Gold-Backed Cryptocurrencies: Icing On An Already Tasty Cake

https://dollarcollapse.com/blockchain/gold-backed-cryptocurrencies-icing-already-tasty-cake/

US War With China Heats Up As China Readies To Launch A Gold-Backed Monetary System

http://kingworldnews.com/us-war-with-china-heats-up-as-china-readies-move-to-launch-a-gold-centric-monetary-system/

Gold-Backed SDR "Is Quite Likely To Happen", LSE's Lord Desai Warns

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-04-12/gold-backed-sdr-quite-likely-happen-lses-lord-desai-warns

China Approves Gold-Backed ETPs as Domestic Buyers Chase Bullion

This will go one of two ways:

1) these new Chinese ETP's will just be vehicles for more price manipulation of paper gold,

2) this is further evidence that the Chinese want to accumulate physical gold at lower prices, and eventually backing the yuan with gold.

I guess there's a third scenario:  all of the above.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-10/china-approves-gold-backed-etps-as-domestic-buyers-chase-bullion.html