You may have recently heard about the downfall of Silvergate and Silicon Valley Bank, or the depegging of the stablecoin USDC from the dollar. While these events may seem exclusive to the cryptocurrency market, it is important to recognize their potential implications for other asset classes.

A precious metals audit essentially answers this common question from customers, “How can I be sure that my gold and silver bullion are in the vault?”

SBTV spoke with Nick Giambruno, Founder of the Financial Underground, about why the failure of Silicon Valley Bank is a result of modern banking's fractional reserve lending system. Nick also expects more bank bailouts ahead.

SBTV spoke with Lynette Zang, Chief Market Analyst at ITM Trading, about the coming of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and how they could change financial transactions in the future.