$BTC After an extraordinary run, silver finally took a breather.....🔥🔥🔥🔥☠️
Prices slid more than 5% on Wednesday to around $72 an ounce, pulling back from Monday’s all-time high of $86.62 as investors moved to secure gains before year-end. The short-term drop, however, does little to alter the broader picture that has defined silver’s performance this year.
On a year-to-date basis, the metal is still up over 150%, far outpacing gold and marking 2025 as the strongest year for silver on record. The rally carried silver through multiple long-standing price thresholds, supported by its recognition as a critical mineral in the US, ongoing supply limitations, thin inventories, and expanding demand from both industrial users and investors.
Looking ahead, market participants expect these underlying factors to remain in place. Continued interest from retail and institutional buyers, silver’s growing strategic relevance, persistent supply tightness, and the prospect of further policy easing by the Federal Reserve in 2026 are all seen as providing a firm foundation for prices despite near-term volatility.
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