China’s central bank continues its buying spree that has so far spanning six months. In April, the bank added an additional 8.09 tons of gold to its reserves, now topping 2,076.47 tons.
The token’s initial offering is backed by 140 kilogram gold bars that have been allocated from central bank reserves
The offering from Zimbabwe is causing a ruckus with the IMF that is reminiscent of the outrage posited against El Salvador when it established bitcoin as a legal currency and began issuing bitcoin bonds.
Legislators in Texas are leading the charge against the Federal Reserve’s monopoly on fiat money by offering an option for people to conduct business in sound money.
Physical gold and silver that would support the backing of the digital currency would be stored in a pooled account at the Texas State Bullion Depository.
The Federal Reserve system is comprised of 12 Reserve Banks that were established following the outbreak of World War I in 1914 as a way to manage the cashflow of the country and to prevent future bank runs and other banking crisis’.
The Board of Governors, which is appointed by the President of the United States, is responsible for supervision of the reserve banks and regulating certain other financial institutions and activities.
Zimbabwe has had a long history of economic instability. From 2004 until 2009 the country experienced five years of hyperinflation.
More than ten years later, the economy is Zimbabwe is still in shambles. The Zimbabwe dollar was reintroduced in 2019. More periods of high inflation quickly followed.
The American dollar system is broken. All of the major swings in the economy over the last few years that have been driven by political and policy-based initiatives have led to a decline in global trust of the American dollar. The ongoing banking crisis makes it more evident.
The mines in Egypt’s Eastern Desert represent an incredible source of income for the country. Gold from the El Sukari mine is already being used to grow the Central Bank of Egypt’s reserves which have recently been reported to have increased to 125 tons of gold.
Brazil’s international dollar currency reserves lost over $37.5 billion in from 2021 in 2022 due in large part to lower returns amid the US Federal Reserve’s rate hikes and dollar manipulation. While the country’s central bank reported gold holdings are valued at roughly $7.602 billion.
As the impact of the ongoing banking crisis begins to be felt at home, many Americans are shifting their priorities to protect their financial assets.
The shifting of and diversification of assets is likely continue at a rapid pace in the coming months as excess dollars and crypto funds are moved into hard assets like gold, silver, land, ammunition, firearms and stable food in the coming months as smart investors prepare for further economic hardship.
According to a recently released statement, JP Morgan Chase is the currently sole custodian of 459,485,125.800 troy ounces of fine silver on behalf of the Blackrock owned iShares Silver Trust (SLV).