I got very optimistic for Silver recently after many years of ignoring it. I think the collapse of Bitcoin FTX etc has helped pushing the little guy into silver. In other words gain popularity.
Crypto Bit coin FTX etc etc were to me, a trick, a diversion for excess money creation or like a big receptacle, or better, a huge condom, to stop Gold and Silver from getting pregnant and fat and make the US Dollar look bad.