The largest single holder of US debt is China.
China and Russia are working to reduce their dependence on the Dollar.
Gold has been moving from West to East.
And the US likely doesn't have all the gold it claims to have.
"This has got the makings for an absolute crisis for the West," says Alasdair Macleod.
Gold's recent market trading has been unlike anything we've seen since the 1970s, he says.
Gold has been rising amid rising interest rates and a rising Dollar.
This signals a new fear of the future of credit itself, as the world’s flight to the safety of gold accelerates.