Silver just blasted to a record $75 per ounce, now up 158% in 2025, with traders piling in fast after months of vault inflows and growing fears of US trade restrictions. Gold is inching toward its record of $4,525 an ounce, fueled by safe-haven demand as global markets buckle and tensions ripple through energy and metals. Trump said the US launched a “powerful and deadly strike” in Nigeria, targeting a terrorist group in a move that jolted African markets and raised geopolitical risk.