In this first episode of the Gold for All Report Series, we challenge the comforting myth that money is just paper and policy. We trace how the 20th-century migration from bullion to decrees delivered speed and scale and also built fragilities: sanctions as switches, reserves that can be frozen, and debt piles that wobble whenever trust thins. We examine the quiet remonetization already underway: central banks accumulating at multi-decade highs, bars coming home from foreign vaults, and households across Asia and Africa functioning as de facto reserve managers. With mine supply flat, compliance bottlenecks thickening, and towering paper claims outrunning available metal, the gap between “gold on a screen” and gold you can touch is no longer academic but it is the fault line.

Also, we cut through slogans to map the actual choke points: refining, custody, redemption, and cross-border settlement and explore how a re-anchoring could unfold for sovereigns, institutions, and households. If gold is returning as collateral of last resort, who gains access first, who pays the premium, and what breaks when redemption gets tested? Come for the narrative of a “relic” revived and stay for the playbook on navigating a regime shift that’s already in motion.

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