April 2026 marks a&nbsp;major milestone in&nbsp;modern space exploration – the Artemis&nbsp;II mission, the first crewed journey around the Moon in&nbsp;more than 50&nbsp;years. Following its launch from the Kennedy Space Center in&nbsp;Florida on 1&nbsp;April, the Orion spacecraft carried four astronauts (Reid&nbsp;Wiseman, Christina&nbsp;Koch, Victor&nbsp;Glover, and Jeremy&nbsp;Hansen) on a&nbsp;trajectory designed to&nbsp;test both technology and human capability in&nbsp;the transition to deep space and in&nbsp;the return to Earth. Artemis&nbsp;II is a&nbsp;crucial step in&nbsp;preparations for future lunar landings and a&nbsp;sustained human presence on the Moon.

To the Moon and back: Artemis&nbsp;II and gold and silver in&nbsp;space

In&nbsp;March, there was an&nbsp;unexpected turn in&nbsp;the&nbsp;markets. Many investors expected gold to rise&nbsp;– particularly amid global tensions and&nbsp;higher energy prices. Instead, the&nbsp;opposite happened.

March 2026: why did gold fall in&nbsp;the&nbsp;ace of&nbsp;rising global tensions?

The conflict in&nbsp;Iran is pushing up oil and energy prices, creating inflationary pressures. Central banks are responding by&nbsp;raising interest rates. Higher rates increase the appeal of US bonds and strengthen the US dollar, which in&nbsp;the short term puts downward pressure on&nbsp;gold prices.

The current fall in gold prices may seem illogical, but is actually easy to explain

The year 2026&nbsp;has already brought several important moments to the gold market and for IBIS&nbsp;InGold clients. One of them is a&nbsp;historic milestone – the total profit of clients on their iiplan® contracts exceeded the limit of <a href="https://ibisingold.com/en/article/czk-10-billion-a-strong-milestone-for-trust-and-growth">10&nbsp;billion Czech crowns</a> (EUR&nbsp;400&nbsp;million).

The gold reserve makes more and more sense. IBIS&nbsp;InGold celebrates CZK&nbsp;10&nbsp;billion milestone and launches competition for investment gold

IBIS&nbsp;InGold is proud to announce that the&nbsp;total profit made by&nbsp;clients under iiplan® savings schemes has passed the&nbsp;historic threshold of CZK&nbsp;10&nbsp;billion (EUR&nbsp;400&nbsp;million). This is a&nbsp;landmark achievement not only for the&nbsp;company, but also for the&nbsp;more than 110,000&nbsp;clients who have long relied on the&nbsp;principle of regularly investing in physical gold.

CZK&nbsp;10&nbsp;billion. A&nbsp;major milestone of trust and growth

In&nbsp;a commentary published in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Financial&nbsp;Times, author and&nbsp;chairman of&nbsp;Rockefeller International Ruchir Sharma writes that gold may have entered a&nbsp;phase in which its price is driven more by&nbsp;“stories” about global uncertainty than by&nbsp;traditional fundamentals. He compares the current situation to&nbsp;the&nbsp;gold rush of&nbsp;the&nbsp;1970s and&nbsp;suggests that the&nbsp;market may&nbsp;be entering a&nbsp;stage where narratives –&nbsp;global stories about risk and&nbsp;uncertainty –&nbsp;outweigh economic models.

Interest in gold is driven not by&nbsp;narrative, but by&nbsp;experience

IBIS&nbsp;InGold has reached a&nbsp;major milestone, with&nbsp;the&nbsp;total profit made by clients under iiplan®&nbsp;contracts passing CZK&nbsp;10&nbsp;billion (EUR&nbsp;400&nbsp;million). To&nbsp;celebrate, the&nbsp;company ran a&nbsp;<a href="https://ibisingold.com/en/article/the-gold-reserve-makes-more-and-more-sense-ibis-ingold-celebrates-czk-10">competition to win an investment gold bar</a>. The&nbsp;winner collected her prize in person, with her family in tow.

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To the Moon and back: Artemis II and gold and silver in space

March 2026: why did gold fall in the ace of rising global tensions?

The current fall in gold prices may seem illogical, but is actually easy to explain

The gold reserve makes more and more sense. IBIS InGold celebrates CZK 10 billion milestone and launches competition for investment gold

CZK 10 billion. A major milestone of trust and growth

Interest in gold is driven not by narrative, but by experience

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