Robert Kiyosaki (로버트 기요사키), author of the bestseller "Rich Dad Poor Dad", said "the future created in 1974 has now arrived" and again recommended bitcoin (BTC), gold and silver as alternatives to traditional currencies.

Cointelegraph, a blockchain outlet, reported on April 5 that he argued risks borne by individuals are growing as debt expansion, inflation and retirement anxiety overlap.

In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Kiyosaki pointed to 1974 as a turning point for monetary and retirement systems. He said the United States moved to a petrodollar framework as it restructured the dollar system after ending the gold standard, and that policy changes related to pensions combined with that shift to build up today’s financial pressures. Mentioning inflation and energy-related geopolitical tensions, he said, "the future created in 1974 has arrived."

He particularly stressed changes to retirement systems. Kiyosaki said changes to pension rules at the time weakened structures that "guaranteed lifetime income" like defined-benefit plans, shifting the focus to market-based savings such as 401(k) plans. He said this transferred risk to individuals and could widen income gaps after retirement. He warned, "Millions of baby boomers will soon find out that when they stop working, they have no income."

That view aligns with his long-standing preference for alternative stores of value. Reiterating the importance of financial education, Kiyosaki again stressed that "gold, silver and bitcoin are real money."

His latest remarks are seen as again reflecting his long-held concerns about the dollar-based financial system and the structure of retirement assets. He views it as difficult to protect assets using only fiat money and traditional retirement planning in an environment where inflation, rising debt and market volatility overlap, and he again presented gold, silver and bitcoin, which he described as having limited supply, as alternative assets.

Market sentiment has recently tilted more pessimistic. Santiment, a crypto analytics firm, said the ratio of bullish to bearish mentions on major social media fell to 0.81. Santiment added that such a mood could instead be a contrarian signal, saying there have been cases where markets moved the opposite way when crowd sentiment leaned to extremes.

BAD NEWS: History has ARRIVED. 1974 was a future changing year. 1974 marked two massive changes in our world’s future. Our problem is….in 2026, our future is here. The two 1974 future changing events were: 1974 the US dollar became the Petro dollar. Rather than backed by…