Macroscopic Podcast Grant Williams: GOLD is the only END GAME
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Dec 2, 2025 Grant Williams, a financial commentator and co-founder of Real Vision, delves into the crumbling trust in fiat currency and a significant shift back to gold. He discusses the historical role of gold versus fiat anomalies, the changing dynamics of central bank investments, and the looming endgame for the dollar. Grant emphasizes that soaring gold prices signal severe systemic problems and contrasts Eastern and Western gold demand. He explores the risks of digital currencies versus gold-backed systems and scrutinizes Bitcoin's potential as a monetary anchor.
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Trust Is The Core Monetary Issue
- Trust is the foundation of any monetary system and is eroding at both central bank and societal levels.
- Grant Williams argues this loss of trust will force a return to gold as the monetary anchor.
Why Grant Started Buying Gold
- Grant Williams first bought gold in 2003 after seeing central banks debase currencies via QE and rate cuts.
- He holds gold to protect purchasing power rather than to trade on price moves.
Fiat Era Is The Historical Anomaly
- For most of the past 250 years the world operated on a gold or bimetallic standard; today's fiat era is the anomaly.
- Williams sees a return to gold happening out of necessity as faith in fiat currencies wanes.