This One Move Saved His Family. It Might Save Yours.

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In 2019, Carlos Hernández was watching his country fall apart.

Venezuela’s economy was imploding. His paycheck, paid in bolívars, lost value so fast it couldn’t even buy groceries by the end of the week.

He wasn’t trying to speculate. He wasn’t chasing headlines. He was trying to protect his family from starvation.

So he moved everything he had into Bitcoin.

Each morning, he sold just enough to buy food. In a world where the national currency lost three percent of its value every day, Bitcoin’s volatility felt like safety.

This wasn’t theory. This was action under pressure.

Carlos’s story is more than a lesson in survival. It’s a warning and a roadmap.

When people lose faith in money, they reach for something real. That response isn’t new. What’s new is how quickly it’s spreading. From family text threads to financial blogs, you can sense it. People are asking hard questions.

The dollar still works and it's still "king" among currencies, but many no longer believe it will always hold value.

Even Warren Buffett said this a few days ago:

Bank accounts still show a number, but those numbers buy less. This goes deeper than inflation or interest rates. This is about trust.

When confidence breaks, nothing else holds.

That’s why more people are moving into assets that don’t rely on trust. These assets rely on facts. They’re scarce. They’re outside the system. And they don’t need permission.

Gold and Bitcoin aren’t just investments. They’re lifeboats.

Here in the U.S., we’re not in hyperinflation. But the signs of stress are clear. Prices keep rising. Wages aren’t keeping up. The US Governement's fiscal behavior is deplorable and alarming where we have debt levels setting new records.

This shift toward hard assets isn’t about panic, doom and gloom or hyperbole. It’s about preparation. And smart investors are already making the move. If you've been following the Moonshot Minute essays, you already know I've been moving in this direction.

And if you’re serious about protecting what you’ve built - like me -, it’s time to pay attention.

The Old Rules Don’t Work Anymore

For years, the playbook was simple: use stocks for growth, bonds for safety, and cash for stability.

That playbook is now breaking down.

Inflation came back fast. Central banks raised rates, but prices kept climbing. Global supply chains remain unstable. Geopolitical tensions are rising. Debt is everywhere.

This isn’t just a market correction. This is a shift in how the global financial system functions.

Since the 1980s, bonds were reliable. That ended in 2020. Interest rates spiked, bond prices fell, and investors were left holding losses they didn’t expect — including banks like Silicon Valley Bank, which failed because it bet everything on bonds staying safe.

As if that wasn't enough, the world is changing. Countries are questioning their reliance on the U.S. dollar. They’re building their own financial systems. They’re trading in local currencies and building systems to bypass the U.S.-centric SWIFT network.

China has developed CIPS (Cross-Border Interbank Payment System) as an alternative.

Russia created its own SPFS network after being hit with sanctions.

These are real shifts in how value moves across borders. And they signal a growing desire among nations to insulate themselves from Western control and dollar dependence.

When trust in institutions begins to fade, smart investors look for assets that don’t rely on promises or bailouts.

Gold has always been that kind of asset. Bitcoin is the newest member of that group and it has the added benefit of being its own decentralized payment system where trust is no longer a factor.

Gold is physical and proven. Bitcoin is digital and scarce. Neither can be printed. Neither depends on a central authority.

And both are starting to look like necessities.

The Market Isn’t Guessing. It’s Signaling.

Ignore the headlines. Watch what the money is doing.

Gold has outpaced inflation for the first time in decades. That is not a coincidence. It’s a signal that confidence in the system is slipping.

Gold miners, once forgotten, are outperforming major indexes. Silver is surging as industrial demand rises and supply shortages deepen.

Bitcoin followed the same path. After a brutal drop in 2022, it stabilized and began climbing again. By April 2025, major research firms were adding it to their top-tier portfolios. In fact, since mid-April, Bitcoin has outperformed all other asset classes, including gold and silver.

And on top of all this, the S&P 500 is lagging behind. Leading that outperformance are gold, Bitcoin, uranium, water, and food security.

This isn’t hype. It’s rotation. Big capital is moving quietly, but decisively, into hard assets.

You don’t have to predict the future. Just follow the smart money that's already preparing for it.

Central banks are buying gold faster than they have in decades. They aren’t doing this out of habit. They’re protecting themselves.

Bitcoin, once a target of ridicule, is being taken seriously. Financial institutions are building tools for custody, trading, and long-term holding.

Gold and Bitcoin don’t rely on headlines or handouts. They don’t change based on who wins an election or what interest rates do next month.

They are built to survive the things we can’t predict.

Investors who once ignored them are now asking how much they should own.

That’s a massive shift.

What to Do Right Now

If the last cycle was about chasing growth, this one is about building strength and protecting what you've built.

That means owning assets that can’t be inflated away or frozen in a crisis.

Here’s how to start:

• Consider allocating 5 to 10 percent of your portfolio to hard assets. Personally, I’m closer to 13 percent, but your number depends on your goals. In other words, only you can decide what's best for you and your family.

• Use a balanced approach: gold and silver (physical or ETF), plus Bitcoin held securely.

• If you’re comfortable with higher risk, look at miners and junior miners in the gold and silver space.

• Don’t wait for headlines. Use market dips to build your position slowly.

This isn’t about going all in. It’s about making sure you’re not caught flat-footed when the tide shifts.

There’s another benefit too. When you hold something real—something outside the system—you worry less. You watch the news without panic. You stop feeling like your future depends on what a central bank does.

That peace of mind is worth more than any short-term return.

Carlos didn’t wait for permission. He acted early. And because he did, his family stayed above water while others drowned.

You don’t need to wait for a collapse to make the same choice.

Look at where we are. Look at where we’re heading.

Then act.

The signal is clear. Now it’s your move.

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