The Ultimate Debasement Sending Gold To $5,000

Keith Kohl

Written By Keith Kohl

Posted September 12, 2025

They say gold has been around since before civilization cared about laws, contracts, or the invisible hand. 

It existed while men scratched grain into clay tablets, and in its gleam one could always find a bedrock promise: in times of uncertainty, the one thing people still trust. 

Now, in September 2025, gold is approaching a moment that might deserve a new myth — will it hit $5,000 per ounce?

Well, the bigwigs behind Goldman Sachs say yes… under pressure. In a recent analysis, they warned that if the Fed’s independence is compromised, gold could see prices as high as $5,000 per troy ounce. 

That’s not fantasy, mind you. It’s a scenario born of fear that institutions we once took for granted may be politicized, even with gold already up more than 30–35% year‑to‑date.

That brings up the first big question: what’s pushing gold so hard, so fast?

Truth is, that’s an easier question to answer than you might first think. 

At the core of this gold rush is a series of market cues that look less like calm signals and more like the warning lights in a cockpit going off. 

And topping the list today is the weaker-than-expected labor market. We recently saw a jaw‑dropping downward revision of 911,000 fewer jobs in the 12‑month period ending in March 2025 than previously reported.

Look, this isn’t a rounding error, the poor numbers mean the economy is weaker than assumed. Now add to that August’s nearly flat job growth numbers — very weak hiring — and you begin to see labor momentum seriously eroding. 

Of course, my readers know the other catalysts that have given gold its bullish momentum. Central banks and sovereign funds have been buying gold at a strong pace in recent years. They’re diversifying away from currencies and bonds that might be losing purchasing power. 

But they aren’t rushing in because they believe in an underpriced yellow metal — these buyers are hoarding golf from fear — of inflation and currency debasement

Fear is a helluva adrenaline shot for gold, too. 

With grim economic data highlighting disappointing jobs reports, slower hiring hiring, uncertain trade policy, and rising layoffs, markets are getting nervous. 

When investors get jittery, they don’t buy stocks — they look for safe havens.

And you can bet gold is first among them.

Can you blame them? Especially when the dollar’s supremacy — and the faith in U.S. institutions — is under threat. 

In fact, Goldman’s scenario assumes that even a small sliver of private holders of U.S. Treasuries (just 1 %) were to shift into gold, that alone could drive the price toward $5,000. 

Toss some political pressure on the Fed like the threats and potential removals, whether real or perceived, and that flight from trust begins to look rational. 

Why? Because gold, unlike a promise or a tweet, cannot be revoked. It turns out that gold doesn’t need a court or an election to retain its intrinsic value.

Economists sometimes speak of “monetary dominance” and “fiscal dominance”, which are just fancier ways of saying that when governments spend too much, print money, or force central banks into political service, people lose faith in paper. 

And the biggest players in the market have been taking notice. The recent warnings from BlackRock’s Larry Fink, among others, that bitcoin is a “digital gold” hedge stem from this same worry: what if the pile of bills you hold melts under inflation or political interference? What if the currency is debased? 

And that is exactly the terrain where gold thrives. 

Now, gold’s latest tick above $3,600 per ounce means it has successfully broken out of its recent trading range… but that breakout isn’t random. 

Rather, it’s being supported by the sort of economic weakness we just talked about — weaker job creation, downward revisions, and softening demand. 

Now here’s the twist in gold’s little narrative…

We both know that physical gold (the tons of bullion, bars, and coins out there) has some pretty major drawbacks. 

Most investors don’t think of the added costs for transport, storage, insurance, as well as its illiquidity in some forms. Even ETFs that hold gold are plagued by intermediaries, fees, and sometimes regulatory or tax friction. 

Meanwhile crypto gold‑claims (Larry Fink’s purported “digital gold”) often rest on semantics, reputation, or speculative promise more than verifiable reserves.

Fortunately, there’s a better option — NatGold. 

We’re talking about a different investment vehicle that takes the best of both worlds of blockchain and gold resting safely underground. You see, NatGold just happens to be held together cleanly, with real, in‑ground, fully auditable gold reserves, yet with the liquidity, divisibility, and transparency of digital tokens. 

Think of being able to own gold without the obstacles that come with the physical hurdles of hauling or keeping it in a vault. You can trade units, settle in digital form, but know that the asset is anchored in something that has stood the test of centuries (the earth, the metal). 

It is a tether in the best sense.

So will gold hit $5,000? If the conditions align, almost certainly. 

The historical analogs are telling… think back to Weimar Germany, or more recently to countries whose currencies collapsed under bad fiscal policies. 

At some point people who held paper suffered, while those holding physical hard assets or gold equivalents did not just survive — they prospered relative to everyone else. 

Those aren’t fanciful stories, they’re warnings with price tags.

As this gold run accelerates and as global and domestic politics make markets nervous, the premium shifts toward anything that offers both real asset backing and digital convenience. That is where value is not just stored but also leveraged.

At or near $3,600 per ounce, gold is already proving it’s willing and able to move higher. The question is not whether gold can hit $5,000; it’s whether you are ready to take a position while it still trades beneath that level, before large institutional flows arrive, before the next shock widens the gap.

The price movements, the labor revisions, the warnings being shouted from high up on Wall Street — they’re whispers of something bigger.

They’re the first tremors of a financial earthquake many hope never comes, but many suspect will. 

In that rumble, gold will be one of the few solid things left standing, and digital gold, properly anchored, might just be the way to hold the ground.

So when the dust settles, the question won’t be whether gold hit $5,000 — it will be who had the courage and foresight to hold onto something real.

This is an investment opportunity you need to check out for yourself right away. 

Until next time,

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A true insider in the technology and energy markets, Keith’s research has helped everyday investors capitalize from the rapid adoption of new technology trends and energy transitions. Keith connects with hundreds of thousands of readers as the Managing Editor of Energy & Capital, as well as the investment director of Angel Publishing’s Energy Investor and Technology and Opportunity.

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