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Gold & Silver Takedown Was No Accident (What Comes Next Is Bigger

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by ITM Trading
Saturday, Feb 07, 2026 - 15:44

The CME raised margin requirements on gold and silver four times in six weeks. Four times. Right as prices hit all-time highs, right as physical inventories were getting drained, and right as banks were sitting on short positions that could blow up in their faces.

Coincidence? Sure. Just like that "cooling issue" at the CME data center back in November when silver was ripping to new highs. Just business as usual.

Taylor Kenney connects the dots the financial media won't touch: forced liquidations cascading across every asset class, a private credit bubble so opaque nobody knows how deep the rot goes, and BlackRock's TCP capital fund quietly eating a 19% NAV loss in a single quarter. Meanwhile, major banks have already paid over a billion in fines for precious metals manipulation. But no, this time it's definitely just "profit taking."

The real question isn't why gold and silver got smacked. It's what happens when the liquidity crisis they're desperately trying to hide finally blows the doors off.

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