Tabula’s ‘Mine-to-Vault’ Gold ETC Collapses After Mass Redemptions

Throughout history, the dominant world currency has belonged to the leading global power — Rome, Britain, and now the U.S. Since breaking from gold in 1971, the U.S. dollar has remained unrivaled thanks to America’s financial depth, military strength, and global trade role. But growing distrust in U.S. policy, coupled with sanctions and protectionism, has revived gold’s role as a safe haven. Attempts to create alternatives, like China’s yuan, the euro, or a BRICS currency, have faltered. With no credible replacement for the dollar yet, gold’s surge reflects both protection against U.S. unpredictability and a slow shift toward a multipolar

Gold has outshined every major asset in 2025, climbing 28% so far and reaching $3,337 per ounce in mid-August. UBS forecasts the metal to hit $3,500 by December and keep rising into 2026. Driving factors include central banks’ steady buying, the strongest ETF inflows since 2010, and rising global demand—the highest since 2011. UBS points to U.S. fiscal concerns, geopolitical tensions, and a weaker dollar as further support. While higher Fed rates remain a risk, the bank says gold remains a key hedge and portfolio diversifier.

Gold is often dismissed as outdated, but the numbers tell another story. Adding just 10% gold to an equity-heavy portfolio barely reduced returns yet significantly cut risk and improved downside protection. In nearly every major downturn over the past decade, gold buffered losses—helping investors stay the course when markets were at their worst. Despite lacking yield, gold remains a crisis-tested store of value trusted worldwide, making it an obvious choice for portfolio resilience.

Goldman Sachs analysts argue that gold acts more like Manhattan real estate than oil. The reason: gold isn’t consumed like other commodities; it’s accumulated and passed between owners. With nearly 220,000 metric tons still in existence and annual supply adding just 1%, prices are determined by buyers’ willingness to hold. Two groups dominate the market: conviction buyers (central banks, ETFs, speculators) who buy regardless of price, and opportunistic buyers (emerging market households) who step in only when prices drop. Similar to Manhattan housing, where a fixed supply means the “marginal buyer” sets the price, conviction buyers explain about 70% of