🔥 Is China Draining the Silver Market? A Bigger Storm Ahead?

While everyone is focused on CENTCOM, a quiet bottleneck has been forming in the Strait of Malacca — disrupting industrial raw material imports.

In just the first two months of 2026, China has already bought over 790+ tons of silver, with 470 tons in February alone — a record.

There are two main reasons:

Retail investors are shifting from gold to silver

The solar industry (which consumes ~20% of global silver) is aggressively stockpiling

Meanwhile, domestic inventories in China are shrinking — creating a potential supply squeeze in the global market.

Wars don’t last forever. Gold is quietly building its position. After April 6, gold prices may dip further — but it will continue to establish itself as a safe haven asset, the so-called “God’s money.”

Once tensions ease, markets could flip dramatically.

U.S. economists are warning about 4.2% inflation risk, which could significantly destabilize the American economy.

Donald Trump is raising interest rates to defend the dollar — pushing capital into bonds. As a result, gold and silver are under pressure.

But history tells a different story.

In 1982, there was a similar attempt to suppress gold and silver — and what followed? A massive breakout.

We may be watching the same pattern unfold again.

Prominent economist Richard Wolff has repeatedly warned the Federal Reserve in interviews and on Fox News:

“America is collapsing like Rome. The U.S. empire is in decline.”

According to this view, the beginning of the end for the U.S. economy started with tariff wars.

So when people say gold and silver prices are falling and will become “cheap,” I simply ignore them. There’s no point debating with those who don’t understand global macroeconomics.

China is playing a completely different game.

For now, geopolitical tensions and policy moves are temporarily holding things together. But beneath the surface lies a deep structural risk.

Let the conflicts cool down — regardless of short-term price movements, gold and 😉).