Basel III and the Hunt Brother's Silver Thursday
Market manipulation explained.
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Sequel to Basel III Jan 01, 2026: Banks comply or get out
https://www.ourgreaterdestiny.ca/p/basel-iii-jan-01-2026-banks-comply
Historical comparison to Weimar, Germany 1923 hyperinflation
Oct 24, 2025
The Hunt brothers inherited a fortune. Concerned about inflation, they sought to protect their wealth by investing in silver. They bought large amounts of physical silver and futures contracts, aiming to control the market and drive up prices. But government intervention and market regulations disrupted their strategy, which caused their plan to collapse. The fallout led to significant changes in commodity trading rules, including the introduction of Silver Rule 7, which limited the ability of traders to corner the market.
Key Takeaways
The Hunt brothers attempted to corner the silver market by accumulating two-thirds of the global privately-owned silver supply.
Silver prices ballooned to over $50 per ounce due to the Hunt brothers’ buying spree and leverage tactics.
In response to this attempted manipulation, regulators changed rules, severely restricting the Hunt brothers’ ability to trade silver futures.
The Hunts’ failure led to a massive collapse in silver prices and resulted in their financial ruin and bankruptcy.
“Silver Thursday” saw silver prices plummet as the Hunt brothers couldn’t meet margin calls, leading to market chaos.
The same playbook may be used to try and stop a 2026 silver rally
Continues at https://www.investopedia.com/articles/optioninvestor/09/silver-thursday-hunt-brothers.asp
Pandora’s box: crisis proxy
Metals and Markets
Jan 12, 2026
If you don’t understand how the Fed intervened in metals markets before, you won’t recognize the playbook they’re likely about to use again.
During football this past weekend, a criminal investigation was launched into Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve. We’re not talking about some procedural review or ethics committee slap on the wrist. The Department of Justice is investigating him over his 2024 congressional testimony and office renovation expenditures that apparently raised red flags. The media is framing this as a minor volatility event in the metal sector. They’re telling you the Fed is still independent, still in control, still the steady hand on the wheel. But the physical silver market just told you something very different.
The DOJ's criminal probe into Powell shattered the illusion of Federal Reserve independence. That loss of trust triggered a massive safe haven flight into hard assets. And that flight caused the physical silver market to completely decouple from the paper exchange. We are no longer trading a commodity. We are trading a crisis proxy.
Is investigation of the Fed another problem, reaction, solution scenario?
Back to 1979 and 1980
The Volcker Fed raised interest rates to 20% and silver went to its all-time high of $50 an ounce during that exact period. Why? Because the market didn’t trust the Fed. Rate hikes were seen as proof inflation was out of control, not proof the Fed had it under control. The market was front running the chaos. We could be in a similar setup.
If the Fed hikes rates this year to try and restore credibility, it might have the opposite effect. It might signal that they’re panicking. And if the DOJ probe continues, every rate hike is going to look like a desperate attempt to save face.
What comes next?
Here’s my forecast for the next 3 months. I think we’re going to see a lot of volatility. Sharp moves up, sharp moves down. The COMEX will hike margins. The media will call it a bubble. Retail will panic sell. Institutions will buy the dip. Then the price will rip higher again.
By March, I expect spot silver to test $100. By April, I expect the physical premium to compress slightly as dealers catch up with inventory. But the $100 floor should hold. By May, if the DOJ investigation is still ongoing, I expect another leg up. Could be 120, 130 spot physical, could be 150 plus. The risk is a black swan event, something nobody’s pricing in, a war, a debt crisis, a currency collapse outside the US that triggers contagion. If that happens, all bets are off. Silver could go to 200. It could also get locked down by government emergency orders, capital controls, export bans. There’s precedent for that. 35:15 mins
Media and the print out
The media’s job is not to inform you. Their job is to manage your behavior. For proof, look around. What you see is the print out of human choices.
Everyone has the opportunity to seek facts above the noise [Continuous negative news, AI propaganda, fear mongering, psyops, betrayal, intentional poisoning of all life forms] and consciously choose again, over and over, with expanded awareness. https://www.ourgreaterdestiny.ca/t/science
Without prejudice and without recourse
Doreen Agostino
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