# Silver Related Articles

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Retail Investors' 'Short Squeeze' Turns into 'Stampede': How a Silver Frenzy Became a Mass Grave?

The article details how a retail-driven silver squeeze, initially hailed as the "2026 GameStop," rapidly turned into a catastrophic crash, described as a "mass grave" for small investors. In January 2026, retail investors poured a record $1 billion into silver ETFs, with trading volume nearly matching that of the S&P 500 ETF at its peak. Fueled by social media hype and comparisons to the GameStop rally, silver prices soared to over $120 per ounce. However, the rally abruptly ended in just three days, with prices plummeting 40%, erasing all gains and causing significant losses. The crash was triggered not by news events, as initially speculated, but by a 50% increase in margin requirements imposed by the CME exchange. This forced over-leveraged retail investors to liquidate positions automatically, initiating a vicious cycle of selling. While散户 were forced to sell at the worst prices, institutional players like JPMorgan capitalized on the chaos. They accessed emergency liquidity from the Federal Reserve, exploited their role as authorized participants in silver ETFs to arbitrage price discrepancies, and strategically acquired physical assets at depressed prices. The piece concludes that the silver market is inherently risky and structurally skewed in favor of institutions, highlighting the vast power imbalance where retail enthusiasm and memes are no match for algorithmic trading, leverage, and rule-making authority.

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Retail Investors' 'Short Squeeze' Turns into 'Stampede': How a Silver Frenzy Became a Mass Grave?

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Weekly Editor's Picks (0124-0130)

Weekly Editor's Picks (0124-0130) by Odaily Planet Daily features in-depth articles from the past week. Key topics include: - **Investing & Startups**: Analysis suggests the silver rally, driven by capital flight, monetary devaluation, and industrial demand, may continue. Silver is seen as having a "Bitcoin moment," transitioning from "poor man's gold" to an industrial necessity. Concerns about a potential COMEX silver delivery failure by March 2026 are highlighted. The tokenization logic of gold (e.g., XAUt) and on-chain silver trading on platforms like Hyperliquid are also discussed. - **Policy & Stablecoins**: The real competition in stablecoin issuance lies in compliance, liquidity, redemption efficiency, and bundled services, not just the technical ability to create a token. - **Ethereum & Scaling**: In an interview, Vitalik Buterin expressed concern about the gap between Ethereum's technical capabilities and its original purpose of building decentralized applications (DeSoc, smarter DAOs). He noted that SocialFi faces structural issues where financial incentives can overwhelm social ones. - **CeFi & DeFi**: A report on on-chain stock perpetual contracts details their mechanisms to handle unique market structures and their role in merging traditional finance with crypto. The Trump family's crypto ventures, which added $1.4 billion to their wealth, are also examined. - **Web3 & AI**: A contrarian view bets against AI's success, arguing that excess production could threaten established power structures, making hard assets a better investment. - **Weekly Recap**: Key events include Bitcoin's drop to ~$81,200, Trump's potential Fed chair nomination, and the US establishing clearer crypto regulations. Gold approached $5,600 and silver hit a record high of $117/oz.

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Weekly Editor's Picks (0124-0130)

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