{"id":15624,"date":"2026-01-14T10:23:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/?p=15624"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:23:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:23:49","slug":"january-14-comex-defaults-as-brics-launches-gold-standard-silver-hits-110","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/january-14-comex-defaults-as-brics-launches-gold-standard-silver-hits-110\/","title":{"rendered":"JANUARY 14: COMEX Defaults as BRICS Launches Gold Standard! (Silver Hits $110)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JANUARY 14: COMEX Defaults as BRICS Launches Gold Standard! (Silver Hits $110)\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vN-Vwpawt5o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Uncover the hidden crisis unfolding in the silver market where paper prices show $90 while physical dealers demand $110, revealing a supply breakdown that threatens the entire futures system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This investigation exposes how COMEX delivery data, BRICS gold accumulation, and banking capital requirements are converging into a 90-day timeline that could reshape precious metals pricing forever. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See how major institutions are positioning for physical delivery in non-active months, why one bank controls 99% of silver settlements, and what the widening Shanghai premium reveals about confidence in Western exchanges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn how BRICS nations controlling 50% of global gold production launched a functioning gold-backed currency alternative while registered COMEX inventory collapsed 70% since 2020. Learn what happened in 1980 when exchanges couldn&#8217;t deliver physical commodities, and why the mathematical patterns of backward rolling, margin hikes, and inventory depletion point to the same outcome within months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uncover the hidden crisis unfolding in the silver market where paper prices show $90 while physical dealers demand $110, revealing a supply breakdown that threatens the entire futures system. This investigation exposes how COMEX delivery data, BRICS gold accumulation, and banking capital requirements are converging into a 90-day timeline that could reshape precious metals pricing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/january-14-comex-defaults-as-brics-launches-gold-standard-silver-hits-110\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">JANUARY 14: COMEX Defaults as BRICS Launches Gold Standard! (Silver Hits $110)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15624"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15625,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15624\/revisions\/15625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}