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Bernstein, with the flourish of a Parisian bon mot and the sly wink of a seasoned financier, declares Figure (FIGR) the leader in marrying blockchain to credit markets, reporting an outperform stance and a $54 target on a Monday missive.
But hold onto your HODLing hats, folks-a famous market expert (who probably eats kale and predicts rain) is saying this bull run is gonna fizzle out in about two weeks. Yeah, investors, you’ve got a tiny window to grab your profits before everyone else’s gets flushed down the crypto toilet. Typical market nonsense, right? 😏⏰
On the fateful day of October 6, the ever-vigilant Whale Alert cried havoc, reporting a transfer of 18.7 million XRP (a princely sum of $55.8 million) from an unknown wallet to one tied to Ripple. The crypto peasants grabbed their pitchforks, certain that a whale had dumped its treasure, sending the XRP price into a tailspin. But, comrades, the on-chain data revealed a comedy of errors: it was Ripple (31) passing the hat to Ripple (1), a transaction as routine as a factory worker’s lunch break. 🥪
First up: a *glorious* day of Fed speeches. Fed Governor Stephen Miran will kick things off, followed by a whole bunch of other important-sounding people. Think of it as a VIP crypto concert, but instead of guitars, it’s interest rates, inflation, and all that thrilling stuff you pretend to understand. 🎤
Ripple’s über-charming CEO, Brad Garlinghouse, has let slip that privacy-that elusive siren of the blockchain world-shall be the key to wooing the institutional set. And who better to confirm this than the ever-so-knowledgeable Vet, a pillar of the XRPL community, who chirped this tidbit on X (formerly known as Twitter, darling). 🦜
Oh, Bitcoin, you sneaky little devil – hitting new highs like you’ve got a rocket in your pocket, but wait! A fresh report spills the beans: while BTC’s price is doing the cha-cha up to record territory, the number of active addresses is plummeting faster than Netflix shares after “The Office” reunion. Negative divergence? That’s code for “this party’s about to get awkward,” folks. Talk about a plot twist! 😏
Yet, while Bitcoin was busy playing the shy guest of the party, Binance Coin strutted in wearing its new crown, boasting an all-time high of over $1,200. The cheeky upstart is throwing a celebration, and the others remain too shell-shocked to join.
Julia Leung, the woman who shattered the glass ceiling to become the first-ever female CEO of the SFC in January 2023, has been steering Hong Kong’s financial ship with the grace of a seasoned captain. Under her leadership, IPOs have soared higher than your average stockbroker’s hopes and dreams, while overall market sentiment is on a high, powered by renewed investor confidence in China’s economic recovery. The twist in this tale? Leung’s reappointment is basically a signal that the powers that be are all about consistency. Because who doesn’t love a steady hand when it comes to market regulation?
We’ve got a $5.9M spot accumulation, a Chaikin Money Flow that’s still somewhat positive (barely), and a bullish triangle chart pattern hanging on for dear life. So, maybe, just maybe, we’ll see a recovery. 🤞
Next, the Genesis Stage 2 airdrop event, where a bonanza of sixty-six million tokens has been released for immediate trade. This unexpected freedom has indeed invited a certain anxiety amongst investors, all anxiously contemplating the arrival of increased liquidations, thereby casting an opaque cloud of uncertainty. How shall the prudent investor weigh these tattered risks against the temptations dangled before them? 🧐
