Xaif-Crypto

📌 Charles Hoskinson (Co-founder of Cardano) just quoted my post! 🙌
Thanks for the love! 🚀🔥
⬆️ When industry leaders amplify your voice,
the movement gets stronger. 💪🌐 $ADA

📊 BTC is still sitting in the capitulation zone.
CryptoQuant data suggests we may be approaching a historical accumulation phase.

When fear peaks, long-term positioning often begins.
Watching closely. 👀

THAILAND TO ADD CRYPTO TO ITS LOCAL DERIVATIVES MARKET

Thailand’s SEC will expand derivatives rules to include digital assets and carbon credits.
The move follows approval to align the Thai market with global standards while keeping strong oversight and investor protection.

$XRP will run $1.35 to $30 end of year ✊️

🕵️ Goldman Sachs increases exposure to Bitcoin proxy

Goldman Sachs has disclosed the purchase of an additional 237,874 shares of MicroStrategy ($MSTR).

Total holdings now stand at 2.33M shares, valued at approximately $301M.

Institutional positioning around Bitcoin-linked equities continues to build.

$XRP
Upbit sees $1.46B in 24h trading volume, +5.3% on the day.
XRP/KRW leads the exchange with $225.6M in volume (15.43%), outperforming BTC and ETH pairs.

Korean liquidity continues to play a key role in XRP’s market structure.

Someone just paid 64.09 $ETH
($125.7K) in gas fees… on a single transaction. 🕵️

Smart money or expensive mistake?

ETF FLOWS: Major crypto spot ETFs recorded net inflows on Feb. 10
$BTC: $166.56M
$ETH: $13.82M
$SOL: $8.43M
$XRP: $3.26M
$LINK: $984.36K
$AVAX: $449.72K

🚨 SOMETHING BIG IS RESETTING IN $XRP DERIVATIVES
XRP futures open interest has dropped sharply over the past 30 days, signaling aggressive deleveraging rather than new bets.
Binance −1.6B XRP
Bybit −1.8B XRP
Kraken −1.5B XRP
OKX −446M XRP
Traders are stepping back after volatility. Historically, this kind of washout often precedes a major directional move.
A clear transition phase forming across major exchanges.

PEPE is down ~73% from its peak nearly 9 months ago.
Since the October market-wide crash, behavior has shifted: the top 100 wallets have accumulated ~23.02T $PEPE
over the past 4 months.
Large holders appear to be positioning during prolonged weakness.

👀 Shakira Visits the Bitcoin Hardware Store in El Salvador #bitcoin

🙂 China’s Alibaba AI (KIMI) price outlook for crypto by end-2026

KIMI estimates that under sustained bullish conditions, XRP could climb from ~$1.45 to as high as $10, a potential ~7x move.

📰 CNBC | Davos 2026
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says crypto markets are likely to hit new all-time highs this year, driven by institutional interest that he believes is still not fully priced in.
He adds that crypto is entering a strong multi-year growth phase.
XRP stands to benefit as regulated payment-focused adoption continues to expand globally.
A notable signal of increasing institutional confidence in the sector.

UK regulator cracks down on $HTX

The Financial Conduct Authority has launched legal action against HTX for illegally promoting crypto services to UK users.

🏦 Sam Bankman-Fried claims “FTX was never bankrupt” and says he never filed for bankruptcy.

The statement contradicts the November 2022 Chapter 11 filing and subsequent court proceedings.
A claim that runs counter to the official legal record.

🐳 Whale and institutional transactions:

1. Bitmine bought another 20,000 #ETH ($42.3 million);
2. Degen-retard.sol lost over $3.6 million on #solana again. About two weeks ago, he bought 100,000 #SOL ($12.4 million) at approximately $124 and staked them. A few hours ago, he sold #SOL at a loss of over $3.6 million. Prior to this, he had already lost over $6.6 million on #sol

🕵️‍♂️ Whale watch: address “0x15a4” deposited $3.85M in USDC to HyperLiquid and opened a 20x leveraged ETH short after a reported $1.3M loss.

A high-risk attempt to recover losses through aggressive leverage.

A notable example of conviction trading in volatile conditions.

📍 UAE–Ripple partnership expands
Last year, Ripple agreed a payments partnership with UAE bank Zand Bank.
The collaboration is now extending to explore RLUSD custody support, direct liquidity between RLUSD and AEDZ, and the potential issuance of AEDZ on the XRP Ledger.

🐳 Binance concentration watch

Binance reportedly holds around 87% of USD1 supply, highlighting where liquidity and custody are currently concentrated.

A data point worth tracking for stablecoin flow and counterparty exposure.