In case you havenât noticed, #silver broke down today. No ifs. No buts. It broke down. It lost every conceivable version of its rising trend line, plus the horizontal $70 support, and although the market hasnât closed yet, Iâm assuming itâs going to stay there for a weekly close.
The official excuse? A strong jobs report, which you would think should be good for the economy. But no, according to Wall Streetâs twisted logic, a strong labor market makes it harder for the Fed to cut rates, and since corporations are up to their eyeballs in debt, they need lower rates to survive.
So the S&P500 lost 2.6% and the Nasdaq 100 close to 5%. But why should that affect silver? After all, silver did not rise together with the stock market in the past few months. Why should it follow it down? Well, they say, silver is an industrial metal and if there is no industrial demand then its price should fall, period. Naturally, they ignore the fact that silver is MONEY, that it also enjoys investment demand, and that itâs in its sixth year of physical deficit.
Never mind all that. Whatâs done is done. Unless some miracle happens, this breakdown will probably extend silverâs correction by several months.
$GRSL.V up 26% today after reporting their best ever drill hole at San Marcial in Mexico.
45.1m of 1,623 g/t silver.
Including 8.25m of 8,579 g/t silver.
Step-out drilling continues. More holes coming.
One of the best silver intercepts in recent years.đĽ
Pelangio Exploration @PelangioEx $PX.v $PGXPF is positioning itself as a high-upside gold play for 2026, combining a massive land package in the worldâs most prolific gold belts with a management team that has a proven track record of multi-billion dollar exits. #GOLD
đ¨2 metric tonnes of physical Silver just yanked from the Shanghai Gold Exchange.
Chinese dealers selling 15 kg (482 oz) SGE slabs, moving fast. Physical silverâs disappearing in real time. đŞđ¨đł
What Silver momentum makes so powerful is its feedback loop. Rising prices attract attention. Attention draws in new buyers. New buyers push prices higher and validate the thesis of others doubting. This self reinforcing cycle is not irrational. Itâs human. People act when they see confirmation. We are now at the early edge of retail participation joining the Silver market. Position accordingly. When capital flows into the tiny Silver market, moves are amplified to a multitude of Gold moves. Once recognition starts it tends to run much much further as most expect. Often enthousiasm turns into mania. Thatâs why Silver delivers extraordinary returns once a decade. This is the start of another one.
The Great Inversion is finally upon us. Get out while you still can. When the wealthiest top 0.00001% quietly unload their bags onto the 99.99% of retail sheep, itâs not a market, itâs a transfer. And it always marks the top.
Over the last week, 198 of the top 200 insider trades were sells. In two weeks, it was 398 of 400! The last time insider dumping hit this scale was the late 1920s, right before the Great Depression.
Unemployment is rising worldwide. Inflation is creeping back. The pressure is building exactly as it did a century ago. The worst damage will fall on stocks and crypto, both will easily to 80-90%+ of their value.
i almost never average down anymore. however, Bob Wares himself is putting in big dollars and with Lithium sentiment lower as low i decided to add 33% here at these bargain prices 13c. actually confident it will work from the Greeland side.
$BRW.v
More evidence keeps piling up showing Ballywire is the most significant discovery in Ireland in over a decade
Grades now up to 10.45% Cu & 1,880 g/t Agđ¤
The latter being the highest-grade Silver intercept in Ireland in >60 years
$ZNG.V
@G11Res
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This last year, Outcrop Silver has made new vein discoveries with Aguilar, La Ye, Jimenez, Los Mangos
Now a fifth in line: Guadual
Impressive as is, but then there's Los Mangos returning one of the best holes ever at Santa Ana
$OCG.V
@OCG_Silver
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Outcrop Silver Adds Fifth High-Grade Discovery in 12 Months at Santa Ana with the Guadual Vein
The Guadual vein delivered 0.90 metres at 1,290 g/t AgEq, marking the fifth high-grade discovery in the past 12 months and demonstrating how quickly Santa Ana is growing beyond the six-vein foundation established in the 2023 maiden resource.
With a fully funded 2025 program focused on resource expansion, each new discovery advances the next phase of growth.
⢠2023 maiden resource based on six veins
⢠Five additional high-grade veins discovered over the past 12 months
⢠Guadual traced over 400 metres along strike and open at depth
⢠Key milestone within the fully funded 2025 drilling program
Disciplined exploration continues to unlock growth across Santa Anaâs 17-kilometre permitted corridor.
