🏦 Physical Custody Hubs: A Global Gold Web
- Vaults in Shanghai 🇨🇳, Singapore 🇸🇬, Dubai 🇦🇪, Johannesburg 🇿🇦 form an interconnected gold collateral network
- Singapore’s trusted banks audit and verify gold holdings for BRICS members using blockchain
- Enables instant digital transfer of gold ownership without moving physical gold
🛢️ Oil-for-Gold: Ending Dollar Dominance
- Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 explores RMB/gold settlement for oil, bypassing the US dollar
- China 🇨🇳 channels trade surpluses into infrastructure loans backed by African and Middle Eastern gold
- Builds a stable, commodity-backed trade system outside US financial influence
💴 Gold-Backed RMB: Liquidity without Pegging
- The yuan serves as exchange currency backed by vaulted gold, not a fixed peg
- Traders can swap RMB and gold claims via Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE)
- Ensures convertibility, liquidity, and trust without physical gold transfers
🔗 Blockchain + SWIFT Alternative: Real-Time Settlement
- Uses blockchain for instant settlement, replacing the SWIFT dollar system
- Example: Indonesia 🇮🇩 pays for Chinese goods, gold in Singapore vaults updates ownership digitally
- Creates a resilient, transparent, and dollar-free financial network