Ray Dalio

"If you had no view on gold, one should have between five and 15% of their portfolio in gold because of the fact of how it works with the other components. It's a diversifier when the hits the fan, gold does well and the other things don't."

"Bitcoin does not have privacy - any transactions can be monitored and then indirectly perhaps controlled. Central banks are not going to want to buy Bitcoin and being able to hold it."

"Silver in its production is a residual commodity. The supply of it is difficult to increase and through history, you know, like the pound sterling silver was perceived as a monetary item. But it has also taken on a speculative life of its own."

"We were all very hopeful last year around this time when Elon Musk decided to lead DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency. He was going to go in and there were going to be these kind of big sweeping changes to reduce government spending, find fraud, waste, and abuse."

"If you were building a global financial system from first principles today, you wouldn't build it on 50-year-old legacy rails. You'd build Airwallex. It's the single platform for global accounts, cards, and payments that treats the entire world like a local market."