This was the zombie market:

Tons of silver from US, China ease London spot market squeeze

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/...ze-2025-10-20/

China preventing a collapse of the LBMA and later the COMEX by sending tons of silver to the West.

That was the story of 2025.

China, in late 2025, with the 2026 export restrictions on silver after the trade war ended. And in 2026, blocking silver from going to the COMEX are the new events that changed the zombie market of silver. Otherwise the manipulation game would have continued. China sets the price of silver and determines where most of silver goes.