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In his most recent treatise on the subject, VisionPulsed observed that the current scenario is less a matter of technical inflection and more a repetition of a familiar cycle. Retail enthusiasm, he notes, wanes gradually, and the final “washout” occurs only when even the most steadfast bulls lay down their arms. It is then, and only then, that a durable low may be expected to form. “More and more souls are adopting a bearish countenance,” he remarked, “and when we at last breach this nadir, it shall be too late for all shall declare it so, though the bottom shall already be upon us.” He further quipped, “The very presence of those who still proclaim bullish sentiments on YouTube is proof positive that we have not yet descended far enough into the abyss.”

According to the data from our crypto gurus at Binance and Coinbase, along with TradingView’s fancy volume profile tools, today’s XRP price is lounging between $1.40 and $1.43 after rebounding about 18% from a $1.14 low earlier this month. But hold your horses, because even with that impressive recovery, XRP is still lagging behind its yearly highs, like that one friend who always shows up late to the brunch.

In a plot twist worthy of a daytime soap opera, crypto investment products are showing a dramatic slowdown in outflows-only $187 million last week! That’s like finding a fiver in your jeans after a night out, but let’s not get too excited. According to CoinShares data, this indicates a change in investor behavior that’s as unpredictable as a cat on a hot tin roof.

This treasure trove places the crypto company right up there with the top 30 global holders of bullion, overshadowing the official reserves of many a G20 nation. One can almost hear the gold bars giggling as they watch their bureaucratic counterparts squirm.

Ah, Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent jaunt toward $70,000 is akin to a magician’s trick-look over here! While traders remain cautious and jittery, the derivatives market continues to echo a bearish lament, or so Bloomberg would have us believe. Despite a theatrical rise from $60,033 last Thursday to dizzying heights above $70,000 on Friday, the positioning of the market is more defensive than a hedgehog in a cactus patch.

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Strategy (MSTR) added to its bitcoin holdings, but it looks like all them coins were bought before the price took a nosedive in the back half of the week, like a mule deciding to sit down for a spell.

Now, hold onto your hats, dear readers, as this brings their grand total to a mind-boggling 714,644 BTC, all purchased at an average price of $76,056, which translates to a slightly eye-watering total of $54.35 billion. Unfortunately, their fortune seems to have taken a leisurely stroll southward, as Bitcoin itself is currently flirting with prices below $70,000. Ah, the sweet taste of unrealized losses!

XRP, too, shivered in the red, slipping 2.99% to $1.40 in the past 24 hours. The derivatives market, that curious ledger of futures and the whispers of capital, shows XRP futures flow sinking – a staggering 3,711.06% in the last four hours – as if the universe itself were sighing at the pageant of bets and bets undone.

Investment products shed the wild cascade of outflows that once roared like a winter storm, retreating from above $1.7 billion for two weeks to a modest $187 million last week, as if the river had decided to meander rather than rush the ice.