It could be partially true. They could have just seized the assets or took over the old system and plan to implement the new system in the future. I find it hard to believe the new system would be online already, but who knows.

If Trump seized the precious metal assets then it would just be a transfer of ownership and no one would know the difference if it was kept quiet. The prices wouldn’t move in that case. They didn’t go out and buy gold and silver. The prices will change when the price manipulation is exposed and the banks are found to have more futures sold/hedged against inventory they don’t have.