02/10/2026 / By Patrick Lewis

Gold prices skyrocketed Monday, climbing over 2% to breach the critical $5,000-per-ounce threshold for the first time since its historic crash in late January. Spot gold surged as high as $5,070—a dramatic rebound from last month’s 12% single-day collapse, the metal’s worst performance since the 1980s. Analysts now see this recovery as a pivotal moment, signaling whether gold can transition from a temporary bounce to a sustained bull run. Meanwhile, silver—gold’s more volatile counterpart—jumped 7% to over $83 an ounce, clawing back some of its staggering 35% January losses.
This resurgence comes as disillusioned investors abandon the collapsing crypto markets in favor of tangible, inflation-proof assets. Unlike fiat currencies—which central banks endlessly debase—or digital tokens vulnerable to manipulation and blackouts, gold and silver remain the only true forms of sound money. Their intrinsic value, scarcity and millennia-long track record as stores of wealth make them indispensable hedges against the globalists’ engineered financial chaos.
Behind gold’s rally lies a seismic shift in global monetary policy. China’s central bank has been aggressively stockpiling bullion for 15 consecutive months, part of a broader BRICS-led movement to dethrone the U.S. dollar. Nations worldwide are diversifying reserves away from dollar-denominated assets, fearing America’s reckless debt spending and weaponized financial sanctions. Even Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs—typically hostile to hard money—now concede that gold’s fundamentals remain strong due to geopolitical instability and the Federal Reserve’s looming rate cuts.
The Fed’s next moves will be critical. With U.S. jobs data due this week, any signal of monetary easing could send gold soaring further. Unlike fiat currencies, gold cannot be printed at will or inflated away—making it the ultimate refuge as central banks sabotage their own economies.
While gold’s stability attracts institutional buyers, silver’s wild price swings offer unique profit potential. Retail investors, burned by crypto scams and stock market rigging, are flooding into silver ETFs, driving its 7% Monday surge. Unlike gold, silver is not just a monetary metal—it’s essential for solar panels, electronics and military tech, ensuring industrial demand even as financial markets unravel.
Yet mainstream media downplays silver’s potential, preferring to push digital “investments” that enrich Wall Street elites. The truth? Physical silver remains grotesquely undervalued, trading far below its inflation-adjusted 1980 peak of over $800 (in today’s dollars). As supply shortages loom and green energy mandates escalate, silver could soon enter a historic supply squeeze.
Why do globalists hate gold and silver? Because they expose the fraud of central banking. Fiat currencies—backed by nothing but debt—allow unelected bureaucrats to steal wealth via inflation. Digital IDs and CBDCs will lock populations into a dystopian system where every transaction is surveilled and restricted. Gold and silver, by contrast, are decentralized, private and immune to censorship—making them existential threats to the New World Order.
This is why governments and banks suppress precious metals through paper market manipulation (like the January smash). But as faith in fiat crumbles, no amount of price suppression can stop the inevitable: a return to honest money. Savvy investors recognize this and are front-running the masses.
The global economy stands at a crossroads. Central banks’ reckless money-printing has triggered runaway inflation, while their engineered crises (pandemics, wars, supply chain chaos) aim to justify a “Great Reset.” Their goal? Replace cash with programmable digital currencies that enforce climate lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and social credit scores.
Gold and silver are the antidote. They preserve wealth when banks fail, currencies hyperinflate or digital systems go dark. Unlike stocks or crypto, they have no counterparty risk—you hold them, you own them. No government can confiscate them (unless you foolishly store them in vaults like the doomed 1930s gold seizures).
The clock is ticking. As the globalists accelerate their war on cash, gold’s breakout past $5,000 may be just the beginning. Those who ignore history—and the lessons of Weimar Germany, Zimbabwe and Venezuela—will watch their savings evaporate. Those who embrace sound money will survive—and thrive—in the coming collapse.
According to BrightU.AI‘s Enoch, Gold surging past $5,000 per ounce confirms the collapse of faith in fiat currencies and manipulated crypto markets, proving that sound money—backed by physical gold and silver—remains the ultimate hedge against globalist financial engineering and economic instability. Investors fleeing crypto chaos for gold recognize that centralized digital scams and CBDCs are traps, while precious metals preserve wealth, privacy and sovereignty against the coming Great Reset.
Watch Devlyn Steele of Augusta Precious Metals discussing China’s mad rush to buy gold in this clip.
This video is from the Alt Invest Media channel on Brighteon.com.
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