Here is the link for the article, it comes from a site called Disruption Banking.

https://www.disruptionbanking.com/2025/12/29/the-banks-and-the-silver-surge-rumors-vs-reality/

I looked up who runs this site and where they are located. Disruption Banking is owned and published by a company called Digital StartUp and the headquarters are located at 1 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London. (3 miles east of the City of London)

What other institutions are located at Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London?

One Canada Square: This is the landmark 50‑story skyscraper itself — home to a wide mix of financial firms, tech companies, consultancies, and professional services. It’s one of the most important commercial towers in the UK.

Also, HSBC Canary Wharf Canada Place: HSBC’s global headquarters were located at Canada Square in Canary Wharf from 2002 until the bank announced its move back to the City of London. The building remains one of the tallest and most recognizable towers in the district.

This may not mean much to anyone unless you do some digging.

What caused the sharp drop in silver prices last night? Increased margins on silver contracts instituted by the CME Group. (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) It is the world’s largest derivatives marketplace. Its shares are traded on the stock market.

Who owns the CME? Institutional investors! Who are these institutional investors? Here is a list of some of the shareholders, the number of shares they own and what those shares are worth.

Vanguard Group Inc. 35,307,074 shares / $9.7 billion

BlackRock, Inc. 31,200,596 shares / $8.6 billion

State Street Global Advisors, Inc. 16,087,800 shares / $4.4 billion

JPMorgan Asset Management 8,130,860 shares / $2.2 billion

Goldman Sachs Group 3,109,876 shares / $722 million

UBS Group 2,727,809 shares / $723.66 million

Deutsche Bank 1.6 million shares / $436 million

HSBC Holdings 1.2 million shares / $316 million

BNP Paribas 381,000 shares / $102 million

https://www.investing.com/equities/cme-group-inc.-ownership

Some of the CME shares held by the above banks were found on Stockzoa. The link above is for major shareholders. If you do a search, many times search results will claim the bank does not hold any CME shares. This is because they change their names based on bank divisions. INC, Advisors, Management, Group, Holdings are different suffixes that are added to skew the search results. Almost like they are trying to hide something.

If you look at the original article posted above it names the top 8 banks holding the largest silver shorts.

JP Morgan Chase

HSBC

Scotiabank

BNP Paribas

UBS

Deutsche Bank

Citigroup

Goldman Sachs

State Street Corp

Comparing both lists, do you notice anything?

So, the above article calling Hal Turner and Silver Trades conspiracy theorists comes from a building in London where the HSBC was located and the HSBC was one of the banks that was saved from collapse by the increased margins. Make this make sense.

What you see here should be illegal, it is organized crime if you ask me. Manipulating commodity prices to benefit their investors. If all the major banks holding silver shorts are invested in the company controlling silver prices, can you say "conflict of interest". Market Manipulation, Collusion, Antitrust Violation.

If the banks are betting against people stacking silver and the banks lose the bet, is it appropriate for the dealer to take money from the winner and give it to the loser?

I lost $70,000 in my Silver IRA last night. I invest in and watch 20 different mining corporations; they all lost money yesterday. Every single mining company was in the red this morning and they are not happy about it.

If in the future, we are moving to a currency that will be backed by precious metals. Is it not a national security risk to allow an organization like the CME to manipulate the prices of commodities to benefit their investors?

The board members of the CME need to be investigated and prosecuted. We need to end the market manipulation. Trump is opening 401k's to precious metal market in February; will you be willing to throw your retirement savings out the window to protect the big banks? How many people will be scared to invest now that they have seen what crooks behind the scenes are capable of?

Heads need to roll, now!!!

Here are a couple of good articles that explain exactly what I am talking about.

The Regulatory Hammer: Why Raised Margin Requirements Are Cooling the 2025 Precious Metals Fever

https://www.financialcontent.com/article/marketminute-2025-12-29-the-regulatory-hammer-why-raised-margin-requirements-are-cooling-the-2025-precious-metals-fever

CME Raises Silver Margins to $25K as Market Manipulation Intensifies

https://rwatimes.substack.com/p/cme-raises-silver-margins-to-25k

"margin hikes in response to rising silver prices has led many to question the CME’s role in controlling silver prices and whether it is acting in the interest of the broader market or a select few."

"Critics argue that this is a form of market manipulation designed to benefit short positions while stifling price discovery."