China has thrown its weight behind settling its oil purchases from Iran and Venezuela in cryptos. This explains why cryptos have taken off and gold/silver have remained in the dumps. This is de-dollarization in a big way. Dollars are of no use to Iran and Venezuela. They've been cut off from Swift and there's nothing to be gained. The Chinese found a work around. This will heighten cryptos and make the prices go much much higher. The crypto is getting recycled back to China in the form of goods purchased. All brought on by American sanctions. Trading in gold isn't a viable option. The net result is a weaker dollar and the oil continues to flow. The mainstream press is avoiding the story. The US Dollar is on its way out as the reserve currency. The direction is clear. Rob believes that eventually we will return to a currency that will be based upon something tangible.
Rob Kirby is a financial commentator and former broker who worked on an institutional trading desk for most of the 1980s and right up until 1996. He also worked for 11 years at Prebon Yamane, an international inter-dealer broker of foreign exchange and interest rate products. He spent an additional year at another money/bond broker called Freedom Bond Brokers, then spent two years at Garban Inc., another inter dealer bond brokerage in Toronto - and left the industry in 1996. He started writing in 1997, and was involved in a number of entrepreneurial pursuits from marketing Buffalo meat to a part time stint in the giftware business. In 2002, he went to work for Investor's Group, the largest Mutual Fund Company in Canada. He worked there up until September '04 when he resigned to write about the markets - and his book - from a "gold bug's" point of view. His website is called Kirby Analytics.