.no end to ukraine war
.UK, france, germany economy in bad shape.
.taco continues his tariff game, trouble for japan, south korea.
.US jobs shrinking, unemployment rising.
.fed rate cuts starting sep, followed by QE.

locally, inflation will accelerate too, prices of everything rising.

how can gold price not continue to go up?

can now shoot for $4000/oz, RM530/g by dec!

Stablecoin Giant Tether in Talks to Deepen Gold Investments Beyond $8.7B Reserves

Tether has held talks with multiple mining and investment groups to back ventures spanning extraction, refining, trading, and royalty finance.

Fri, September 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM GMT+8 3 min read
Tether, the company behind the world&rsquo s largest stablecoin USDT, is exploring deeper exposure to gold by investing directly across the metal&rsquo s global supply chain.


Key Takeaways:
Tether is expanding its gold strategy with investments across mining, refining, and trading.

The company has already poured over $200 million into gold royalty firm Elemental Altus.



CEO Paolo Ardoino views gold as a natural complement to Bitcoin, calling it &ldquo our source of nature.&rdquo



Tether has held talks with multiple mining and investment groups to back ventures spanning extraction, refining, trading, and royalty finance, the Financial Times reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.

The company already holds $8.7 billion in gold reserves stored in Zurich, used as partial backing for its tokens, but now appears to be eyeing physical gold investments on a much larger scale.
Tether CEO Calls Gold &ldquo Our Source of Nature&rdquo


Tether&rsquo s CEO Paolo Ardoino has publicly praised gold as a foundational store of value, going as far as calling it &ldquo our source of nature.&rdquo

In a May speech, he said: &ldquo I know people think that bitcoin is &lsquo digital gold.&rsquo I prefer to think in Bitcoin terms &mdash I think gold is our source of nature.&rdquo

The company has made initial moves in the space. In June, Tether Investments acquired a $105 million stake in Elemental Altus, a Toronto-listed gold royalty firm.
Just last week, it followed up with an additional $100 million investment, timed with Elemental&rsquo s merger with rival EMX.


According to Juan Sartori, head of business initiatives at Tether, the goal is to build out a broader &ldquo gold exposure&rdquo strategy.

Tether&rsquo s interest has raised eyebrows among gold insiders. &ldquo They like gold. I don&rsquo t think they have a strategy,&rdquo said one mining executive. Another commodity veteran called Tether &ldquo the weirdest company I have ever dealt with.&rdquo

Talks were also held with Terranova Resources, a British Virgin Islands-based gold vehicle, though those negotiations did not lead to a deal.

Tether runs XAUt, a token backed by physical gold, but it remains a niche product with a market cap under $900 million, far from USDT&rsquo s dominant $168 billion.
The company also operates a growing commodity trade finance book, issuing short-term loans for bulk raw material shipments.


As digital assets continue to merge with traditional commodities, Tether&rsquo s gold ambitions signal a broader effort to blend blockchain-based finance with hard-asset backing.

https://x.com/BenniKim/status/1963566989210698120

Planning to slowly collect egold now. Should I go with the banks or tng?

Tng rate seems good but worried about their as security

the security is as tight as the security to access and use their e-wallet. so if you do keep cash in tng e-wallet, u should be ok with them holding on to the "e-gold".

Alert: Tether is Selling Bitcoin and Buying Gold! What Do They Know?

el salvador, an early bitcoin adopter, is also diversifying to gold.

https://news.bitcoin.com/el-salvador-pivots...iversification/

Go for physical gold.
Not those "e" stuff.

Sorry, may I know why?

Unker percaya sama TNG n MY banks. Gold account not covered by PIDM.

If DCA purchase small amount, just go ahead.

Physical 1 gram is abt$540, approx 20% spread.

e-gold:
. unallocated gold.
. uninsured, terms & conditions can be changed at will by operator, i.e counterparty risk.
. "if u don't hold it, u don't own it".
. smaller spread, 1.0-1.5-3%.
. convenient, easy buy, sell, instant cash transfer
. suitable for gold speculation, short-mid term
. no storage, security issues.

physical gold:
. bigger spread, 3-5% with bullion traders, 12-20% with gold jewelry shops.
. once u buy, likely you keep for years, decades.
. loved by gold bugs, stackers.
. typically for long or v long term hold, pass to next generation.
. u can hold it, kiss it, sleep with it, it's yours.
. may entail storage, security issues
. proven wealth preservation method for >5000 years.

Those who are thinking about riding the gold bull run at this very moment should avoid buying physical gold. At the current high price, plus the added premium, you will immediately face a net loss after purchase. Physical gold is more suitable for people who are ready to hold it for many years.

For example, if you buy at RM 500 per gram, you should only expect profit when the price reaches around RM 600 per gram. In U.S. dollar terms, that’s roughly $4,420 per ounce, which could take years to happen.

If you are confident in the current bullish momentum, it’s better to consider margin trading or e-gold instead. These options allow you to exit quickly if the price crashes, unlike physical gold, which locks you in long-term.

Another day, another record high!
$3,648

Dear Mr Gold, please, please don't continue to go up.

I need the Risk-ON investments to fly high, high.

Thank you.

Gold is not for profitability. It is not an investment asset. It's a relic which is dug out of the ground and
" “I have no views as to where (gold) will be (in the next five years), but the one thing I can tell you is it won’t do anything between now and then except look at you” — Buffett, CNBC’s Squawk Box, 2009"

My Risk ON Assets are also flying. Especially them gold/silver miners.

Bro, u don't be lidat lar.

I wanna graduate from gold forum and join the big boys at the FI/RE forum.

Instead of talking big or lean FI/RE, we talk Forest, Taiga or Mega FI/RE one.

unker... what is Forest, Taiga or Mega FI/RE??? i can only think of actual forest fire eh... haha...

well....everything is up up up.... only thing down is USD... many thanks to usa admin...

new gold record price $3656/oz; RM495/g; RM4.209/$; DXY 97.31.

won't be long to get to RM500/g spot.


gotta be painful if you are planning to buy gold jewelry as gifts.

Truly, madly, deeply believe with Clarity Act, the best is yet to come in Q4 2025.