🥈Silver to “Infinity”? Rafi Farber’s Argument Isn’t Really About Getting Rich… It’s About the Dollar! 👉In his interview with The SilverTrade, Rafi Farber, publisher of The End Game Investor & a commentator on gold, silver & monetary economics, argues that silver’s biggest move could come from a loss of confidence in currency, not simply stronger industrial demand. 👉His starting point is the bond market. Rising yields push down the market value of existing fixed-rate bonds, potentially putting pressure on institutions holding them, especially if they need to sell to raise cash. 🔥Farber argues that a severe credit crisis could eventually force another wave of monetary intervention. He expects silver to outperform gold as more people seek metal suited to smaller transactions. 👉He points toward a gold-to-silver ratio near 15:1 in that scenario. That’s his thesis, not an established destination. He also acknowledges he doesn’t know the Treasury yield that would trigger the next crisis. 🥇Here’s the distinction worth keeping: a metal’s price exploding in a failing currency doesn’t automatically mean its owner is getting richer. What can those ounces actually buy? A bigger number on the screen & greater purchasing power are not the same thing. 🦀Crustacean Nation: If confidence in paper money cracked, would silver’s smaller denominations become an advantage, or would gold remain the first choice? 👉Sound off below! *Not financial advice. Stay stacked! 🎥Watch Rafi Farber’s full argument: youtube.com/watch?v=QKWYnsuh…

🏦Russia Boosts Its Gold & Currency Purchase Program Fivefold… How Much Is Actually Gold?🥇 👉Russia’s Finance Ministry has earmarked 279.42 billion rubles for foreign currency & gold purchases from October 7 through November 6. 👉The daily purchase budget jumped from 2.5 billion to 12.7 billion rubles. That’s just over FIVE TIMES the previous pace. 🔥What’s driving it? Russia’s budget rule directs excess oil-&-gas revenue into reserve assets. This round reflects expected October revenue, adjusted for September’s results. 🥇Here’s the detail stackers should know: that money covers foreign currency & gold. The announcement doesn’t tell us how much is going into bullion or how many ounces will be purchased. 👉So yes, the combined program got much bigger. But “Russia is buying five times more physical gold” goes beyond what these figures establish. 👉For stackers, the gold allocation is the number to watch next. A larger budget creates room for more gold purchases, but the split determines how much metal demand it actually represents. 🦀Crustacean Nation: Would you rather see the headline purchase budget or the actual ounces added to reserves? 👉Sound off below! *Not financial advice. Stay stacked! Sources: interfax.ru/business/1120386 vedomosti.ru/economics/news/… Original article: zerohedge.com/news/2026-10-0…

🚨October 17 Watchouts: What was bullish, bearish or mixed? 🔴= Bearish |🟢= Bullish |🟡= Mixed |⏳= Pending 👉Weekend risk warnings... But gold & silver don’t necessarily get the same benefit! 🟡IMF meetings: Today’s IMFC chair statement warned that escalating conflicts & trade tensions could disrupt shipping routes, push energy costs higher & worsen food & energy security. 🔥For gold, those risks can strengthen safe-haven demand. But if higher energy costs keep inflation sticky & yields elevated, that can work against both metals. 🔥Silver has another concern: weaker growth & higher factory costs could weigh on its industrial-demand outlook. This warning isn’t a new measurement of silver demand. 🦀Crustacean Nation: Would higher energy costs make you favor gold over silver, or would your stacking plan stay the same? 👉Sound off below! *Not financial advice. Stay stacked! 👉This week’s original Watchouts: internationalstacker.com/pos…

🚨240 Years Ago Today, Congress Ordered a Mint for Gold & Silver—Six Years later the US Mint Was Established! 🇺🇸 🪙This Day In Sound Money History: October 16 👉Three events. One thread: turning physical metal into America’s money!👇 🏛️1786 — Congress approved an ordinance for a national mint to coin gold, silver & copper! 👉The authorization came first. The US Mint we know today was established in 1792. 🟠1792 — The young US Mint purchased copper for coinage. Making money required securing the actual metal. 🥈1794 — Secretary of State Edmund Randolph sent a new silver dollar to George Washington for inspection. 👉His letter described “transmitting a dollar for your inspection.” 👉Why should stackers care? America’s early coinage story involved more than choosing denominations. It required metal, assaying & minting—the work that made a coin’s stated value & composition credible. 👉That remains relevant whenever we buy bullion: What metal is it? What does it weigh? How pure is it? 🦀Crustacean Nation: If you could own one piece of early American money, would you choose a gold eagle, a silver dollar—or a copper cent? Why? 👉Sound off below! *Not financial advice. Stay stacked! 👉Princeton: static-prod.lib.princeton.ed… 👉PCGS: pcgs.com/coinfacts/mint-hist… 👉Silver-dollar letter: founders.archives.gov/docume…

