The Tom Woods Show Ep. 2730 Precious Metals Explode, Where's Bitcoin? & More
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Jan 29, 2026 
Dominic Frisby, author, comedian, and financial commentator who writes on gold, silver, crypto, and markets. He discusses the recent surges in gold and silver. He explains physical metal as outside-system wealth and silver’s extreme volatility. He compares precious metals and Bitcoin as complementary and touches on Japan’s debt and AI-driven market concentration.
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Gold And Silver Are Timeless Money
- Gold and silver are universal money because societies recognize their value across time and place.
- Dominic Frisby says modern digital money lacks that universal, historical credibility.
Silver Became Industrial, Not Just Monetary
- Silver shifted from money to an industrial metal after large 19th-century gold discoveries.
- That change left silver relatively cheap versus gold and exposed it to industrial demand cycles.
Supply Constraints Meet Industrial Demand
- Recent surges in silver stem from industrial demand (solar, semiconductors) plus limited new supply.
- Frisby notes most silver is a byproduct of other mining, so supply ramps slowly.
