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Everyone treats Jane Street like some deep-state mystery, but the facts are hiding in plain sight. We’re talking about a firm with no CEO that pulls in $6.9 billion in profit per quarter—outperforming most global banks' annual earnings. 📈 Despite their fingerprints being all over the biggest disasters in the industry, they always seem to walk away untouched. 🧼✨

The FTX Connection: A "Coincidence"? 🤔
Let's look at the roster: SBF, Caroline Ellison, and Brett Harrison. All Jane Street alumni. 🎓

One built FTX.

One ran Alameda.

One ran FTX US.

The biggest fraud in history—$8 billion stolen and 25 years in prison—was architected by three people from the exact same trading floor. 🚩 Are we really supposed to believe the culture that trained them had nothing to do with it? It’s a hell of a "coincidence."

The Terra/Luna Allegations 📉⚖️
Now, Terra is suing them, claiming Jane Street front-ran the $LUNA collapse. They allege the firm knew exactly how the $UST depeg would play out and positioned themselves to feast while $60 billion in retail value evaporated in 72 hours. 🦎

Check this out: For six months, Bitcoin was dumped at exactly 10 AM EST every single day, regardless of the news. 🕙 Just two days after the Jane Street lawsuit was filed, that pattern magically vanished, and BTC ripped from $62.5K to $69K. 🚀 Correlation isn't always causation, but you can't ignore the timing with a straight face.

The India Ban & The "Pay to Play" Model 🇮🇳🚫
India’s SEBI didn't just ask questions; they took action. They accused Jane Street of manipulating the Bank Nifty index using multiple entities to pump and dump stocks for derivative profits. 📉 Jane Street’s response? They put $560 million into escrow just for the permission to ask to come back. 💰 That’s not what innocent firms do—that’s what you do when a market is too lucrative to lose.

Meanwhile, they pay Robinhood over $60 million a month for your order flow. 📱 They see your trades before they even hit the market. It’s "legal," sure, but legal doesn't mean fair. It just means the people in power haven't stopped it yet.

The Bigger Picture 🌍🕵️‍♂️
There are even wilder allegations, like co-founder Robert Granieri being linked to funding a coup in South Sudan. No charges, of course. At this level, you don't get "charged"—you get "matters resolved." 🤝

Here is the problem: The crypto community will cancel an influencer over a bad call but stays silent about a firm that:

Trained the FTX leadership team. 👨‍🏫

Is sued for front-running the biggest collapse in crypto history. 📉

Got banned from a major world market for manipulation. 🚫

Pays to see your trades before you make them. 👀

We’re picking safe fights while ignoring the ones that actually matter. Whether it's proven, alleged, or speculation—if even half of this is true, the question isn't whether they broke the rules. It’s why the rules were written to let them operate like this in the first place. 📜🏗️

Crypto was supposed to be our exit from the rigged system. Instead, we just rebuilt the same casino and let the same house run the tables. 🎰🃏

#JaneStreet #FTX #CryptoCorruption #MarketManipulation #Bitcoin

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​If you’ve been watching the charts lately, you’ve probably seen the hashtag #JaneStreet10AMDump trending. The timeline is chaotic right now, but let’s separate the wild conspiracy theories from actual market structure.
​Here is a breakdown of what the crowd is saying versus what is actually happening behind the scenes.

​The Conspiracy Narrative
​For the past couple of years (2024–early 2026), retail traders noticed a systematic and highly predictable Bitcoin sell-off happening almost exactly at 10:00 AM ET (shortly after the US stock market open).
​The prevailing retail theory? Jane Street was intentionally suppressing Bitcoin prices every morning to:
​Trigger cascading long liquidations.​Secure better entry prices for Spot Bitcoin ETF accumulations (like IBIT).​Manipulate the market using hidden short positions.
​The February 2026 Catalyst
​Things went into overdrive on February 23-24. The bankrupt estate of TerraForm Labs filed a massive 83-page lawsuit against Jane Street, alleging they front-ran the $40B Terra-Luna collapse back in May 2022.
​The Market Reaction: Immediately following the news of the lawsuit, the daily "10 AM dump" mysteriously stopped. This triggered a massive short squeeze, sending Bitcoin rocketing from ~$63k back up to $70k.
​Crypto X (Twitter) erupted with rumors that Jane Street’s compliance team panicked, abruptly halted their "dump algorithm" due to the new legal scrutiny, and even started deleting posts.
​The TradFi Reality Check
​While the timing of the lawsuit and the subsequent $70k pump is incredibly cinematic, market structure experts offer a much more grounded explanation for the 10 AM volatility:
​Standard ETF Mechanics: The US market open brings massive institutional volume. APs (Authorized Participants) and liquidity providers are actively managing inflows and outflows for Bitcoin ETFs.​Hedging & Options: Large options positions and synthetic setups require continuous arbitrage and futures hedging, which naturally peak during early US trading hours.​Liquidity Provision: It is the job of market makers to provide liquidity. Spikes in volume around 10 AM ET are a feature of traditional finance (TradFi) overlap, not necessarily a malicious plot.
​The Verdict: Correlation \neq Causation
​There is no concrete proof of illegal manipulation by Jane Street regarding the 10 AM dips. The daily volatility is much better explained by normal market mechanics, ETF bridging, and institutional volume spikes.
​However, the TerraForm Labs lawsuit did inject a massive dose of volatility and narrative-driven momentum into the market, which likely forced algorithmic rebalancing and fueled the squeeze to $70k.
​Takeaway: Always stay skeptical. It is easy to blame a "boogeyman" for market movements, but understanding liquidity flows will always give you a better edge than trading on pure conspiracies.
​#Bitcoin #BTC #CryptoMarket #JaneStreet

$BTC ’s recent volatility is no longer just about macro markets — a Wall Street giant is suddenly back at the center of crypto discussion.
A fresh lawsuit filed by the Terraform Labs bankruptcy administrator accuses quantitative trading firm #JaneStreet of insider trading tied to the 2022 #Terra collapse, a disaster that erased roughly $40 billion from the crypto market. The claim alleges the firm used non-public information to exit positions moments before liquidity changes became public, intensifying the crash. Jane Street denies all wrongdoing.
The case has reignited scrutiny over how institutional market makers interact with Bitcoin markets — especially through #ETF hedging mechanisms that may influence short-term price action without direct spot buying.
At the same time, traders began speculating about recurring selling pressure allegedly linked to institutional algorithms, fueling debate about whether large players have been suppressing rallies. Even rumors alone were enough to move $BTC , contributing to sharp intraday volatility and rebounds near the $65K–$66K range.
The broader implication is bigger than one lawsuit: crypto markets are confronting how deeply traditional high-frequency trading firms are embedded in price discovery.
If institutional mechanics — not retail sentiment — are driving liquidity cycles, Bitcoin’s next moves may depend less on narratives and more on Wall Street structure itself.

#JaneStreet10AMDump