This article was written in August 2025 and originally appeared in the print edition of Bitcoin Magazine.
Bitcoin maxi and MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor is the poster child for a burgeoning new segment of bitcoin treasury companies. The tech giant (now...
The contradiction: cheering dollar gains
There’s a strange contradiction among many gold owners. They buy gold to escape or reduce their dollar exposure but then look to sell that gold when the price of gold rises in dollar terms. And they...
When you open an account with Monetary Metals, funding the account is simple: either ship physical metal you already own to us, or provide bank funds and we purchase gold on your behalf. This metal is initially placed in secured...
This article was written by Mark Pey, Strategic Relationships
At Monetary Metals, our distribution strategy is designed to deliver benefits to each of our marketplace participants:
Gold owners can benefit from the additional and flexible new ways offered by our partners to...
How do you report and account for income paid in metal rather than cash?
Earning income in physical gold or silver—rather than in dollars—raises important questions when it comes to tax reporting, regardless of where you're domiciled.
At Monetary Metals we don’t...
Tariffs are in the air, with different industries and countries in President Trump’s crosshairs. On Thursday, August 7th he declared that imports from Switzerland would be subject to a 39% tariff.
That same day, a ruling letter from the US Customs...
Ask ten gold investors why they own gold, and you’ll likely get ten different answers.
Some see gold as insurance against disaster—financial crisis, currency collapse, geopolitical instability.
Others point to more structural forces: the persistent risk of monetary debasement, rising debt levels,...
For decades, the 60/40 portfolio—60% equities and 40% bonds—has been the backbone of traditional investing. It’s simple, time-tested, and grounded in one key assumption: when equities fall, bonds rise. That inverse correlation has been the safety net investors count on...
Gold is the world’s most historically accurate money, trusted across millennia and multiple civilizations. After it was no longer officially used as money, gold continued to have a strong track record as a stable, inflation-resistant asset, becoming a cornerstone of...
Updated on May 19, 2026
One of the most common questions we hear at Monetary Metals is:
“How does a gold lease work?”
It’s a fair question. After all, even the world's most famous investor fails to see the productive potential of this precious metal.
However, while gold leasing might...
