{"id":37914,"date":"2025-11-17T09:04:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T16:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/?p=37914"},"modified":"2025-11-17T09:04:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T16:04:24","slug":"17250-gold-inevitable-pierre-lassonde-life-changing-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/17250-gold-inevitable-pierre-lassonde-life-changing-period\/","title":{"rendered":"$17,250 Gold Inevitable, Billionaire Lassonde Says We\u2019re in \u201cLife-Changing Period\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 data-start=\"595\" data-end=\"1020\"><strong data-start=\"595\" data-end=\"669\">What if gold at $17,250 isn\u2019t a moonshot prediction \u2014 but simply math?<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"595\" data-end=\"1020\"><br data-start=\"669\" data-end=\"672\" \/>According to billionaire Pierre Lassonde, we\u2019ve entered a <em data-start=\"730\" data-end=\"754\">\u201clife-changing period\u201d<\/em> where the re-monetization of gold, collapsing trust in fiat currencies, and the structural immobility of global mining supply set the stage for explosive upside. His forecast of <strong data-start=\"933\" data-end=\"949\">$17,250 gold<\/strong> isn\u2019t speculative \u2014 it\u2019s derived from capital flows already in motion.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1022\" data-end=\"1263\">For Americans over 55 watching the dollar erode, inflation run unchecked, and governments drown in debt they\u2019ll never repay, Lassonde\u2019s message is blunt: <strong data-start=\"1176\" data-end=\"1263\">Gold is returning as a reserve currency \u2014 and the world is shifting under our feet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 data-start=\"1022\" data-end=\"1263\"><strong data-start=\"1272\" data-end=\"1325\">Gold\u2019s Re-Monetization: The Force No One Can Stop<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"1327\" data-end=\"1481\">For decades, central banks publicly dismissed gold \u2014 while quietly buying it hand over fist. Lassonde lays out a structural shift happening <strong data-start=\"1467\" data-end=\"1480\">right now<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1483\" data-end=\"1688\">\n<li data-start=\"1483\" data-end=\"1568\">\n<p data-start=\"1485\" data-end=\"1568\">Ten years ago, <strong data-start=\"1500\" data-end=\"1507\">88%<\/strong> of global central bank reserves were held in U.S. dollars.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1569\" data-end=\"1688\">\n<p data-start=\"1571\" data-end=\"1688\">Today, the dollar has collapsed to <strong data-start=\"1606\" data-end=\"1613\">58%<\/strong>, while <strong data-start=\"1621\" data-end=\"1647\">gold has surged to 20%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1690\" data-end=\"1836\">That is a stunning reversal \u2014 and it signals something historic:<br data-start=\"1754\" data-end=\"1757\" \/><strong data-start=\"1757\" data-end=\"1836\">Gold is being restored as money inside the architecture of global reserves.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1838\" data-end=\"1870\">And it\u2019s not just central banks:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1872\" data-end=\"1976\">\n<li data-start=\"1872\" data-end=\"1898\">\n<p data-start=\"1874\" data-end=\"1898\">Sovereign wealth funds<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1899\" data-end=\"1917\">\n<p data-start=\"1901\" data-end=\"1917\">Family offices<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1918\" data-end=\"1933\">\n<p data-start=\"1920\" data-end=\"1933\">Hedge funds<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1934\" data-end=\"1976\">\n<p data-start=\"1936\" data-end=\"1976\">Ultra-high-net-worth private investors<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1978\" data-end=\"2106\">All are reallocating into gold because they see what\u2019s coming:<br data-start=\"2040\" data-end=\"2043\" \/><strong data-start=\"2043\" data-end=\"2106\">Fiat currencies are drowning under impossible debt burdens.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1978\" data-end=\"2106\"><strong data-start=\"2115\" data-end=\"2151\">Why $17,250 Gold Is \u201cInevitable\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2153\" data-end=\"2235\">Lassonde walks through the simplest \u2014 and most alarming \u2014 math you will ever hear.