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The plot thickens! A mysterious email chain, allegedly sent by Blockstream’s Austin Hill to Epstein himself, accuses Ripple and Stellar supporters of being “enemies” in the “bitcoin ecosystem.” Schwartz, ever the diplomat, says this is just “tribal politics” and urges everyone to “stop acting like a bunch of crypto teenagers arguing over whose coin is cooler.” But let’s be real-this is the kind of drama that makes The Office look like a documentary.

As chronicled in an earlier account by the ever-watchful sentinels at AMBCrypto, there was once an optimistic belief that PUMP would gallantly surge past this resistance. Ah, the sweet folly of hope!

However, dear reader, the on-chain and flow data dance a different tune, suggesting that this recovery is as fragile as a soap bubble. The patrons supporting XRP at this moment are not your steadfast investors but rather a gaggle of short-term traders-those flighty butterflies of the market. Three indicators elucidate why this rebirth could quickly transform into a tragic farce.

Behold Theo4, the crypto equivalent of a jester who’s also a financial savant. Since joining Polymarket in October 2024, this enigmatic figure has made a mere 14 predictions, yet their acumen has conjured $22.05 million in profits. One might liken it to a man betting on the weather and winning because he owns the umbrella factory. With positions so concentrated they’d make a Michelin-star chef blush, Theo4 has ascended to the pantheon of Polymarket’s elite, leaving lesser mortals to ponder whether this is genius or a particularly clever form of wizardry.

Scott Melker, aka ‘The Wolf Of All Streets’-because nothing screams credibility like a nickname-is waving his bearish flag like it’s a garage sale. He’s calling XRP’s chart setup “crazy,” which is crypto-speak for “I have no idea what’s happening but I’m gonna sound smart anyway.” According to him, if XRP dips below $1.60, it’s gonna freefall faster than my interest in a conversation about gluten.

In the grand theater of market behavior, Ethereum has locked itself in a lengthy engagement with a high-timeframe trading range, a veritable déjà vu of ups and downs that have left traders dizzy with anticipation. The occasional bursts of volatility are akin to dramatic soliloquies, yet the audience remains captive, yearning for a narrative that never quite unfolds beyond these familiar borders.

On the daily canvas, XRP has torn through a lattice of supports, confirming a bearish continuation that would make a winter author proud. The price has been forming lower lows and lower highs-a tidy retreat that requires no imagination. It now rests near a significant support around the $1.5 range, the last stubborn outpost before the drawdown deepens and the map grows uncertain.

Now, numbers like 666 tend to attract attention, much like a cat in a room full of laser pointers. Take for instance Bitcoin’s infamous 666,666th block, where a rare message was embedded-a biblical verse that might make even the most devout crypto enthusiast raise an eyebrow: “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” Which, in crypto terms, translates roughly to “don’t panic sell.”

In the quiet between the lines of unsealed pages, the names that once buzzed through parlor rooms-politics, finance, show business-stir again, like coins rattling inside a locked drawer. The documents arrive with the gravity of a weather report, telling us only who stood nearby, not who acted, and not even in what mood the weather changed.

According to the digital gossip mill, this email was sent to none other than Joichi Ito and Jeffrey Epstein, with the eyebrow-raising subject line “Stellar isn’t so Stellar.” In this missive, Hill purportedly expressed concern that having investors “backing two horses in the same race” was akin to trying to juggle flaming swords while riding a unicycle-rather dangerous for the ecosystem, don’t you think?