🌍 BRICS Signals a Shift — Gold Is Back in the Game (Quietly)
This isn’t noise.
This is positioning.
Central banks don’t trade headlines — they prepare for stress.
📊 What the data shows
• 663 tonnes of gold bought in the first 9 months of 2025
• $91B accumulated at all-time highs
• Total BRICS reserves: 6,000+ tonnes and rising
Key holders:
🇷🇺 Russia: ~2,336t
🇨🇳 China: ~2,298t
🇮🇳 India: ~880t
⚡ Q2 2025 central-bank gold buying: +41% YoY
🧩 The part most traders missed
BRICS quietly launched “The Unit” — a new trade settlement system:
• 🪙 40% gold-backed
• 💱 60% BRICS currencies
• ⛓️ Blockchain-based cross-border settlement
🚫 What this is NOT
• Not killing the dollar overnight
• Not a return to a classic gold standard
✅ What it IS
• Reducing reliance on financial choke points
• Settling trade without permission
• Using hard collateral in a fragmented world
📉 Trader takeaway
When central banks buy gold at record prices, they’re not chasing upside —
they’re hedging disorder.
Gold isn’t being collected.
It’s being repositioned.
📌 Power is rebalancing.
📌 Money is evolving.
📌 The shift is happening quietly.
Those watching price alone may miss it.
Those watching flows and structure won’t.
