A video of Robert Kiyosaki, the renowned author of “Rich Dad Poor Dad”, where he claimed he has traded all his gold and silver holdings for bitcoin, has resurfaced online.
In the video, which is originally from January 2025, Kiyosaki said, “Since 1964, I've been saving silver, so right now I'm trading in my silver to buy more Bitcoin because the silver I was buying was at 10 cents an ounce; today it's $30 an ounce. So the dollar went down, the price of silver and gold went up, so now I'm going to trade that for Bitcoin.”
"Now I'm taking all my silver and gold and converting to bitcoin," he added.
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Rich Dad Poor Dad Author Robert Kiyosaki, a multi-decade precious metals bull, reportedly converted all his Gold and Silver holdings to Bitcoin $BTC 11 months ago.
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Explaining the rationale, he added, “Because I know the national debt of the US keeps going up and the purchasing power of the US dollar keeps going down…I just keep buying more gold, silver, Bitcoin, and Ethereum and get richer.”
Q: Do I care when the price of gold silver or Bitcoin go up or down?
— Robert Kiyosaki (@theRealKiyosaki) January 23, 2026
A: No. I do not care.
Q: Why Not?
A: Because I know the national debt of the US keeps going up and the purchasing power of the US dollar keeps going down.
Q: Why worry about the price of gold, silver,…
According to Kiyosaki, investors should focus less on immediate price changes and more on the ongoing trend of currency depreciation. He criticised the policy choices of officials at institutions such as the US Federal Reserve and Treasury for exacerbating the situation.
“Why worry about the price of gold, silver, Bitcoin, and Ethereum, when the world has incompetent, highly educated PhD's…like my poor dad…. Controlling the Fed, the Treasury, and the US Government?”
You can watch the full video here:
On Friday, silver surged beyond the $100 mark, propelled by a global appetite for safe-haven assets and significant retail activity across key markets, including Shanghai and New York.
Silver has risen over 40% so far in 2026, following a 147% surge last year. Meanwhile, gold reached a record $4,988 per ounce on Friday.
Demand for precious metals has surged in the first year of President Donald Trump's second term, amid rising uncertainty over global trade, geopolitics and US monetary policy.
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