I don't know how many times people need to hear this. $iShares Silver Trust(SLV)$ is backed by physical silver. A simple google search or chat gpt will help you understand.
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Bankers "short-sell" silvers futures they don't have the physical silver to cover. So they have to force the price to drop to cover the squeeze.