2026-01-21 03:39:01

From the queuing aunties at Shenzhen vegetable markets to Turkey's oil refinery in crisis, and to South Korea's minting factory selling out in an hour, the ferocity of the white market caught banks and smelting plants off guard. Behind this surge in demand is a collective awakening of retail investors. The once-overlooked silver market has now become a new battleground for capital competition. Starting from retail customers lining up to buy, and with supply-side tensions mounting across the board, this demand emerging from the bottom is reshaping the entire silver ecosystem. Bank inventories are rapidly declining, and refinery capacities are struggling to keep up. This global supply gap reflects a deeper phenomenon—retail investors are increasingly entering the commodities investment field on a large scale.

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GasFeePhobia

· 1h ago

Aunties are all starting to buy the dip in silver. How desperate must they be, haha

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ContractHunter

· 1h ago

Aunties are already rushing to buy silver, now it's not our retail investors' turn to enjoy the benefits haha

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MelonField

· 1h ago

The recent surge in silver is indeed fierce, even grandmas are starting to line up and buy. Are retail investors waking up, or is a big market move really coming? The supply chain can't keep up; how high will it go? Looking ahead, it feels like it's just getting started.

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DeFiCaffeinator

· 1h ago

Really? Sold out in one hour? The aunties' move is absolutely brilliant. Silver can also cause such a big stir, retail investors are truly awakening. Inventory is dropping rapidly... this pace is a bit fierce, need to keep an eye on it. Commodities have really become hot commodities, who would have thought? From the vegetable market to the global supply chain, haha what a contrast. Refinery capacity can't keep up, what does that mean? The demand is genuine. Is this wave a collective "bottom-fishing" signal from retail investors?

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UncleLiquidation

· 1h ago

Aunties are all starting to buy the dip in silver. This is truly a collective awakening at the grassroots level. Even the banks are caught off guard, haha.

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ser_we_are_ngmi

· 1h ago

Wow, silver has really taken off. Even the aunties are starting to line up and buy? Now Turkey can't even get oil anymore, haha.

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ImpermanentTherapist

· 1h ago

Silver is about to take off, right? Retail investors have truly awakened... I'm telling you, even Turkish refineries are running out of stock, how intense is that? Market grandmas are starting to rush for silver, what does that mean? It's a real signal. Inventory is dropping rapidly, the banks are probably panicking haha. Sold out in an hour, it seems the whole world is bottom-fishing for silver. Retail investors are making a collective move, this time is truly different. The commodities are gaining momentum, silver, this neglected brother, is finally getting its turn. Supply can't keep up, and the price is likely to continue soaring.

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