The West is last to see what´s coming [Video]

Samuel Briggs Kinesis Money

In this week’s Live from the Vault, Andrew Maguire is joined by London Paul to examine how the global shift away from dollar is accelerating faster than Western markets admit, as energy trade and sovereign reserves bypass the existing dollar setup.

The two experts discuss why they believe gold has emerged as the only neutral reserve asset capable of bridging the growing divide between competing monetary systems, and what that means for anyone still holding dollar-denominated assets.

Timestamps:

00:00 Start
03:12 Why the BRICS payment system is now a credible alternative to SWIFT
08:44 How China and Russia are accelerating de-dollarisation through energy trade
14:01 Why the US debt ceiling crisis is different this time
20:33 London Paul on why gold is the only neutral reserve asset left standing
27:18 How sovereign wealth funds are quietly repositioning into physical gold
33:45 Why the petrodollar’s decline is structural, not cyclical
40:02 The role of silver in the new monetary architecture taking shape
47:29 Why Western retail investors are the last to understand what is happening
54:11 What the next 12 months could look like for gold, silver and the dollar

Author

Samuel Briggs

Kinesis Money

Samuel holds a deep understanding of the precious metals markets, and as an in-house journalist for 1:1 gold and silver-backed monetary system, Kinesis, he is chiefly responsible for updating the community with insights and analys

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