'Asian Guy' AI bot on YouTube manipulates and spooks investors with false claims
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2026-02-05 12:32 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Joshua D. Glawson
Money Metals News Service, Eagle, Idaho
Thursday, February 5, 2026
There is a new viral trend on YouTube and social media of an "Asian Guy" generated by artificial intelligence tools, spreading mostly false or misleading information across the precious metals industry.
At this point you might ask yourself: If it is obviously AI, why are so many people falling for it?
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Gold's center of gravity is moving from West to East
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2026-02-05 09:59 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jan Krikke
Asia Times, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Thursday, February 5, 2026
For decades London reigned supreme in the global gold market. Its vast over-the-counter system, built on unallocated accounts, netted trades, and trust in paper claims set benchmarks and kept most bullion circulating as a financial instrument rather than plain physical metal.
Chinese trader who made $3 billion on gold bets big against silver
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2026-02-05 09:52 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Alfred Cang and Jin Wu
Bloomberg News
via National Post / Financial Post, Toronto
Thursday, February 5, 2026
A billionaire Chinese trader who made his name riding gold's record-breaking rally has turned his sights to silver's breakneck surge, with a bet on the metal’s collapse now worth almost US$300 million.
Bian Ximing, who avoids the limelight and spends much of his time in Gibraltar, has made nearly US$3 billion from bullish bets on Shanghai Futures Exchange gold contracts since early 2022.
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Barrick to pursue IPO of North American gold-mining business
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2026-02-05 09:47 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Leslie Hook
Financial Times, London
Thursday, February 5, 2026
Barrick Mining plans to spin out its North American gold mines and is putting its flagship Reko Diq project under review, as the world's third-largest gold miner pushes ahead with a major restructuring effort.
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Who will descend the rabbit hole to review the documents of gold price suppression?
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2026-02-04 21:12 Section: Daily Dispatches9:19p ET Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Today's report in Canada's National Post about gold market manipulation --
https://financialpost.com/commodities/mining/gold-bugs-right-price-5000-big-bank-theory
-- was remarkable not just in itself, for raising at great length an issue that nearly all mainstream financial news organizations dare not to touch, but for a couple of details within it.
Gold bugs were right about price hitting US$5,000, but is their big bank conspiracy theory right too?
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2026-02-04 14:57 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Gabriel Friedman
National Post / Financial Post, Toronto
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
https://financialpost.com/commodities/mining/gold-bugs-right-price-5000-big-bank-theory
Gold bugs spent years predicting bullion would hit its present value of around US$5,000 per ounce, but now that their predictions have borne out, some are airing a long-held grievance that it should be trading even higher but for unlawful manipulation by big banks and Western governments.