🚨They Were Digging Up Soil… They Found Ancient Gold & Silver! 🪙This Day In Sound Money History: October 17 👉Three different years... Buried treasure, a state mint & a president weighing in on silver money! 🥇1990: Workers digging at Wonoboyo, Indonesia, accidentally uncovered ancient gold & silver treasures, including coins. An archaeological study dated the finds to the early ninth century. 👉More than a thousand years later, the metal & craftsmanship were still there to study. That’s tangible history. 🪙1786: Massachusetts authorized its own mint for gold, silver & copper, citing a shortage of circulating money. The law required coins to follow Congress’s standards for weight, alloy & value. 👉The important distinction: authorization wasn’t production. The mint ultimately produced copper cents & half cents, not gold & silver coins. 🪙1835: Andrew Jackson & his Cabinet reviewed the design for the future Gobrecht silver dollar. Jackson liked it, but wanted Liberty’s pole a little higher! 👉Treasury authorized a trial die that same day. This was a design milestone, not the coin’s release. 🦀Crustacean Nation: When you buy an old gold or silver coin, how much extra are you willing to pay for its history beyond the metal? 👉Sound off below! *Not financial advice. Stay stacked! 👉Sources: Wonoboyo: National Museum Indonesia · Archaeological study Massachusetts mint: Original law · NGC Gobrecht dollar: PCGS

🚨JPMorgan Is Building Its Critical-Minerals Push—& Silver Is on America’s Critical List!🇺🇸 👉Wall Street is paying attention to something stackers already understand: access to physical resources matters. 🏦A new report highlights JPMorgan’s appointment of Andrew Frame to lead its critical-minerals effort, covering extraction, refining & processing. 👉The effort sits within the bank’s $1.5 TRILLION Security & Resiliency Initiative. Here’s what that number actually means: • 10-year financing & investment plan. • Covers defense, energy, manufacturing & advanced technologies—not just minerals. • Includes up to $10 billion in direct equity & venture investments across the initiative. 👉This is NOT a $1.5 trillion silver-buying announcement... But the silver connection deserves attention: silver was added to the final US critical-minerals list in 2025. Its applications include electrical circuits, batteries, solar cells & medical instruments. 🔥Why should stackers care? Silver’s story reaches beyond investment demand. It is also a material industries need to keep operating—& reliable supply is becoming a strategic priority. 👉More financing could help develop mines & processing capacity. It could also support industries that consume silver. Those forces can affect both sides of the supply-demand equation. 🏦My take: This doesn’t guarantee higher prices. But when a major bank builds a dedicated effort around securing critical minerals, it reinforces why the physical supply chain deserves our attention. 👉Announcements move quickly. Bringing new production online takes execution, infrastructure & time. 🦀Crustacean Nation: What matters more for silver’s next decade—growing industrial demand or the industry’s ability to bring new supply online? 👇Sound off below! *Not financial advice. Stay stacked! 👉Article: zerohedge.com/news/2026-10-1… 👉JPMorgan’s initiative: jpmorganchase.com/newsroom/p… 👉USGS critical-minerals list: usgs.gov/news/science-snippe…

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🚨China Wants Solid-State Batteries at Scale by 2030. Could Silver Be Part of the Next Battery Breakthrough? 🇨🇳China’s new battery-industry plan targets the initial large-scale application of all-solid-state batteries by 2030. 👉The ambition: move next-generation battery technology toward commercial use. 👉But InsideEVs highlights the challenge: making these batteries affordable & manufacturing them at scale are different hurdles from making a prototype. 🥈Here’s why stackers should watch: Samsung researchers have already demonstrated a solid-state battery design using a silver-carbon layer to help control lithium deposition & improve cycling performance. 👉That gives silver a documented role in this technology—not just a speculative connection. ⚖️But “solid-state” describes a category of batteries, not one universal recipe. China’s roadmap does NOT establish that its batteries will use Samsung’s silver-carbon approach. 👉My take: If silver-containing designs win meaningful commercial adoption, batteries could create another source of silver demand. The questions are WHICH designs succeed, HOW MUCH silver they use & HOW MANY batteries get built. 👉A national target is worth watching. Actual production & material requirements will tell the bigger story. 🦀Crustacean Nation: Could batteries become a major new silver-demand driver—or will cost favor other designs? 👇Sound off below! *Not financial advice. Stay stacked! 👉Article: insideevs.com/news/810656/ch… 👉Silver-carbon research: research.samsung.com/researc…

