About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of 137 countries developing digital currencies and the increasing gold accumulation by central banks.

On the Record with Christian Briggs – The expansion of BRICS, central-bank gold accumulation, reserve diversification, and growing concerns about economic sovereignty. Why are governments buying gold at record levels? Why are nations investing billions into digital monetary systems? And what role could CBDCs, tokenized assets, and future payment networks play in the next phase of...

People in this episode

Host: Christian Briggs

Topics covered

• US dollar
• digital currencies
• BRICS expansion
• economic sovereignty
• central bank gold accumulation

Keywords

• US dollar
• digital currencies
• BRICS
• gold accumulation
• economic sovereignty
• CBDCs
• tokenized assets

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BRICS

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