That's exactly my point - buying gold in bulk like this is a clear way of signalling they're a bad investment since any sane investor will do just that - purcha

That's exactly my point - buying gold in bulk like this is a clear way of signalling they're a bad investment since any sane investor will do just that - purchase gold that they control and that won't be subject to any bankruptcy collections exercised on palantir if they are in a really bad place.