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📌 Tomorrow, Ripple Labs may announce the “Ripple National Credit Bank” 🏦 but the reality is stronger and more complex! 👇👇

🔥 📊 The real title of the scene
The discussion is not about a “traditional bank” as understood by the public, but about a massive regulatory step concerning granting Ripple a banking status or bank capital under the supervision of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), which means direct access to payment systems and financial infrastructure, not a bank that opens accounts for the public.

Everyone keeps treating Jane Street like some mystery to uncover. It’s not a mystery. It’s right there in front of you.

A firm with no CEO making $6.9 billion in profit per quarter.

More than most banks pull in a year. And somehow their fingerprints are on every single major crypto disaster and they keep walking away clean.

Let’s talk about it.

SBF. Caroline Ellison. Brett Harrison. All Jane Street alumni.

One built FTX. One ran Alameda. One ran FTX US.

The biggest fraud in #crypto history. $8 billion stolen. 25 years in prison.

Three people from the same firm built the whole thing from scratch.

But sure, Jane Street had nothing to do with the culture that produced them.

Total coincidence that three people from one trading floor all ended up running the same fraud operation.

Right.

Now Terra is suing them claiming they front-ran the $LUNA collapse.

Alleging Jane Street understood exactly how the UST depeg would play out and positioned themselves to profit while $60 billion got wiped in 72 hours.

Alleged? Yes. But explain this.

Bitcoin was getting dumped at 10AM EST every single day for 6 months. Every day.

Good news bad news didn’t matter. Same time same pattern.

Two days after the Jane Street lawsuit gets filed that pattern just vanishes. BTC rips from $62.5K to $69K.

You can say correlation isn’t causation. Sure. But you can’t say that with a straight face and not at least ask the question.

India didn’t just ask questions. India acted.
SEBI accused Jane Street of using multiple entities to manipulate the Bank Nifty index.

One entity pumps stocks at open. Another holds derivatives that profit from the dump. First one sells. Second one collects.

Jane Street said it was normal arbitrage. SEBI banned them anyway.

And Jane Street’s response? They put $560 million into escrow just to ask for permission to come back.

Half a billion dollars. To request the right to trade. That’s not what innocent firms do. That’s what firms do when a market is too profitable to lose access to.

They also pay Robinhood over $60 million a month for order flow. Which means they see your trades before they go through. Every single one. Across one of the biggest retail platforms in the world.

And everyone’s fine with this because it’s “legal.”

Legal doesn’t mean fair. Legal just means nobody with enough power has decided to stop it yet.

The wildest part?

Co-founder Robert Granieri got connected to allegations about funding a coup in South Sudan. No charges.

Obviously.

Because people at this level don’t get charges.

They get “matters resolved.”

Here’s what bothers me.

The crypto space will spend weeks dragging some influencer for a bad call but won’t say a word about a firm that trained the #FTX team, is being sued for front-running the biggest collapse in crypto history, got banned from an entire country’s market, and literally pays to see your trades before you make them.

We pick the fights that are safe and ignore the ones that actually matter.

Some of this is proven. Some is alleged. Some is speculation.

But if even half of it holds up, the conversation we should be having isn’t about whether Jane Street broke any rules.

It’s about why the rules were written to let firms like this operate this way in the first place.

Crypto was supposed to be the exit. Instead we rebuilt the same casino and let the same house run it.

Stop pretending the game is fair. It never was.

One of the most important phases of the cycle is currently being formed, which most participants misunderstand.
Let's analyze the facts.
📉 1️⃣ Massive cleaning of leverage
Current open interest in BTC: $44.8 billion
This is approximately –55% from the peak in October 2025.
What does this mean:
✅ the market is losing overloaded leverage

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In 2026, the #crypto market remains in a high-pressure "risk-off" environment, with the Fear & Greed Index frequently hitting "Extreme Fear" levels, reaching historic lows as low as 5 to 8 in February 2026. Despite this, altcoins can and do "run" under specific conditions, often signaled by shifts in internal market dynamics rather than general sentiment.
Can Altcoins Run While Fear is High?
Altcoins can rally during periods of high fear, but these runs are typically characterized by capital rotation rather than new money entering the market.
Rotation from Bitcoin: When Bitcoin price stabilizes or consolidates after a crash, investors often move capital into altcoins to seek higher "beta" returns, even if broader sentiment remains fearful.
Oversold Rebounds: Extreme fear (readings below 10) often signals "capitulation," where selling pressure is exhausted. This can trigger sharp, technical "relief rallies" in altcoins even before the general public feels "greedy" again.
Narrative Divergence: Specific sectors (e.g., AI, utility-driven tokens, or resilient ecosystems like $SOL or $BNB ) can decouple from the broader market during a bear cycle if they have unique fundamental catalysts.
Bear Market Altseason Signals for 2026
There are several technical and on-chain signals suggesting a potential "altseason" breakout despite the prevailing bear market narrative:
Bitcoin Dominance Rejection: Bitcoin dominance has been testing a critical resistance zone near 59%. Historically, a failure to break higher at this level leads to capital flowing into altcoins.
$ETH / $BTC Reversal: Ethereum bouncing back above $2,000 and showing strength against Bitcoin (ETH/BTC rising) is a primary trigger for broader altcoin resurgence.
Volume to Price Divergence: High trading volumes on altcoins despite weak or sideways prices can indicate "smart money" accumulation during the fear phase.
While a "true" altseason usually requires a shift toward Greed (65+), technical indicators in February 2026 suggest that the groundwork for a major recovery is being laid during this "Extreme Fear" phase.

As of February 26, 2026, Bitcoin $BTC is trading at approximately $67,137, having recently rebounded from a sharp drop toward $60,000 earlier this month. While a recent relief rally saw a 6% surge the second-best single session in 10 months BTC remains stuck below the critical $70,000 psychological resistance.
Downside Targets and Key Support
$60,000 – $62,000 (Immediate Support): This zone is considered a "critical danger zone." A daily close below $60,000 could trigger a "final bear market plunge" toward the $50,000–$55,000 range.
$40,000 – $50,000 (Extended Downside): Some historical patterns and bearish forecasts suggest Bitcoin may not find a lasting bottom until it reaches the $50,000 level or lower, with extreme scenarios pointing to $35,000–$44,000.
$28,000 (Outlier Target): A few analysts have softened their extreme bearish calls to $28,000 as a potential floor for the current cycle.
Critical Resistance to Watch
For a sustained recovery, Bitcoin must overcome several technical hurdles:
$69,500 – $70,000: A decisive break above this threshold is needed to shift the prevailing "extreme fear" sentiment.
$73,300 (20-day EMA): Currently, BTC is trading below its 20, 50, 100, and 200-day EMAs. Reclaiming the 20-day EMA near $73,300 would be the first major signal of a trend reversal.
Reasons for Recent Weakness
Institutional ETF Outflows: US spot Bitcoin ETFs outflows have approximately $4.5 billion in 2026 year-to-date, putting significant downward pressure on the market.
Macro and Geopolitical Risks: Trump's announcement of a 15% global tariff and escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran have triggered a "classic risk-sentiment reset," driving investors toward safer assets like gold.
Extreme Market Fear: The Crypto Fear and Greed Index has recently hit levels as low as 8 to 16, indicating a state of "extreme fear" among investors.

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