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Crypto under a cloud from fading global/Fed liquidity

The bearish case for crypto was that it is more attuned to global and Federal Reserve liquidity, which is fading, unlike gold which is boosted by PBOC liquidity.

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CONTESTED · 89 MENTIONS · 53 EPISODES · 23 SHOWS

21 JUL 2026 — 13 AUG 2026 · YESTERDAY

66 SUPPORT · 22 CHALLENGE · 1 REPEAT

21 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO · FIRST HEARD
COMMODITY CULTURE
- Industrial demand to reprice physical silver
46 EPISODES BETWEEN · 77 MENTIONS
1. 22 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  PALISADES GOLD RADIO · 3 MENTIONS
  - Sub-$3,000 gold offers asymmetric buying opportunity
  - Gold mining equities risk further downside · CHALLENGES
  - Silver setup offers better value than gold
2. 23 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  THOUGHTFUL MONEY
  - Bifurcating physical versus paper precious metals
3. 23 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO · CHALLENGES
  THE POMP PODCAST
  - Deficit spending guarantees structurally high long-term inflation
4. 25 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW
  - Physical supply tightness drives structural precious metals bull case
5. 27 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  MACRO MUSINGS WITH DAVID BECKWORTH · 3 MENTIONS
  - Fiscal dominance risks for US debt · CHALLENGES
  - Public inflation intolerance limits dovish pivots
  - Fiscal dominance as the primary independence threat
6. 28 JUL 2026 · 2W AGO · CHALLENGES
  THOUGHTFUL MONEY
  - Federal debt overhang threatens sovereign stability
7. 28 JUL 2026 · 2W AGO
  MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY · 5 MENTIONS
  - US Treasuries face long-end structural selling pressure · CHALLENGES
  - Sovereign bond sell-off risks global yield curve control · CHALLENGES
  - Gold accumulation thesis driven by central bank demand
  - Gold hedges forced monetization and rising debt
  - Equities set to underperform gold long-term
8. 28 JUL 2026 · 2W AGO
  THE POMP PODCAST
  - Monetary expansion makes inflation structural
9. 29 JUL 2026 · 2W AGO · CHALLENGES
  BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
  - Long-end yields elevated by fiscal supply
10. 30 JUL 2026 · 2W AGO
  COMMODITY CULTURE
  - Gold patience required ahead of central-bank printing
11. 30 JUL 2026 · 2W AGO
  PALISADES GOLD RADIO · 2 MENTIONS
  - Currency debasement supports hard commodity floor
  - Precious and base metal juniors offer extreme value
12. 30 JUL 2026 · 2W AGO
  WHAT BITCOIN DID
  - Gold leads sovereign fiat repricing over Treasuries
13. 30 JUL 2026 · 2W AGO
  WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
  - Fiscal deficits drive structural long-term inflation
14. 30 JUL 2026 · 2W AGO
  MACROVOICES
  - Gold resilient but range-bound amid macro crosscurrents
15. 1 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  PLANET MICROCAP PODCAST
  - Gold bearish only with positive real rates, balanced budget
16. 1 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW
  - Gold basis signals dollar distrust, not price
17. 1 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  COMMODITY CULTURE · 2 MENTIONS
  - Silver miners arithmetically attractive
  - Major gold producers a 'gift from God'
18. 4 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW
  - Gold as the ultimate trust asset in transition
19. 4 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  PALISADES GOLD RADIO · 2 MENTIONS
  - Gold as fiat debasement hedge to $11,000
  - Gold bull market from 2027 to 2032
20. 4 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  THOUGHTFUL MONEY
  - Government response to depression causes hyper-stagflation
21. 4 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
  - Gold in consolidation, awaiting next dovish pivot
22. 5 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  COMMODITY CULTURE · 3 MENTIONS
  - Yield curve control is the eventual U.S. outcome · CHALLENGES
  - Gold's primary driver is falling real rates
  - Junior miners to soar in hyper-stagflation era
23. 5 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  THOUGHTFUL MONEY · 2 MENTIONS
  - Hard assets to outperform financial paper
  - Pension bailout as an inevitable future crisis response · CHALLENGES
24. 5 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
  - Gold sector in consolidation, not imminent bull