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2237\" data-end=\"2312\"><strong data-start=\"2241\" data-end=\"2310\">1% of global investable capital moving into gold \u2192 $15,000+ gold.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2352\" data-end=\"2487\">Only 220,000 tonnes of gold exist above ground. Only 3,600 tonnes are mined each year \u2014 and production has been <em data-start=\"2464\" data-end=\"2486\">flat for seven years<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2489\" data-end=\"2649\">\u201cYou can\u2019t turn on a new mine tomorrow,\u201d Lassonde warns.<br data-start=\"2545\" data-end=\"2548\" \/>Environmental approvals, discovery timelines, permitting, and construction take <strong data-start=\"2628\" data-end=\"2648\">a decade or more<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2651\" data-end=\"2713\">Translation:<br data-start=\"2663\" data-end=\"2666\" \/><strong data-start=\"2666\" data-end=\"2713\">Demand is rising every year. Supply is not.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2715\" data-end=\"2762\">This is the setup for a generational repricing.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"2764\" data-end=\"2767\" \/>\n<h1 data-start=\"2769\" data-end=\"2819\"><strong data-start=\"2771\" data-end=\"2819\">A Global Currency Crisis Is Already Underway<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"2821\" data-end=\"2940\">Lassonde doesn\u2019t mince words: every major Western currency \u2014 the USD, euro, yen, and pound \u2014 faces the same fatal flaw.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2942\" data-end=\"3034\"><strong data-start=\"2946\" data-end=\"3032\">Massive, unpayable deficits + aging population = unavoidable currency devaluation.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"3074\" data-end=\"3235\">Governments can\u2019t cut benefits without losing elections. They can\u2019t tax enough to fill the gap. The only political solution left is the oldest trick in the book:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3237\" data-end=\"3264\"><strong data-start=\"3237\" data-end=\"3264\">Print. Devalue. Repeat.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3266\" data-end=\"3286\">Lassonde points out:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"3288\" data-end=\"3493\">\n<li data-start=\"3288\" data-end=\"3340\">\n<p data-start=\"3290\" data-end=\"3340\">U.S. federal debt: <strong data-start=\"3309\" data-end=\"3338\">$38 trillion and counting<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3341\" data-end=\"3393\">\n<p data-start=\"3343\" data-end=\"3393\">Total U.S. future obligations: <strong data-start=\"3374\" data-end=\"3391\">$120 trillion<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3394\" data-end=\"3493\">\n<p data-start=\"3396\" data-end=\"3493\">G20 nations suffering collapsing worker-to-retiree ratios<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"3495\" data-end=\"3541\">This isn\u2019t a cycle. It\u2019s a structural endgame.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3543\" data-end=\"3687\">And historically, every empire resolves this the same way:<br data-start=\"3601\" data-end=\"3604\" \/><strong data-start=\"3604\" data-end=\"3687\">They debase the currency until the system resets \u2014 and gold takes center stage.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"3689\" data-end=\"3692\" \/>\n<h1 data-start=\"3694\" data-end=\"3745\"><strong data-start=\"3696\" data-end=\"3745\">China, De-Dollarization &amp; the New Gold Window<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"3747\" data-end=\"3886\">In one of the most alarming insights of the interview, Lassonde describes how China is quietly resurrecting a gold-based settlement system:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"3888\" data-end=\"4077\">\n<li data-start=\"3888\" data-end=\"3966\">\n<p data-start=\"3890\" data-end=\"3966\">ICBC, China\u2019s largest bank, opened a <strong data-start=\"3927\" data-end=\"3964\">2,000-ton gold vault in Hong Kong<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3967\" data-end=\"4077\">\n<p data-start=\"3969\" data-end=\"4077\">Countries within China\u2019s sphere of influence can convert yuan \u2192 gold<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"4079\" data-end=\"4241\">This mirrors the Bretton Woods system \u2014 the same gold window Nixon was forced to close in 1971. Beijing is building the alternative right under Washington\u2019s nose.