Overview
- Silver briefly spiked above $117 before plunging to roughly $103 within hours, a move Santiment links to peak retail FOMO often seen near short‑term tops.
- January’s social attention rotated week by week from muted post‑holiday crypto chatter to gold’s record run, then a Bitcoin dip‑buying burst, and finally a silver frenzy.
- Santiment reports the combined market cap of the top 12 stablecoins fell by $2.24 billion, which analysts interpret as redemptions to fiat rather than dry‑powder positioning.
- Crypto markets remained largely range‑bound even as social and search interest showed intermittent flares, suggesting attention without sustained inflows.
- Google Trends data shows Bitcoin searches peaked around Jan. 21–22, indicating engagement persists despite retail focus shifting to precious metals.