25. 6 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW · 3 MENTIONS
  - Precious metals as a store of value
  - More money printing is inevitable · CHALLENGES
  - Precious metals as forced-money-printing hedge
26. 6 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE · 2 MENTIONS
  - Gold's macro risk underpinning at current levels
  - Silver's structural undersupply story
27. 6 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  THOUGHTFUL MONEY
  - Inflation target should be zero, not 2%
28. 6 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO · CHALLENGES
  WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
  - Bond vigilantes return, yields to rise
29. 7 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  FORWARD GUIDANCE
  - Fiscal dominance regime underpins stimulative policies
30. 7 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  COMMODITY CULTURE · 3 MENTIONS
  - Silver to $160-$200 on de-dollarization, debt
  - Silver miners discounting $35-$40 silver price
  - Gold to $8,000-$10,000 on de-dollarization
31. 7 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  WHAT BITCOIN DID · 2 MENTIONS
  - Fiscal deficits driving US money supply growth
  - Political imperative to sustain asset prices
32. 7 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO · CHALLENGES
  BARRON'S STREETWISE
  - End of 50-year bond bull market
33. 7 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO · CHALLENGES
  UNCHAINED
  - Critique of Ethereum's 'ultrasound money' narrative
34. 7 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  AFFORD ANYTHING
  - Gold rebound on inflation and stagflation fears
35. 8 AUG 2026 · 6D AGO
  EXCESS RETURNS
  - Gold's secular bull market on central bank demand
36. 8 AUG 2026 · 6D AGO
  THOUGHTFUL MONEY · 2 MENTIONS
  - Long-dated TIPS offer high real yields
  - Precious metals rally on real yields, weak jobs
37. 9 AUG 2026 · 5D AGO · CHALLENGES
  WE STUDY BILLIONAIRES - THE INVESTORS PODCAST NETWORK
  - Underweight US equities on low expected premium
38. 10 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO
  PALISADES GOLD RADIO · 5 MENTIONS
  - Buy weakness, sell strength in gold
  - Gold as the dollar devaluation hedge
  - China building a gold-backed alternative to dollar system
  - Gold as the ultimate hedge against sovereign debt implosion
  - Do not chase strength in gold or silver
39. 10 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO
  WHAT BITCOIN DID
  - Tether Gold as a digital rails catalyst
40. 10 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO
  WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT · 2 MENTIONS
  - State fiscal crises driving financial repression · CHALLENGES
  - Ultimate backstop is federal inflation
41. 11 AUG 2026 · 3D AGO
  COMMODITY CULTURE · 4 MENTIONS
  - Gold as the primary portfolio alternative
  - Bond market panic and Fed printing · CHALLENGES
  - Miners set to massively outperform gold
  - Gold's bull market has room to $8,000-$9,000
42. 11 AUG 2026 · 3D AGO
  THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW · 3 MENTIONS
  - Chinese liquidity injection driving gold
  - Treasury QE via private sector monetization
  - Gold rally driven by Chinese liquidity, not debasement
43. 11 AUG 2026 · 3D AGO · CHALLENGES
  WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
  - Bond vigilantes could revolt on the long end
44. 12 AUG 2026 · 2D AGO
  TOP TRADERS UNPLUGGED
  - Treasury/Fed managing debt roll wall via balance sheet
45. 12 AUG 2026 · 2D AGO
  COMMODITY CULTURE
  - Gold resilient on government spending and uncertainty
46. 12 AUG 2026 · 2D AGO · CHALLENGES
  MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
  - Gold and silver in a long-term bear market
12 AUG 2026 · 2D AGO
CNBC FAST MONEY
- Gold rally driven by ETF flows, central banks
13 AUG 2026 · YESTERDAY · CHALLENGES
THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK · 3 MENTIONS
13 AUG 2026 · YESTERDAY · CHALLENGES
THE ALPHA EXCHANGE
- US debt ceiling creates systemic fragility
13 AUG 2026 · YESTERDAY
COMMODITY CULTURE · 2 MENTIONS
- Gold as the ultimate capital protection
- Physical metal over miners on counterparty risk
13 AUG 2026 · YESTERDAY
BANKLESS
- PBOC liquidity injection driving gold rally
13 AUG 2026 · YESTERDAY
MACROVOICES · 3 MENTIONS
- China embarking on significant internal liquidity expansion
- Gold rally driven by PBOC liquidity, not Western factors
- Crypto under a cloud from fading global/Fed liquidity · THIS IDEA · CHALLENGES

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