⏰ Altseason Delayed > 2026

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Happy weekend, fam! ☕

Yesterday's dump? Blame rumors of a Bank of Japan rate hike next week. 🇯🇵📉 The market panic-sold remembering the last crash, but we already bounced! 📈 $BTC ( ▲ 0.45% ) & $ETH ( ▼ 1.99% ) recovered fast because liquidity > fear. Don't let the FUD shake you out!

Here’s what we got for you today:

• 👀 The reason you are still losing

• ⭐ Did Ripple just become a bank?

• ⭐ Why Altseason might be delayed to 2026

• 🔥 Burning hot takes for the road

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🏦 XRP SMASHES $2: RIPPLE IS OFFICIALLY A BANK NOW?

While everyone was watching Bitcoin chop, $XRP ( ▲ 1.95% )  just smashed through $2.03 🚀

Ripple is basically the "SWIFT killer" building global payment rails, and $XRP is the liquidity token that powers them—a classic long-term bet on institutional plumbing.

Ripple just dropped two massive bombshells on both sides of the Atlantic that signal the shift from "Crypto Casino" to "Global Banking Infrastructure."

1. Europe: The First Regulated Bank Client

Ripple just secured AMINA Bank (Switzerland) as its first European bank client to deploy the licensed Ripple Payments platform.

• This isn't a pilot. AMINA is a FINMA-regulated bank moving crypto payments into its core infrastructure.

• Instead of using slow correspondent banks, AMINA now settles value in minutes. This puts real, sustained pressure on XRP liquidity.

2.The "Federal" Approval 🇺🇸

If that wasn't enough, the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) just granted conditional approval for Ripple to form a national trust bank.

• They join Circle, BitGo, and Paxos in this elite tier. This brings Ripple’s stablecoin (RLUSD) under direct federal oversight.

• This is a clear signal that the regulatory chokehold is loosening. The US government is essentially saying, "Okay, you can be part of the banking system now."

The "Plumbing" is Finally Live 🪠

I’m usually skeptical of partnerships (remember the 2017 partnership hype?). But this is different. We are seeing the transition from Speculation → Production.

The market is repricing XRP not as a "lawsuit coin," but as a piece of institutional treasury infrastructure. When regulated banks start using your rails for settlement, you aren't fighting for attention on Twitter anymore; you are fighting for volume in the global banking system 😁 

The "Banker Coin" thesis just got its strongest validation in years. XRP at $2+ isn't hype, it's the market pricing in the plumbing. 🌊

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🤯 WHAT IF ALTSEASON ISN'T LATE... IT'S JUST SCHEDULED FOR 2026?

Everyone is screaming "Where is Altseason?" while watching their bags bleed against $BTC ( ▲ 0.45% ) .

I hate to be the bearer of boring news, but the answer isn't in a hype tweet. It’s on a chart almost nobody looks at: OTHERS Dominance (Altcoins excluding the Top 10).

And if you zoom out, the setup is actually screaming "Opportunity."

1. The Base Zone Signal

Right now, OTHERS dominance is sitting in the exact same accumulation zone where it bottomed before the last two mega-cycles:

• 2017: Before the ICO mania run.

• 2020: Before the DeFi summer explosion.

The MACD is flattening out and RSI is sitting at historical lows. → This suggests Alts are mathematically closer to a floor than a ceiling.

2. History is Rhyming (The 2019 Playbook)

Let’s connect the dots to the real driver: The Fed.

• Oct 2019: Fed started buying $60B in T-bills/month.

• Result: Alts bottomed immediately, then trended up until 2022.

• Now (Dec 2025): Fed just announced buying $40B in T-bills/month.

• Result: ???

The liquidity hose has been turned back on. It’s not full "COVID-style QE" yet, but the plumbing is being flooded.

3. Why Alts Have Sucked (The Physics of Liquidity)

Think of the crypto market like a tiered fountain ⛲. When the Fed drains liquidity (QT), the water stops flowing to the bottom tier (Alts) first. They dry up. Bitcoin survives because it’s at the top.

But now, the water is flowing again. Proof? The Russell 2000 (small-cap stocks) just made a new high. In TradFi, small caps move first when liquidity expectations improve. Crypto Alts are just "high-beta" tech stocks. If Russell is pumping, Alts are next.

My Take: The 2026 Thesis 🧠

Stop looking at the 4-year cycle calendar. Look at the liquidity cycle. Markets are forward-pricing corporate tax cuts, dividend checks, and a growth-focused Fed Chair in 2026.

• Base Case: OTHERS Dominance reclaims 12-13%. (A solid, profitable Altseason).

• Bull Case: If liquidity accelerates, we push to 18-20% in 2026. (The "Generational Wealth" run).

While Bitcoin might grind sideways or struggle with whale selling (letting it act as a stable anchor), that boredom is exactly what triggers the rotation into Alts. We don't need BTC to moon; we just need it not to die while liquidity flows to the edges

It likely won't happen overnight, but the real run starts Jan 2026. Position accordingly.

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🔥 BURNING HOT TAKES FOR THE ROAD

$XRP ( ▲ 1.95% ) is going multichain! It’s officially launching on Ethereum and Solana. Ripple is making sure liquidity flows everywhere. Read more

The SEC just gave the DTCC a "green light" for tokenized stocks. Huge step for RWAs. Read more

The hammer finally dropped on Do Kwon. The Terra co-founder was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the $40B collapse. Read more

Firedancer is officially live on Solana Mainnet. After 3 years, the "validator 2.0" client is here to try and end network congestion forever. Read more

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