Gold, Silver and Bitcoin are manipulated.
If you want to see the real value of gold, try to buy any large amounts.
You will quickly find that the spot price no longer applies.
As long as T.H.E.Y. can print any amount of currency
and are allowed to use that currency to buy and sell on the COMEX.
And T.H.E.Y. are allowed to sell any amount of bare naked shorts into the market.
Then gold, silver and bitcoin will have their prices smashed down.
The problem is, the only proof that will prove this, is when the dollar crashes and with it the COMEX.
(Yes, i know that the Fed doesn't "print any money". But, if you only look at one small piece of the puzzle, you cannot see the entirety.
It is several groups all working together so that no single one has all the blame. (JP, The US Treasury, COMEX, PPT, CeDe,...)
In the end, it is printing currency and using it to buy assets.
Remember, the Plunge Protection Team lives in the Fed building)