Empire of Money

Here's what you need to understand: Gold's price doesn't rise by itself. It rises when trust falls.
Gold at $2,800 an ounce in 2024, or $3,000 in early 2025, or even the $5,000 we're seeing right now in February 2026—these are prices in a system that's still functioning, even if it's straining. These prices assume currencies still work, governments remain stable, central banks maintain control, and debts can somehow be managed.
But look at what's already happened. Gold has nearly doubled in just over a year. From $2,650 in December 2024 to $5,000 now. That's not normal market behavior. That's not jewelry demand or mining supply issues. That's fear. That's the early stage of trust cracking.
And here's what should terrify you: we're still in the "functioning system" phase. Central banks are still in control—barely. Currencies still work—mostly. The financial system still operates—just with more stress than before.
$5,000 gold is expensive. It's a record high. But it's still a price in a world where the dollar exists, where bonds are traded normally, where the system limps along.
But if the day comes when trust in that system cracks globally—not just one country in crisis, but the entire interconnected financial system losing credibility—gold doesn't just rise anymore. It reprices.
Because at that point, gold stops being an investment you hold for returns and becomes an alternative monetary system. It becomes the thing you measure everything else against, rather than being measured in dollars.
The ceiling disappears because there is no ceiling to how much trust can be lost.
Think about it: gold went from $2,650 to $5,000 in about fourteen months. That's an 88% increase. And that happened while the system was still "working." While central banks were still maintaining order. While people still broadly trusted that their dollars and euros would exist tomorrow.
What happens when that trust breaks? Not weakens—breaks.
We've already seen the warning signs that brought us to $5,000:
• US debt hit $38. trillion with no plan to stop it growing
• Central banks globally bought over 1,100 tons of gold in 2025, the second-highest annual purchase on record
• Dedollarization accelerated, with more countries settling trade outside the dollar system
• Inflation remained sticky, refusing to come down to central bank targets despite high interest rates
• Geopolitical tensions intensified, making the global system more fragmented and less cooperative
Those factors got us from $2,650 to $5,000. They shifted gold from "alternative investment" to "essential insurance" in many investors' minds.
But we haven't seen the real crisis yet. $5,000 gold is expensive, yes. But it's not panic. It's not repricing. It's not the ceiling disappearing.
Here in February 2026, we're closer to that edge than most people realize.
The debt hasn't become sustainable—it's gotten worse. The geopolitical situation hasn't stabilized—it's more volatile. Dedollarization hasn't slowed—it's accelerating. And those central banks buying gold? They're not doing it because they think gold is a good investment. They're doing it because they're preparing for something.
I'm not saying the collapse will definitely happen. I'm saying the conditions are in place for it to happen. The system is under more stress than the $5,000 gold price even suggests. The kindling is stacked, soaked in gasoline, and someone's playing with matches nearby.
When that day comes—if it comes—you won't have time to react.
By the time you realize gold is in a true no-ceiling scenario, it won't be $5,000 anymore. It will be $8,000, then $12,000, then $20,000, moving faster than you can process. Physical gold will disappear from dealers. Premiums will explode. ETFs might suspend redemptions. Governments might restrict gold purchases or exports.
The move from $2,650 to $5,000 took fourteen months and felt fast. The move from $5,000 to $15,000 could take fourteen days if trust really breaks.
So maybe, just maybe, it's worth thinking about gold—even at $5,000—not as an investment you're buying for returns, but as insurance for a scenario we hope never happens but increasingly looks possible.
Because if that day comes when gold's ceiling truly disappears, when we go from $5,000 to something unimaginable, the question won't be "how high can gold go?"
The question will be: "how much is paper money really worth?"
And you won't like the answer.
The fact that gold is already at $5,000 in February 2026 isn't proof that the crisis has passed. It's proof that it's beginning.

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Empire of Money

A quantum computer is almost a reality 😳. And this is a serious threat to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, because the current blockchain could become vulnerable.

Regular computers use bits — 0 or 1. Quantum computers use qubits, which can be both 0 and 1 at the same time. They are also entangled, meaning that changing one qubit instantly affects the others. This allows a quantum computer to perform millions or even billions of calculations simultaneously! Even the most powerful supercomputers cannot do this.

What does this mean for crypto? The protection algorithms of Bitcoin and other currencies, which seem unbreakable today, could be cracked. Private keys and signatures may become vulnerable, and the cryptocurrency market could be completely changed.

What do you think about this? How soon will such technologies appear, and how could they affect the crypto market?

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