World Gold Council launches digital gold initiative

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Date: September 3, 2025

The World Gold Council, together with Linklaters and Hilltop Walk, has unveiled a new framework to reshape the gold market: Pooled Gold Interests. 🪙
🔑 What it means:
Investors can now own fractional shares of physical gold stored in vaults.
Transfers become easier, faster, and more secure.
Gold can be used as collateral in financial markets.
📌 Currently, gold is traded as:
Allocated gold → direct ownership of bars (safe but complex).
Unallocated gold → liquid and cheaper (but with counterparty risk).
This initiative bridges both worlds — blending security with flexibility.

New Financial System

IMF member countries are receiving their shares of new SDRs, of about US$650 billion, the largest in the funds history! This is a shot in the arm for the world and will help bolster confidence and strengthen the resilience of the global economy.
The SDR is an international reserve asset created by the IMF to supplement the official reserves of its member countries.
The SDR is not a currency. It is a potential claim on the freely usable currencies of IMF members. As such, SDRs can provide a country with liquidity.
A SDR is not a loan & is cost-free for all IMF members. Unlike an extended fund facility, the government does not have to request any arrangement & there is no repayment involved. All member countries can use their allocated SDRs unconditionally.
IMF urges wealthy nations to direct $650 billion SDR share to vulnerable countries.
Zimbabwe to use more than half of IMF funds to prop up the currency.
Sources: twitter.com, www.today.ng

China trials cross-border settlement involving CBDC

China trials cross-border settlement involving cenbank digital currencies.
The bridge test was developed by the Bank for International Settlements.
A central bank digital currency trial focused on cross-border transactions has been completed, BIS said, with Chinese state-owned banks participating as Beijing tries to internationalize its digital yuan.
Sources: reuters

Former FED chairman: gold is currency

Alan Greenspan served five terms as chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Greenspan once said: I view gold as the primary global currency.
It is the only currency, along with silver, that does not require a counterparty signature.
Gold, however, has always been far more valuable per ounce than silver.
Gold is still, by all evidence, a premier currency, where no fiat currency, including the dollar, can match it.
Sources: cmi-gold-silver

China will forgive 23 loans for 17 African nations

China has pledged to forgive 23 interest-free loans for 17 African countries and will also provide food assistance to the struggling nations, China's foreign minister Wang Yi said at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.
Mr. Wang also announced to increase imports from Africa, support the greater development of Africa's agricultural and manufacturing sectors, and expand cooperation in emerging industries.
Sources: news.com.au

Putin Announces BRICS Independent Payment System

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that BRICS is developing an independent payment system, free from political pressure and external interference.
Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin emphasized that countries are racing to strengthen their sovereignty against Western hegemony.
He criticized Western nations for their neo-imperialist intentions and highlighted BRICS+ as a counterweight to Western power.
He noted that BRICS has the potential to attract new members and is actively working on a new payment system to avoid political and economic sanctions.