Read the full release: https://t.co/sMvrd7qXnO
$OCG.V $OCGSF #Silver @OCG_SilverGold
Santa Ana - One of the world's highest-grade primary silver deposits
This year's massive 60,000m drill program by Founders has 2 objectives:
Expand existing discoveries & drill test TEN new targets
Already seeing big growth at Buese
With Van Gogh being the first new discovery this yearđ
$FDR.V
@FoundersMetals
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**The Final Showdown Between China and the U.S.: The Battlefield Shifts from Military Hegemony to Global Currency Warfare**
As the clock struck 3 a.m. on Wall Street, Switzerlandâs banking clearing system suddenly flashed a red alertâChinaâs Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS 2.0), powered by the digital yuan, went live simultaneously across 16 ASEAN and Middle Eastern countries. The first transaction, a 120 million yuan ($16.5 million) payment for auto parts, cleared from Shenzhen to Kuala Lumpur in 7.2 seconds. This speed, faster than a blink, rendered SWIFTâs three-day processing cycle a relic of the "Stone Age." The global financial world finally awoke: a bloodless currency war, armed with blockchain scalpels, had sliced open the veins of dollar hegemony.
**Behind the Blitzkrieg: What 7 Seconds Upended Beyond Speed**
The digital yuanâs "financial blitzkrieg" struck three fatal weaknesses of the dollar system:
1. **Cost Annihilation**: A cross-border e-commerce companyâs ledger revealed that a $100,000 payment to a Thai supplier via SWIFT incurred $4,950 in fees (4.95%) and took 72 hours. Using CIPS 2.0, it cost $0.12 in network fees and settled instantly. This shift from "toll roads to data plans" slashed annual global trade settlement costsâworth $30 trillionâby over 90%.
2. **Technological Supremacy**: In tests by Singaporeâs DBS Bank, the digital yuanâs *dual offline payment* function completed transactions without internet, while SWIFTâs VISA/Mastercard systems collapsed. More revolutionary was *smart contract technology*: when Malaysian palm oil arrived at Tianjin Port, the system auto-released payment, eliminating document fraud plaguing traditional trade.
3. **Security Revolution**: The UAE Central Bank showcased a money laundering case where the digital yuanâs blockchain ledger tracked every cent. A syndicateâs attempt to launder funds through 16 layered accounts was intercepted by AI risk controls in 0.3 seconds. In contrast, 85% of SWIFTâs cross-border money laundering cases require manual tracing, averaging 47 days.
**De-Dollarization Tsunami: 16 Nations Pivot**
This financial infrastructure revolution is triggering a chain reaction:
- **ASEAN** announced that 90% of intraregional trade will settle in digital yuan by 2025, with Indonesia adding the yuan to its core forex reserves.
- **Saudi Aramcoâs** crude oil contract with Sinopec now prices 65% in digital yuan, cutting settlement from T+5 to T+0.
- The **City of London** rushed to launch a "digital pound accelerator," but Bank of England officials admitted: "Weâre at least 2.3 years behind China."
**Twilight of Hegemony: SWIFTâs Last Stand**
Facing this tech gap, the dollar systemâs counterattacks falter. When the U.S. Treasury threatened sanctions, Malaysiaâs central bank retorted: "We refuse to launder money for Afghan opium traffickers anymore." SWIFTâs data shows 23% of suspicious transactions flow to "unknown" entities. Worse, China controls 78% of global rare earth refining and 85% of neodymium magnet productionâcritical for blockchain miners. This "resource-tech duopoly" fortifies the digital yuanâs defenses.
**Endgame: When Financial Infrastructure Becomes the New Nuke**
This revolution aims to democratize finance through technology. As cross-border payments shift from "exclusive couriers for elites" to "instant messaging for all," the dollarâs "monopoly rent from settlement systems" will vanish. Nobel economist Stiglitz noted: "The digital yuan isnât replacing the dollarâit��s redefining the dimensions of monetary civilization."
**Final Thought:**
When 7-second settlements become routine, and blockchain ledgers replace bank credit, how will global currency dynamics mutate? Will this "financial blitzkrieg" accelerate a multipolar monetary system, or provoke a desperate counterstrike from traditional powers? Share your predictions in the comments.
--- *Chen Chenâs Insight, Baidu Dynamics*
1/9 Precious Metals:
It stinks more than you think,
Let's stop & think for a minute.
What was happening in markets?
From Feb 21st the Nasdaq was already in trouble while
the Precious Metals Gold and Silver were ramping.
D-I-V-E-R-G-E-N-C-E
@DerivativesDon