Trust—but VERIFY! 👀🪙 Checking silver and taking a closer look at coin luster with Jake Haugen, CEO of @HeroBullion. Sometimes there’s more to a coin than meets the eye! What do YOU check before buying? 🦀 Hero Bullion is a sponsor of my YouTube channel. Learn more about gold & silver: internationalstacker.com Not financial advice. Stay stacked! 🦀

🚨Inflation Rose & Paychecks Lost Ground As Gold & Silver Got Hit! Here’s What Yesterday’s Watchouts Delivered! 📅Wednesday, October 14, 2026 🔴Bearish |🟡Mixed |🟢Bullish 👉Ratings reflect my interpretation of the near-term implications for metals. 🔴1. US CPI — Bearish for Gold & Silver: 📊September inflation: Expected → Actual • Headline monthly: +0.6% → +0.6% ✅ In line • Headline annual: +3.6% → +3.7% 🔥 Hotter • Core monthly: +0.2% → +0.3% 🔥 Hotter • Core annual: +2.5% → +2.6% 🔥 Hotter ⛽Gasoline jumped 9.1%, accounting for over half the monthly headline increase—but shelter also rose 0.4%. This wasn’t exclusively an energy story. 👉The market response mattered: the dollar & Treasury yields rose, rate-hike bets increased, & both metals fell. Inflation can strengthen the long-term case for owning metal while tighter-policy expectations hurt prices immediately. 🟡2. Real Earnings — Mixed for Gold & Silver: Inflation-adjusted average hourly earnings fell 0.5% monthly & 0.7% annually. Average hourly pay rose just 0.1% during September, falling behind rising prices. 👉That reinforces stackers’ concern about purchasing power. But squeezed household budgets can weaken spending & leave less money for bullion purchases. It isn’t automatically bullish—especially for silver’s demand outlook. 🟡3. Fed Beige Book — Mixed, With a Bearish Inflation Tilt: Nine districts reported growth & three reported no significant change. Manufacturing showed pockets of strength, while most districts reported little or no change in consumer spending. 🔥Four districts reported accelerating price increases, & higher oil prices appeared throughout the district reports. 👉Manufacturing resilience offers some support for silver’s industrial backdrop. Persistent price pressure complicates hopes for easier monetary policy. The Beige Book is business commentary—not a rate decision. 🏦My take: Yesterday’s dominant near-term signal was bearish. Purchasing-power concerns remained real, but the stronger dollar & higher-rate expectations took priority. 🦀Crustacean Nation: Did yesterday’s selloff change your stacking plan—or just the price you’re willing to pay? 👇Sound off below! *Not financial advice. Stay stacked! 👉Sources: BLS CPI | BLS Real Earnings | Fed Beige Book

🚨Trump Wants Her Out... But Courts Kept Her at the Fed! Now Lisa Cook Faces a White House Hearing!🚨 🏦Lisa Cook helps make decisions about US interest rates. Now she faces a renewed effort to remove her from the Federal Reserve. 🔎The allegations concern mortgage paperwork from before she joined the Fed. Cook denies wrongdoing, & no criminal charges have been filed. ⚖️Trump first attempted to fire her in August 2025. Courts blocked her removal, & the Supreme Court allowed her to remain while litigation continued. That did not decide whether she committed mortgage fraud. 👉Now the administration is pursuing a new process: • An October 7 memorandum established a three-person committee. • A closed, transcribed White House hearing is scheduled for November 5. • The committee will recommend whether there is legally sufficient cause to remove her. ⏰But the schedule is disputed: Cook’s lawyer says she has official meetings in Europe and cannot attend until after the December 8–9 Fed meeting. He also challenges the panel’s impartiality. That does NOT mean a postponement has been confirmed. 🥇🥈Why should stackers care? Fed governors help shape interest rates & the purchasing power of your dollars. Their honesty & judgment deserve serious scrutiny. 👉My take: If true, I believe the allegations against Cook warrant removal. Fed independence should protect monetary-policy decisions—not shield officials from accountability. The removal process needs to establish the facts & meet the legal standard. Fed officials deserve accountability. 🦀Crustacean Nation: What evidence should justify removing a Fed governor—and how do we enforce accountability without turning interest-rate decisions into political orders? 👇Sound off below! *Not financial advice. Stay stacked! 👉Sources: White House memorandum | Reuters update

