{"id":271,"date":"2026-01-27T15:04:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/?p=271"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:04:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:04:59","slug":"crypto-traders-flock-to-silver-before-15-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/crypto-traders-flock-to-silver-before-15-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Traders Flock to Silver Before 15% Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"378\" data-id=\"272\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1241.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1241.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1241-300x197.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Silver experienced one of its most dramatic single-day swings in years on Monday, climbing above <strong>$117<\/strong> before crashing more than <strong>15%<\/strong> in hours, wiping out roughly <strong>$900 billion<\/strong> in market value in 90 minutes, according to The Kobeissi Letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Santiment data shows retail attention, including crypto traders, shifted from gold to silver as prices surged, often coinciding with short-term tops. Silver briefly touched <strong>$118<\/strong> before falling to around <strong>$103<\/strong>, then partially rebounding toward <strong>$110<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The volatility highlighted the speed of speculative flows, with the $900 billion drop representing about <strong>72% of the entire altcoin market cap<\/strong>. Analyst Checkmate noted heavy retail activity, with buyers lining up for physical silver, though the process was slower and less flexible than trading BTC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move came while Bitcoin traded near <strong>$88,000<\/strong>, remaining range-bound between $87,000 and $89,000. Analysts interpret the silver rally as part of a broader <strong>risk-off mood<\/strong>, with investors favoring established stores of value like silver and gold over crypto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The episode illustrates how quickly retail sentiment can swing and how volatile these inflows can be, even for traditional assets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silver experienced one of its most dramatic single-day swings in years on Monday, climbing above $117 before crashing more than 15% in hours, wiping out roughly&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273,"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions\/273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.coinsignals.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}