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lapfog_1

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4. all the gold reported to be in fort know

Reply to rampartd (Original post)

Tue Nov 18, 2025, 10:54 PM

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is only worth a little over 600 Billion and represents about 1/2 of the total US Treasury gold reserve... or $1.2 Trillion.

Something like 3 x the net worth of Elon Musk. That is, IF you could sell it at the current spot market price.

crypto... no idea what it is worth, if anything, after a severe market crash.

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