Central banks aren’t buying record amounts of gold for fun—they’re quietly diversifying away from the dollar, hedging against sanctions risk, and locking in a real, hard-asset backstop while retail investors stay distracted. Their relentless, price-insensitive demand is shrinking available supply and helping drive gold toward $5,000/oz, leaving latecomers to pay the premium.
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