Močno povečani nakupi zlata v zadnjih mesecih ter trgovanje z zlatom na Shanghajski borzi nekatere napeljujejo k špekulacijam, da uradni kitajski kupci kopičijo zlato. Špekulacije gredo v smeri, da se Kitajska pripravlja na morebitne sankcije s strani ZDA v primeru eskalacije dogajanja glede Tajvana. Kitajska bi se na podlagi izkušenj letos z zasegom ruskih deviznih rezerv utegnila umikati iz dolarskih imetij in kopičiti zlato.
Druga špekulacija gre v smeri, da se države izvoznice nafte umikajo iz trgovanja v dolarjih in da naj bi petrodolarje počasi izrinilo petrozlato. Bolje rečeno – petrojuan (kot je napovedal kitajski voditelj Xi Ping), saj je zlata mnogo premalo, lahko pa služi kot rezerva pri trgovanju z energenti v drugih valutah. Seveda gre zgolj za špekulacije, na katere pa je treba biti pozoren.
A month ago, we confirmed the identity of the “mystery” gold-buyer who had been suddenly hording the precious metal in recent months.
Specifically, we identified China as the hidden whale buying the barbarous relic when all around them are decrying it’s inflation-hedging help, remarking at the time that for China, the need to find an alternative to dollars, which dominate its reserves, has rarely been greater.
Tensions with the US have been high since measures taken against its semiconductor firms, while Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has demonstrated Washington’s willingness to sanction central bank reserves. In other words, now that the US has shown it is ready to weaponize the dollar, any USD reserves held by the Fed, Western banks or any other counterparty, could and will be promptly confiscated if China does something unpalatable… like invading Taiwan. Which is why China is desperately seeking money without counterparty risk. Here it has just two choices: crypto or gold. For now, it has picked the latter.

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