Last 27 years #gold return

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🥇 How is the Leader in Gold production ?

• 🇨🇳 #China: 380 tonnes. st1 producer globally
• 🇷🇺 #Russia : 330 tonnes, largely outside Western markets
• 🇦🇺 Australia: 284 tonnes, stable but mature
• 🇨🇦 #Canada : 202 tonnes
• 🇺🇸 United States: 158 tonnes (biggest holder of gold)

The top producers are either state-driven, sanctioned, or politically strategic.

At the same time:
• Central banks are buying at record pace
• Supply growth is slow
• Marginal ounces are getting more expensive

#GOLD isn’t just going up because of inflation.
It’s going up because control over supply is tightening.

#minerals #metals

Western silver prices pulled back from $120 to $105.

Shanghai silver prices advanced from $134 to $136.

Indian silver prices rose from $119 to $129.

Asian buyers are paying a $10-$22 premium.

Demand for physical silver is still strong.

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#Silver has crashed 17% in the past 24 hours and has erased $1.1 Trillion from its market cap.

Safe heaven asset is trading like an crypto Altcoin now.

🧵 IRAQ RATE CHANGE:

Multiple convergent signals point to imminent action.

Weekend banking ordered, CBI launches media campaign, expert commits to "gap elimination."

Here's what's aligning:

🏦 WEEKEND BANKING CRISIS (Jan 30-31)

Iraqi Ministry of Finance orders ALL government banks open Fri-Sat until salary distribution complete.

Salaries delayed 4-5 days past normal schedule (usually 20th-25th).

Official narrative: "liquidity shortage"
Alternative read: Positioning for rate event

📺 CBI MEDIA BLITZ

Central Bank signed formal MoU with National Media Network (Jan 29) for mass awareness campaign:

• Boost public confidence in banking system & Iraqi Dinar
• "Counter inaccurate foreign perceptions of Iraq's economy"
• Nationwide financial literacy push

You don't launch confidence campaigns unless something big is coming.

💥 SAFWAN QUSAY: "GAP TO ZERO"

Economic expert (CBI advisor) publicly stated: "The Central Bank is working to reduce the price gap to ZERO through well-thought-out procedures."

Zero gap between official/parallel rates = rate mechanism change required.

Can't achieve with enforcement alone.

⚙️ INFRASTRUCTURE READY

• Oliver Wyman timetable confirmed (ongoing meetings)
• Sanctioned banks REACTIVATED after tech compliance
• K2 Integrity monitoring irregular trade
• ASYCUDA system covering 90% of trade volume
• 70% private sector integration underway.

🇻🇳 VIETNAM PARALLEL

Vietnam mandated ALL cryptocurrency transactions use Vietnamese Dong exclusively (effective Jan 20):

• Creates upward demand pressure on Dong
• Mirrors Iraq's gap elimination strategy
• "Monetary sovereignty & financial stability" priority

Two countries, same playbook, same timeframe.

📊 US REGULATORY ALIGNMENT

CFTC final rule revision (effective Jan 29) includes foreign currency swaps + digital asset integration.

SEC-CFTC joint alliance under Trump admin's "crypto capital" agenda.

Global currency reset infrastructure being finalized at regulatory level.

⏰ TIMING CONVERGENCE

• Thu-Fri (Jan 29-30): CBI verbal positioning, media launch, salary delays

• Weekend (Jan 30-31): Forced weekend banking (RARE)

• Early next week: Expected next phase visibility

The rate mechanism cannot be activated until PM outcome is resolved...

All three constraints converging simultaneously.

🎯 BOTTOM LINE

Banks don't stay open weekends without reason.

Central banks don't commit to "zero gap" without structural solution.

Media campaigns don't launch days before business-as-usual.

Either genuine crisis OR cover story for transition.

Given tech readiness + CBI messaging, Option 2 more likely.

⚠️ CRITICAL WINDOW: Jan 30-31 (This Weekend)

Watch for:
• Extended banking hours Sunday
• CBI rate announcement
• Parallel market collapse
• Gold/silver correlation moves

If salaries pay out normally with no rate change = false alarm.

If banks stay operational past Friday close = something's moving.

🔐

Supply chain wars are in full swing.

China’s dominance in rare earth mining and processing has sent a shockwave through the US administration.

They are now trying to regain independence.

- Meeting allies to de-Chinafy
- The trade war
- Subsidizing mining and processing facilities
- Strategic metal stockpiles

These are all measures to loosen China’s chokehold.

This issue is a top priority and will be the defining investment trend of the next decade.

China is steadily removing the dollar from its trade system.

- Yuan trade settlement rose from ~12% in 2019
- It climbed to roughly 30% by 2024–2025
- That is a ~170% increase in 6 years

China has a dominant global role:

- China is the biggest trade partner to most countries
- Processes 90% of the world’s critical minerals

China has been pushing trade partners to settle directly in yuan, reducing reliance on dollar clearing and Western banks.

- For exporters, using yuan lowers exposure to sanctions and asset freezes
- For China, it pulls partners further into its sphere of influence
- For the US, this is a catastrophe... demand for USTs is falling while supply is rising

Don’t be mistaken: this is war, economic warfare for now, but the US won’t give up dollar hegemony without a fight.

Hard assets will outperform in this volatile era.