Silver has surged around 150% this year, breaking above $80 per ounce in late December for the first time and outperforming major equity indexes and currencies. However, the metal has pulled back significantly over the last few days and currently sits around $71.80
The metal has benefited from its designation as a critical U.S. mineral, persistent supply constraints and historically low inventories.
Meanwhile, spot $XAU gold has climbed around 64% in 2025, hitting record highs as central bank purchases and risk-off positioning supported prices. However, the pullback in gold over the last few sessions has seen it fall from over $4,500 per ounce to its current level just above $4,300.
In an October note, analysts at HSBC raised their 2026 gold price forecast, predicting the yellow metal will hit $5,000 per ounce amid broad uncertainty.
Analysts have recently noted that many of the forces shaping this year’s surge are expected to persist into 2026, alongside ongoing geopolitical risks and robust industrial demand. #BTCVSGOLD #silver #BinanceAlphaAlert
💀 CoinGecko: a record 11.6 million tokens “died” in 2025
According to CoinGecko, 11.6 million $TOKEN s ceased to exist in 2025 — effectively every second asset on the aggregator. The harshest period was Q4, which saw 7.7 million “deaths” after the October correction.
The reason is simple — an extremely low barrier to entry and poor quality. Thanks to $PUMP $FUN and similar tools, retail users launched 20+ million tokens without any development skills, while in 2021 there were fewer than 500,000.
🏦 The U.S. Senate postponed consideration of a crypto market structure bill$XRP
The Senate Banking Committee has delayed discussion of the bill indefinitely. $BTC Committee Chairman Tim Scott said that stakeholders — from the crypto industry to $SOL traditional finance — continue to work on the document “in good faith.”
🔥 HUGE: Institutional investors have purchased approximately 6x the newly mined Bitcoin supply in 2026, around 30K $BTC bought versus 5.7K $BTC mined, per Bitwise.$XRP
The U.S. SEC has officially closed its investigation into the $ZEC Foundation without recommending any sanctions or further regulatory action. The probe, which began with a subpoena in August 2023, ended with a clean outcome—highlighting the foundation’s transparency and regulatory compliance.