Central banks bought 321 metric tons of gold in Q3, up 42% YoY. $GLD $GDX
Gold ETF inflows added $31B, while high prices caused jewelry demand to drop 17%.
Capital Economics expects gold prices to retreat to $3,600/oz by the end of 2027.
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Central banks are buying, but is gold headed to $3,600?
Centralized exchanges reaching out daily for partnerships.
“What is your trading volume?”
My friends, you will be lucky just to have people even share your shit with hacks happening every minute.
Centralized Exchange hacks by the numbers
Bybit $1.5b February 2025
Bitget $388m Sept 2026
Binance $6.3b October 2026
Total $8.2b
Centralized platforms are the overwhelming majority of crypto “theft” by dollar value.
The part that should worry people isn’t the count, it’s the method. “Thieves” didn’t break the blockchain they compromised the platforms own infrastructure, used a laptop and pre-signed authorizations to turn hot wallets into sweepers. Same playbook for all 3.
Why would billions not have been better protected after Bybit? Or Drift?
How can billions be behind one Ethereum EIP-7702 signature?
You think we stupid? Fishy af.
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Central banks tell the public that inflation is under control while quietly buying physical gold at record speeds.
Over the last two years, global central banks have accumulated over 1,000 tonnes of net gold per year, the highest rate of official hoarding in modern history.
Why? Because paper currencies carry counterparty risk, inflation erosion, and debt default risk. Physical gold carries zero.