In 2023, the price of gold has almost reached a historic high, and rising. The greatest safe-haven asset, the most coveted metal, is the answer to the great crises that have been battering us incessantly, shaking global assets and panicking markets. While its price reaches two-thousand dollars an ounce, central banks are rushing to increase their gold reserves. The world is once more seeking out Eldorado, but the new gold rush is marked by the contradictions of a never-ending state of alert.