If you were designing a currency (BRICS) that was back by precious metals like gold. Knowing this, if successful would make the price of these commodities go up. Wouldnt you try to buy as much as you could before this currency was official ? However. You need to buy as much as possible. So as you buy gold. You also sell the price on the market so the price stays low for you to buy more. The Strategy 1. You need to accumulate maximum physical gold before your new currency launches 2. Every dollar the spot price rises = more dollars you need to spend = less gold you can accumulate 3. So you suppress the paper price while buying the physical 4. You do this by selling futures/paper contracts — which set the reference price — while quietly accumulating the real metal through other channels. Every major bank, country has been buying gold for last 5 years. Especially China, Russia on a longer time frame. Even Trump is pro Crypto for a reason. It takes the focus off precious metals. Crypto has great value in the future. But continues to fail when it is needed the most. By now every major countries tax system knows how much crypto you have or use. They control it as soon as it is used/transferred. Even holding some in a cold wallet for another 10 years wont work. Because as soon as you use it, they know. And it is also a taxable event. Not to mention back taxes in 'Capital Gains'. This isnt the case with Gold. Understand 🙏