RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)Aztecs took gold tribute from their subject tribes. Spanish conquistadors looted the Aztecs. Sir Francis Drake looted Spanish galleons. Seizing gold vaults was a universal war objective. Many politicians have controlled monetary systems by controlling gold. Now we can do better. https://t.co/pg33pZLJCK ...

JUST IN: 🇲🇽 Billionaire Ricardo Salinas just said Bitcoin will go up at least 14x to $1.5 MILLION to catch up with gold"And then it will continue to outperform." 🔥 https://t.co/GuNfJPCLNF ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)@stevanlohja It's much lower cost to transfer well-verified Bitcoin than to transfer well-assayed gold. ...

Historical Context of Payment Systems - Gold and silver were commonly used for direct payments for millennia [1] - The system progressively centralized with the dependence on trusted third-party validators like mints and banks [1]

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)@LukeDashjr Most folks have long since forgotten what the actual main point (trust minimization) of gold was. ...

Market Trends - Crypto prices are lagging behind equities and gold [1] - Retail investors are sensitive to tariff news [1] - Unpredictability in the market has made investors hesitant to make significant moves [1]

Why Bitcoin is “gold 2.0”? 👇https://t.co/FAM1jRiFvW ...

Interest Rate and Monetary Policy - The market is closely watching the 4% level in rates [1] - The Fed is expected to cut rates once or twice this year, with October being largely priced in [7] - Further rate cuts could lead to a terminal Fed funds rate below the Fed's long-run neutral rate, indicating a very accommodative policy [7] Economic Concerns - A government shutdown of the current length is concerning and could impact the economy [4] - The impact of the shutdown on GDP is estimated to be between 0.1% to 0.2% per week [5] Market Dynamics and Investor Behavior - Investors are seeking safe haven assets like treasuries due to concerns about the broader macroeconomic backdrop [3] - There is over 7 trillion in money market fund instruments, indicating a large amount of cash on the sidelines [8] - Investors are allocating to bonds and global equities, with gold being one of many avenues for investment [9] - Money market fund AUMs have been increasing even as equities reach all-time highs, contrary to expectations of money flowing from money markets to equities after the Fed stops hiking rates [11][12]

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink told CBS he has reassessed Bitcoin, calling crypto “an alternative asset like gold.” Fink said Bitcoin is “not a bad asset” but shouldn’t take a large share of portfolios. He earlier noted that about half of BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF demand came from retail investors, 75% of whom had never owned an iShares product before.https://t.co/rBNEqf2vat ...

RT Oro (@orogoldapp)We just put yield-bearing gold on the internetThis is our story ↓ https://t.co/GGFFafN2pw ...