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4243\" data-end=\"4276\">The shift is slow but relentless:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"4278\" data-end=\"4412\">\n<li data-start=\"4278\" data-end=\"4320\">\n<p data-start=\"4280\" data-end=\"4320\">Every year, more trade settles in yuan<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"4321\" data-end=\"4364\">\n<p data-start=\"4323\" data-end=\"4364\">Every year, China accumulates more gold<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"4365\" data-end=\"4412\">\n<p data-start=\"4367\" data-end=\"4412\">Every year, the global dollar share shrinks<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"4414\" data-end=\"4607\">Lassonde makes something very clear:<br data-start=\"4450\" data-end=\"4453\" \/><strong data-start=\"4453\" data-end=\"4527\">The yuan will never be globally trusted under Communist Party control.<\/strong><br data-start=\"4527\" data-end=\"4530\" \/>But that doesn\u2019t stop China from weaponizing gold to weaken dollar dominance.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"4609\" data-end=\"4612\" \/>\n<h1 data-start=\"4614\" data-end=\"4684\"><strong data-start=\"4616\" data-end=\"4684\">The U.S.: Always Stepping Back From the Abyss \u2014 Until It Doesn\u2019t<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"4686\" data-end=\"4739\">Lassonde remains cautiously optimistic about America:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4741\" data-end=\"4875\">\u201cThe U.S. has an incredible ability to walk right up to the abyss, look at it, and walk back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4877\" data-end=\"4926\">But he warns that this time, the abyss is deeper:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"4928\" data-end=\"5057\">\n<li data-start=\"4928\" data-end=\"4947\">\n<p data-start=\"4930\" data-end=\"4947\">Record deficits<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"4948\" data-end=\"4983\">\n<p data-start=\"4950\" data-end=\"4983\">Impossible entitlement promises<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"4984\" data-end=\"5057\">\n<p data-start=\"4986\" data-end=\"5057\">A population structure that makes repayment mathematically impossible<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"5059\" data-end=\"5201\">When the U.S. finally steps too close, the escape valve will be the same as it was for Rome, Britain, Weimar, Argentina, and countless others:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5203\" data-end=\"5252\"><strong data-start=\"5203\" data-end=\"5252\">Currency devaluation \u2014 and a surge into gold.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"5254\" data-end=\"5257\" \/>\n<h1 data-start=\"5259\" data-end=\"5321\"><strong data-start=\"5261\" data-end=\"5321\">Why Gold Miners Are Quietly Entering Their Strongest Era<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"5323\" data-end=\"5414\">At $4,000 gold (spot at time of interview), Lassonde is almost mocking the mining industry:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5416\" data-end=\"5495\">\u201cIf you\u2019re not making money at $4,000 gold, you shouldn\u2019t be in this business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5497\" data-end=\"5545\">He highlights several bullish structural forces:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"5547\" data-end=\"5766\">\n<li data-start=\"5547\" data-end=\"5611\">\n<p data-start=\"5549\" data-end=\"5611\">Miners have become more disciplined than in previous decades<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"5612\" data-end=\"5675\">\n<p data-start=\"5614\" data-end=\"5675\">Dividends, buybacks, and capital restraint are now the norm<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"5676\" data-end=\"5766\">\n<p data-start=\"5678\" data-end=\"5766\">The next discovery cycle hasn\u2019t even started yet<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"5768\" data-end=\"5919\">When discoveries return \u2014 and they will \u2014 Lassonde expects the cycle to mirror the 1980s and 1990s, when multi-billion-dollar finds rewrote the sector.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"5921\" data-end=\"5924\" \/>\n<h1 data-start=\"5926\" data-end=\"5991\"><strong data-start=\"5928\" data-end=\"5991\"><br \/>\nGold vs. Dollar: The Wealth Preservation Choice of This Era<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"5993\" data-end=\"6084\">This is the turning point of the interview \u2014 and the takeaway every American should absorb.