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There are many answers on the internet. Some say it’s because of trade wars, the U.S. strategy to pay off debt, the threat of World War III, and so on.

In my opinion, those explanations don’t fully address the root cause of why investors have been valuing gold so highly over the past three years.

So what is actually causing gold prices to keep rising? I’ll try to explain what I believe are the most logical reasons in this post.

Gold has been a store of value used by human civilization for hundreds of years. Humans also used gold as a medium of exchange in trade.

In 1971, everything changed. Humans began using the U.S. dollar as a store of value and medium of exchange, with its value based purely on trust. People believed that the U.S. would maintain the value of the dollar through its economic and military power. This is what we call fiat money.

Since then, global wealth assets have been stored in the U.S. in the form of USD.

But something has changed over the past three years.

Central banks have been selling their assets held in the U.S. and buying gold instead.

This is because there is a correlation across global central bank assets between rising gold reserves and declining holdings of U.S. Treasuries / U.S. bonds (which have long served as global stores of value).

This phenomenon aligns with gold prices rising nearly 200% over the past three years.

When examined more closely, the most aggressive gold buyer turns out to be the People’s Bank of China, with extremely massive purchase volumes since late 2022.

At the World Economic Forum 2026, Ray Dalio (a global macro investor) also confirmed this by stating that the financial system as we know it is collapsing. Central banks are shifting wealth from fiat money to gold because fiat money suffers from continuously accumulating debt.

So the continuous rise in gold prices is caused by central banks around the world aggressively buying gold.

Imagine a country hoarding a product with enormous financial power. When demand increases while supply is limited, prices inevitably surge (the law of supply and demand).

But why are central banks buying so much gold?

According to Ray Dalio, it’s due to concerns over ever-growing U.S. debt, which will inevitably impact the U.S. economy.

Remember, the value of fiat money depends heavily on the economic stability of a country.

But beyond debt issues, there is another major reason that I believe motivates central banks to accumulate gold.

When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Russia’s savings held in the U.S. were immediately frozen by the U.S., preventing Russia from accessing its assets.

This became the first alarm for other countries, making them realize:
“Hey, if the U.S. doesn’t like us, these papers (bonds/USD) are essentially worthless—even though they built the financial system themselves. One day, it could be our savings that get frozen.”

Trust in the USD began to erode, while paper assets derive their value entirely from trust.

The country with the most tension against the U.S. is China, which is why China has been consistently reducing its U.S. Treasury holdings and aggressively buying gold—to protect its national wealth.

What makes it worse is that since last year, Trump has appeared to continuously attempt to weaken the USD by attacking the Federal Reserve Chairman with various narratives and accusations.

This clearly affects central bank independence and further erodes trust in the USD.

Eventually, it became evident that the Fed is indeed weakening the dollar. At the end of January 2026, the Fed took a policy step that would reduce the value of the USD.

The Fed is preparing to sell its USD reserves to buy Japanese yen. This USD selling will flood the market with supply and push the dollar’s value down.

So what does this have to do with gold?

When the USD weakens, returns on U.S. investments such as deposits, bonds, and stocks also decline. Investors then move their wealth into other assets that offer more stable and potentially higher returns, one of which is gold.

In conclusion, the biggest driver behind gold’s continuous rally is the declining trust in the U.S. financial system, which has led central banks to hoard gold, followed by the weakening of the USD $PAXG

The funniest moment at Binance Week Dubai 2025 didn’t come from a chart, a keynote, or a price prediction. It came when CZ casually handed Peter Schiff a piece of gold and asked a question that should have been easy for the world’s loudest gold maxi: “Is this real gold?”

What followed was pure comedy. Schiff stared at it, touched it, hesitated, and started blubbering like someone trying to authenticate a luxury watch bought from a guy named “bro trust me.” The man who constantly tells Bitcoiners that digital assets can’t be trusted suddenly couldn’t confidently say whether the gold in his own hand was real. No scanner, no lab test, no acid kit, just vibes and uncertainty.

That awkward pause perfectly sums up the biggest weakness of physical gold. You can hold it, you can feel its weight, you can admire its shine, but unless you’re running professional tests, you’re still relying on trust. And in 2026, trust without verification feels… ancient.

This is where PAX Gold quietly embarrasses physical gold. $PAXG is a digital token issued by Paxos where each token represents one troy ounce of real, physical gold stored in professional vaults. This isn’t imaginary gold or paper promises. Each PAXG token is directly linked to a specific gold bar that meets London Good Delivery standards, complete with a serial number that can be verified. Instead of squinting at a bar and hoping for the best, you can literally check your gold on-chain.

The irony is beautiful. The digital version of gold turns out to be more transparent than the metal itself. With physical gold, counterfeits are real, gold-plated tungsten exists, and even experienced investors can get fooled. That’s why Schiff froze. Without proper tools, even gold experts can’t be sure. With PAXG, you don’t need to trust your eyes, your dealer, or your instincts. You rely on audited reserves, blockchain records, and institutional-grade custody.

Liquidity is another quiet advantage. Physical gold likes to pretend it’s timeless, but selling it still feels like a medieval process. You find a buyer, negotiate, verify authenticity, and physically move the metal like a traveling merchant. PAXG moves at internet speed. It trades 24/7, can be sent globally in minutes, and can even be used inside the crypto ecosystem as collateral or liquidity without ever touching a vault door.

What really stings for gold maxis is transparency. Traditional gold is opaque. You rarely know if it’s been rehypothecated, swapped, diluted, or even fully backed. PAXG lives on-chain, where supply, movement, and ownership are visible. The system doesn’t ask you to believe—it lets you verify.

That’s why the moment in Dubai mattered. CZ wasn’t just trolling Schiff. He was exposing an uncomfortable truth. When gold is physical, certainty disappears the moment you ask for proof. When gold is tokenized properly, certainty becomes instant.

So yes, Peter Schiff can mock crypto all he wants because you “can’t touch it.” But when gold is touched and still can’t be verified, the joke kind of writes itself. In a world where verification beats tradition, digital gold ended up being more honest than real gold.

And that’s the part gold maxis really don’t like answering. 😏 #MEME #MEMES #PAXG

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