With $2.5 billion, you could buy 3 blocks of gold: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1+cubic+meter+of+gold http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1+cubic+mete

With $2.5 billion, you could buy 3 blocks of gold: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1+cubic+meter+of+gold http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1+cubic+meter+of+gold == $765 million.