Given that the block halving is coming up soon, gold is doing things that it only does when the financial markets are shaky. I think its possibly an attempt to stop a bubble from forming when the price inevitably jumps after the halving.
Gavin Met with the CFR and has gone full hostile takeover with Mike Hearn... You don't get invited to talk at the CFR unless the Central bankers are onto you...
Yes, after the XT altcoin failure and the hearnia episode, this seems like just another attemp to stop the inevitable.
Looks the bankers got to some core devs, a good thing their propaganda is not working like it does in other domains!