October Gold Delivery: Not A Repeat of the 1999 Rally? - KITCO
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Gold fell 24% from its January peak while oil surged 9% last week on renewed supply disruptions. When energy chokes and currencies debase, gold is supposed to hold — that's the asset's only job. If it can't perform during a partial Strait of Hormuz blockage and a $2 trillion federal deficit, the 1999 analogy isn't just premature, it's backwards.
Ryan Connor of RockawayX writes that the dollar leads the euro about 3 to 1 across the offchain economy and more than 300 to 1 onchain. Euro-pegged stablecoins total €711 million, under 1% of supply. He traces the gap to path dependency and missing euro DeFi infrastructure, and argues MiCA-regulated
Current price of silver as of Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026 - Fortune
Gold price today, Wednesday, September 9, 2026: Gold prices drop following U.S. strikes on five Iranian oil tankers
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