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Behold! Over 167,000 traders were flash-opped like they were on a rollercoaster at a funeral. $730 million liquidated in 24 hours? That’s enough to buy a small island… if you could still find one not owned by Elon. And let’s not forget the $528 million in long positions-because nothing says “confidence” like betting on a bull market while wearing a bear costume.

At the same time, retail participation has slowed sharply, suggesting that many traders are staying cautious after the steep decline. Despite this hesitation, large holders are moving in the opposite direction, pointing to a growing divergence between smart money and broader market sentiment.

This connection is thanks to Strategy’s Digital Asset Treasury, which, in a bid to accumulate Bitcoin, has been hoarding over 41,000 of the digital coins like a dragon with a treasure. A noble endeavor, if slightly less exciting than a squirrel’s grocery list.

As of February 3, 2026, XRP sits at $1.61, up 2.85%-a modest rebound that makes the broader crypto market feel like that friend who’s always getting hit with regulatory fines and macroeconomic headaches. Still, it’s below its 50-day SMA ($1.95) and 200-day SMA ($2.45), because apparently, sellers still think they’re playing a long game. Spoiler: They’re not.

New York – Bitcoin’s having a bit of an existential crisis right now, but Dan Morehead’s like, “Chill, it’s just a phase. In 10 years, it’ll be the Beyoncé to gold’s… Tina Turner. Still iconic, but not quite the same sparkle.”

Tether, ever the purveyor of digital alchemy, has unleashed Mining OS (MOS) upon the world, open-sourced on February 2, 2026, at the Plan 9 Forum in San Salvador. One imagines the event was less a tech symposium and more a séance for the soul of decentralization.

According to Ali’s chart (which, let’s be honest, looks like a moody teenager’s doodle), SHIB is basically holding on by a thread. Lower highs? Check. Thin liquidity? Double check. If this support level gives way, we’re looking at crash zones that sound like discount bin prices: $0.0000029954 and $0.0000013522. Fun fact: hitting the second one would basically erase three years of your existence. Ouch.

In a proclamation that echoes through the digital ether, Saylor, with the gravitas of a prophet, has revealed his immutable Rules for Bitcoin. “Buy Bitcoin,” he declares, a commandment he has preached since the halcyon days of August 2020, when he first ventured into this digital El Dorado. But it is the second rule, delivered with the sternness of a father chastising a wayward child, that captures the essence of his philosophy: “Don’t Sell the Bitcoin.”

In the words of the sage Darkfost, this was not merely a directional descent but a structural calamity; like a bulging dam that finally bursts, approximately 70,000 BTC evaporated from open interest, casting months of speculative dreams into an abyss. It was this very event, he asserts, that flung Bitcoin into bear territory, with the speed of a fox fleeing a field of hounds.

This January reading, a veritable volte-face from contraction to expansion, has sent the financial cognoscenti into a tizzy. Investors and analysts, ever eager to connect the most disparate dots, are now pondering the alleged links between manufacturing PMI trends and Bitcoin’s capricious price cycles. How utterly diverting.