shortfall has already reached roughly 700 million ounces — an entire year of global mine production. ➡️ The green energy transition and the AI boom require enormous additional volumes. Silver is the best electrical conductor on the planet and has no substitute. THE HISTORICAL PATTERN ➡️ Every time the gold-silver ratio has crossed 80 or 100 to 1 — in 1980, 2008, and 2020 — silver launched an epic catch-up rally that dramatically outperformed gold. THE FINAL SHAKEOUT ➡️ Before the rubber band snaps, the system always tries to force the last true believers out of the market. ➡️ Capitulation by the remaining physical holders is the classic final signal that the upside is about to open. THE BOTTOM LINE The rubber band is stretched to its absolute limit. When financial stress meets physical tightness, silver will not gently re-rate. It will snap back toward its 15-to-1 reality with historic force. This is the highest-conviction asymmetric trade left in the precious metals complex. #Silver #GoldSilverRatio #SilverDeficit #PreciousMetals #SilverSqueeze #MonetaryMetals #SilverVsGold
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SILVER'S RUBBER BAND IS ABOUT TO SNAP: 80:1 BACK TO HISTORIC 15:1 Austrian silver expert Ernst Gratz just laid out the most extreme valuation gap in monetary history. Gold and silver are the oldest currencies on earth, yet the paper market has stretched their relationship to a breaking point never seen before. What happens when that rubber band finally snaps back will rewrite portfolios overnight. THE GEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL TRUTH ➡️ In the Earth’s crust silver is only 15 to 19 times more abundant than gold. ➡️ Ancient Egypt under King Menes set the ratio as low as 2.5 to 1. ➡️ The Roman Empire fixed it by law at 12 to 1. Julius Caesar adjusted it to 11.5 to 1. ➡️ The United States Coin Act of 1792 locked the official ratio at exactly 15 to 1 for generations. THE MODERN MADNESS ➡️ Today the paper market trades the ratio at 80 to 1 or higher. ➡️ This is not a free market price. It is a historic anomaly created by derivatives, industrial classification, and institutional blindness. WHY THE BAND IS STRETCHED SO FAR ➡️ Gold is treated as pure money and is hoarded. Silver is treated as an industrial metal and is consumed. ➡️ Over 50 percent of annual silver demand now comes from industry: electric vehicles, electronics, and AI data centers. ➡️ Paper markets and futures contracts systematically suppress the physical silver price. ➡️ In every crisis the big institutions, central banks, and sovereign funds flee almost exclusively into gold and overlook silver completely. THE SUPPLY TIME BOMB ➡️ The world has run a structural silver deficit for six consecutive years. ➡️ The cumulative shortfall has already reached roughly 700 million ounces — an entire year of global mine production. ➡️ The green energy transition and the AI boom require enormous additional volumes. Silver is the best electrical conductor on the planet and has no substitute. THE HISTORICAL PATTERN ➡️ Every time the gold-silver ratio has crossed 80 or 100 to 1 — in 1980, 2008, and 2020 — silver launched an epic catch-up rally that dramatically outperformed gold. THE FINAL SHAKEOUT ➡️ Before the rubber band snaps, the system always tries to force the last true believers out of the market. ➡️ Capitulation by the remaining physical holders is the classic final signal that the upside is about to open. THE BOTTOM LINE The rubber band is stretched to its absolute limit. When financial stress meets physical tightness, silver will not gently re-rate. It will snap back toward its 15-to-1 reality with historic force. This is the highest-conviction asymmetric trade left in the precious metals complex. #Silver #GoldSilverRatio #SilverDeficit #PreciousMetals #SilverSqueeze #MonetaryMetals #SilverVsGold

Mark

47,942 views • 2 months ago