🚨LIVE NOW—Gold & Silver’s CPI Showdown! Can Buyers Take Control? 👉We’re watching COMEX trading LIVE as markets prepare for today’s inflation test—then Shanghai’s SHFE Market opens! ⏰8:30 AM ET: US CPI inflation 🇨🇳9:00 AM ET: Shanghai’s SHFE night session opens 🎥WATCH LIVE: youtube.com/live/4OTJC5qq3qE ⚡THIS MORNING’S BIG STORIES: 🏦Fed’s Williams Sees No Rate Hikes in 2027 hikes! 🇪🇺 EU Business Sash Ban Starts in 2027! 🥇Gold, stablecoins & America’s debt! 🔥Africa’s Biggest Gold Producer Closer BRICS Ties! 🪙This Day in Sound Money History! 🦀Your questions answered LIVE! 🥈Silver took a hit last week—& I bought more! Will today’s data give buyers breathing room? 🦀Crustacean Nation: Buying the dip, holding firm—or waiting to see CPI & Shanghai’s reaction? 👉Join us LIVE & sound off! *Not financial advice. Stay stacked!

🚨BREAKING: Hidden Silver Found—Premiere in 19 Minutes! 👉I hid silver in Knoxville—and someone found it! 🥈🔎 Then we explore Slow Stacker’s gold & silver hoard! 🦀 Crustacean Nation, join the premiere! 👉 youtu.be/xSvWyIt8-N8 🔥Hidden Hoard sponsored by @HeroBullion.

🚨Silver Fell Roughly 6%—But SLV Added Shares. What Was Happening Beneath the Selloff?🚨 🥈Silver watchers flagged an important detail: 📊SLV Silver ETF shares outstanding: • October 13: 546,800,000 • October 14: 547,250,000 🔥Net increase: 450,000 shares—representing roughly 406,000 ounces of silver backing! 👉Macro Liquidity (@Macrobysunil) put it this way: 🗨️“Price was crushed. SLV demand was not.” 👉He suggests positioning, short covering & liquidity management may explain part of the selloff. 👉Bob Coleman (@profitsplusid) highlighted the same increase: 🗨️“Appears buyers are coming to the silver market and not running from it.” 👉Here’s why stackers should care: A falling price doesn’t automatically mean every investor is abandoning silver. SLV experienced net share creation while the metal sold off. ⚖️Keep the scale in perspective: That increase was about 0.08% of outstanding shares. It shows this trust expanded—not that selling disappeared elsewhere. 👉And these figures alone don’t prove anyone deliberately engineered the crash. Investors selling, others buying the dip, & market makers managing exposure can all happen together. 🥈My take: Coleman’s observation is supported by the share data. Sunil’s explanation is an interesting hypothesis—but establishing who drove the move, & why, requires more evidence. 🔎Could short covering, leveraged liquidations & ETF creation activity have contributed to the move, as Sunil suggests? Possibly—but daily share totals cannot establish the sequence, participants or intent. 👉His thought process: Drive the price lower -> flush leveraged longs -> create liquidity -> cover shorts at better prices -> then satisfy persistent ETF demand through new share creation... 👉The divergence is worth watching. Does SLV keep expanding through the pullback—or do redemptions follow? 🦀Crustacean Nation: Did YOU add physical silver during the selloff—& what would convince you buyers are absorbing the selling? 👇Sound off below! *Not financial advice. Stay stacked! 👉Data source: ishares.com/us/products/2398…

$35,000 gold?! 👀🥇 Josh Phair, CEO of Scottsdale Mint, explores a gold valuation scenario based on central bank reserves and foreign debt—and why he calls that number extreme. @JoshPhilipPhair Could you see gold reaching that level, or is it too far a stretch? 🦀 Learn more about gold & silver: internationalstacker.com Not financial advice. Stay stacked! 🦀

Where is the physical gold & silver going? 👀🌎 Josh Phair, CEO of Scottsdale Mint, shares what he’s seeing in global metal movements—and why people are rethinking where they store their wealth. Where would YOU feel safest holding your metals? 🦀 Learn more about gold & silver: internationalstacker.com Not financial advice. Stay stacked! 🦀