Is The Bottom In For Gold? Silver? Bitcoin? | Lawrence Lepard

April 2, 2026

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Lawrence Lepard, a sound money advocate and fund manager, joins host Adam Taggart to assess whether recent lows mark bottoms for gold, silver, and Bitcoin after sharp pullbacks from all-time highs. Lepard maintains his core thesis from his book The Big Print: U.S. debt at $39 trillion with $2 trillion annual deficits mathematically requires massive money printing, driving these assets higher over multi-year horizons despite short-term volatility.

Short-Term Price Outlook

Lepard sees sentiment as deeply negative across all three assets—gold holders shaken after a brief surge, silver down from $120 to the mid-$70s, Bitcoin languishing from $126,000 to mid-$60,000s—creating buying opportunities. He estimates lows are near or in: Bitcoin's power law (long-term growth trend) supports a $50,000-$60,000 floor; silver, after breaking a decades-old $50 ceiling, may retest it but not sustain below; gold could dip to $3,800 but holds above recent lows around $4,700 despite rare negative sentiment readings.

A key risk is a "correlation of one event," like 2008 or March 2020, where global margin calls force indiscriminate selling amid wars, private credit strains, or oil shocks. Odds are low (20% in his view) but nonzero; such an event accelerates the big print rather than derailing it. Absent that, he expects muddling through with upside as printing resumes.

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What you'll learn

1 (01:53) **Episode Intro & Core Question** - Host Adam Taggart introduces Lawrence Lepard and asks if the bottom is in for gold, silver, and Bitcoin after recent peaks and pullbacks
2 (03:08) **Price Outlook & Sentiment Analysis** - Lepard assesses near-term floors and long-term upside across assets
3 (04:20) **Correlation of One Event Risk** - Warning of global margin call crashing all assets temporarily
4 (05:40) **Big Print Thesis Unchanged** - Core driver: $39T debt, $2T deficits force massive money printing
5 (09:22) **Gold Price Drivers** - Froth removal post-vertical run; sentiment negative (17%), shaking out weak hands
6 (11:27) **Silver Fundamentals & Supply Strain** - Industrial demand (solar, China 50% absorption) + monetary breakout above $50 cap
7 (18:04) **Silver Miners Opportunity** - Undervalued despite higher margins; play via ETFs or picks

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Show Notes

Sound money proponent and money manager Lawrence Lepard joined me a few hours ago on a livestream to share his latest outlook on precious metals and digital assets -- answering the key question investors are asking right now:

Is the bottom in for gold, silver and/or Bitcoin?

To hear his answers, watch this video.

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