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6086\" data-end=\"6129\">Lassonde argues that we are living through:<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"6131\" data-end=\"6189\"><strong data-start=\"6135\" data-end=\"6189\">A generational reset of the global monetary order.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"6191\" data-end=\"6250\">Gold is not rising because of hype.<br data-start=\"6226\" data-end=\"6229\" \/>It is rising because:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"6252\" data-end=\"6421\">\n<li data-start=\"6252\" data-end=\"6297\">\n<p data-start=\"6254\" data-end=\"6297\">Fiat currencies are mathematically doomed<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"6298\" data-end=\"6332\">\n<p data-start=\"6300\" data-end=\"6332\">Nations are re-monetizing gold<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"6333\" data-end=\"6360\">\n<p data-start=\"6335\" data-end=\"6360\">Supply growth is frozen<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"6361\" data-end=\"6382\">\n<p data-start=\"6363\" data-end=\"6382\">Demand is surging<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"6383\" data-end=\"6421\">\n<p data-start=\"6385\" data-end=\"6421\">Trust in governments is collapsing<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"6423\" data-end=\"6558\">This is the precise environment in which <strong data-start=\"6464\" data-end=\"6558\">physical gold and silver have outperformed every major asset class for thousands of years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"6560\" data-end=\"6586\">Gold &amp; Silver Provide:<\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"6587\" data-end=\"6821\">\n<li data-start=\"6587\" data-end=\"6623\">\n<p data-start=\"6589\" data-end=\"6623\"><strong data-start=\"6589\" data-end=\"6621\">Tangible wealth preservation<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"6624\" data-end=\"6668\">\n<p data-start=\"6626\" data-end=\"6668\"><strong data-start=\"6626\" data-end=\"6666\">Protection from currency devaluation<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"6669\" data-end=\"6712\">\n<p data-start=\"6671\" data-end=\"6712\"><strong data-start=\"6671\" data-end=\"6710\">Security outside the banking system<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"6713\" data-end=\"6770\">\n<p data-start=\"6715\" data-end=\"6770\"><strong data-start=\"6715\" data-end=\"6768\">A hedge against inflation and geopolitical shocks<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"6771\" data-end=\"6821\">\n<p data-start=\"6773\" data-end=\"6821\"><strong data-start=\"6773\" data-end=\"6819\">A store of value that outlasts governments<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"6823\" data-end=\"6943\">When Lassonde projects <strong data-start=\"6846\" data-end=\"6862\">$17,250 gold<\/strong>, he isn\u2019t predicting an anomaly.<br data-start=\"6895\" data-end=\"6898\" \/>He\u2019s projecting a return to historical norms.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"6945\" data-end=\"6948\" \/>\n<h1 data-start=\"6950\" data-end=\"7008\"><strong data-start=\"6952\" data-end=\"7008\">Conclusion: A Life-Changing Period Has Already Begun<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"7010\" data-end=\"7052\">Pierre Lassonde\u2019s message is unmistakable:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"7054\" data-end=\"7241\"><strong data-start=\"7054\" data-end=\"7241\">Gold is returning to its monetary throne.<br data-start=\"7097\" data-end=\"7100\" \/>Currencies are entering a long-term decline.<br data-start=\"7144\" data-end=\"7147\" \/>And we are living through one of the most important financial transitions in modern history.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"7243\" data-end=\"7316\">For savers, retirees, and conservative investors, the takeaway is simple:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"7318\" data-end=\"7396\"><strong data-start=\"7318\" data-end=\"7396\">This is not the time to wait.<br data-start=\"7349\" data-end=\"7352\" \/>This is the time to prepare.<br data-start=\"7380\" data-end=\"7383\" \/>Carpe diem.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"7398\" data-end=\"7401\" \/>\n<h1 data-start=\"7403\" 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