Central Banks Desperate, Gold Price Exploding | Matthew Piepenburg

About this episode

Matthew Piepenburg discusses the current state of central banks and the rising price of gold amidst geopolitical tensions.

Interview recorded - 13th of April, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Matthew Piepenburg. Matthew Piepenburg is Partner at Von Greyerz, author of Rigged to Fail, and co-author of Gold Matters — a comprehensive examination of gold as a historically confirmed wealth preservation asset. He began his career as a transactional attorney, launched a hedge fund during the NASDAQ bubble, and has worked across family offices and Morgan Stanley's hedge fund platform before dedicating his work to precious metals and monetary risk.During our conversation we spoke about the current geopolitical situation, the dollar system fracturing, central banks losing control, golds continuous rise and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction3:18 - Geopolitical overview8:40 - Dollar system fracturing?20:34 - Central banks losing control?24:07 - Gold rise to continue32:43 - Central Bankers selling gold38:34 - Cash settlement of gold41:18 - Paper vs physical49:09 - One message to takeaway?Matt began his finance career as a transactional attorney before launching his first hedge fund during the NASDAQ bubble of 1999-2001Thereafter, he began investing his own…

People in this episode

Host: Anthony Fatseas

Guest: Matthew Piepenburg

Topics covered

• central banks
• gold price
• geopolitical situation
• dollar system
• wealth preservation
• monetary risk

Keywords

• central banks
• gold price
• geopolitical overview
• dollar system
• wealth preservation
• monetary risk

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Von Greyerz

Books & works: Rigged to Fail, Gold Matters

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