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29 Dec 2025

And the winner is ...

Source: Willem Middelkoop @wmiddelkoop

29 Dec 2025

🚨The U.S. is sitting on nearly $1 TRILLION worth of hidden liquidity that could be unlocked without QE.

The U.S. is sitting on a $1 TRILLION "hidden" asset that almost nobody is talking about. 🤫 Forget QE. Forget interest rate cuts. There is a lever the Treasury could pull that would inject massive liquidity into the system without issuing a single new bond. Here is the "Invisible Math" that could change everything: 1. The Accounting Time Warp 🕰️ The U.S. Treasury owns 261.5 million ounces of gold. On the official books, it’s valued at just $42.22 per ounce—a price frozen in 1973. Official Book Value: ~$11 Billion Real Market Value (at ~$4,500/oz): ~$1.17 Trillion 2. The $1.1 Trillion Gap 🕳️ While most countries value their gold at market prices, the U.S. is sitting on a massive unrealized gain. This isn't just a fun fact—it’s a strategic bazooka. 3. Why this matters NOW ⚠️ With U.S. debt crossing $37 trillion and interest costs exploding, the government is running out of moves: Raising taxes? Politically impossible. Cutting spending? Unrealistic. More debt? Pushes yields into the danger zone. 4. The "Stealth Liquidity" Play 🚀 If the U.S. revalues that gold to market prices, it instantly creates over $1 trillion in balance sheet capacity. No bonds, no debt—just "unlocked" value. What happens to your portfolio? Gold: Skyrockets, as it’s the primary asset being repriced. Risk Assets: Follow suit as "stealth liquidity" enters the system. Bitcoin: Becomes the ultimate signal. Gold revaluation is an admission that fiat purchasing power has eroded. Bitcoin is the only major asset that sits entirely outside that system. Will the US decides to revalue their gold holdings in 2026??? 🧐 Source: Bull Theory on X

29 Dec 2025

Silver Rug Pull Alert 📉📉

Source: Barchart

29 Dec 2025

The main part of the price smash in silver was approximately 10K contracts in the futures market over just 15 minutes — approximately 50M digital ounces.

Source: Peter Spina ⚒ GoldSeek | SilverSeek @goldseek

29 Dec 2025

$ZSL is the -2x Silver ETF (i.e short Silver ETF with 2x leverage).

The highest volume ever was recorded for this ETF on Friday - by a mile. Are traders betting on a blow off top? Source: Trend Spider

29 Dec 2025

LARGEST LIFE INSURANCE PROVIDER IN US, NEW YORK LIFE, WITH $900b AUM, SUGGESTS PRECIOUS METALS ALLOCATIONS UP TO 20%

Source: @calvinfroedge

29 Dec 2025

Abu Dhabi, the Capital of Capital: leading the World’s major Cities by the size of their SWFs.

Source: Najeh Awad, Visual Capitalistwolf

23 Dec 2025

This is Warren Buffett's last full week as the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway

source : wolf

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