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I Warned You About $RAVE Yesterday… Today It's Down 97% and $6.46B Is Gone
Yesterday I told you this one was going to drop 80% within hours. Today it's down 97%. $6.46B wiped out. Just like that.
ZachXBT flagged it, insiders held 95%+ of supply, Bitget & Binance now investigating.
Here's what actually happened 🧵👇 → Token pumped 11,000% in 3 weeks with ZERO product catalyst → 4 wallets held 95%+ of total supply → $42M quietly moved to Bitget right before the squeeze → Liquidity pulled, shorts liquidated ($37M+ wrecked) → Insiders exited. Retail got the bag.
This wasn't a crash. It was a scheduled exit. If a chart goes 10,000% without a product, you're not early. You're the liquidity.
Before you ape the next vertical candle, check 3 simple things: ➡️ How much supply the top 10 wallets hold ➡️ Circulating vs total supply (low float is a trap) ➡️ Big wallets moving to exchanges (that's the exit signal)
In crypto, if you can't see who the exit liquidity is… You are the exit liquidity.
Kelp DAO's rsETH bridge was exploited through LayerZero. ➡️ 116,500 rsETH drained (~$293M in minutes) ➡️ 18% of rsETH's total supply, gone ➡️ Main drain tx hit the lzReceive function on LayerZero's EndpointV2 contract
➡️ Attacker funded wallets via Tornado Cash ➡️ Spoofed a cross-chain message to trigger bridge release ➡️ Immediately started moving funds across DeFi
Main Attacker Wallets 0x5d3919f12bcc9e5f5b5274c1a3e3c2a6f2a257ccc 0xbb6a6006eb71a5c3c8c2c5d1c9d9c1c1d631c787 0x1f4c1c2e610f3b2c7f6e5a1c9b3d4a8db3adef 0xeba786c9517a4b3c2d1e6f5a9b8c7d6e68129b 0xcbb24a6b4daf3a2b1c4d5e6f7a8b9c0dae1455cc 0x8d11aeac74263b2a1c4e5f6a7b8c9d0e174c2d49
➡️ Deposited rsETH into Aave, Compound, Euler ➡️ Borrowed ETH/WETH against it ➡️ Swapped through Uniswap, Kyber and other DEXs ➡️ Opened and drained positions instantly ➡️ ~52,000+ ETH borrowed ➡️ ~16,000+ ETH borrowed ➡️ ~5,500+ ETH swapped ➡️ ~74,000 ETH consolidated
The rsETH collateral is now frozen and broken. But the borrowed ETH is real and gone. ➡️ ~$280M+ bad debt left behind across lending protocols Protocols Affected ➡️ Aave V3 - froze rsETH markets, facing ~$177M bad debt ➡️ Compound - exposure confirmed
Aave's Response ➡️ rsETH markets frozen on V3 and V4 ➡️ Aave contracts NOT exploited, issue is rsETH itself ➡️ Umbrella safety module may slash aWETH stakers to cover the deficit
➡️ SparkLend & Fluid froze rsETH markets ➡️ Lido paused earnETH deposits (stETH/wstETH safe) ➡️ Ethena paused LayerZero bridges as precaution ➡️ Upshift halted High Growth ETH & Kelp Gain vaults
➡️ $AAVE dropped 19% in Just 3 Days
If you hold rsETH on any L2, check if your wrapped version is still backed. If you staked aWETH in Aave's Umbrella, expect possible slashing. Kelp's emergency pause blocked another $100M attempt, without it, losses would've hit $391M
$PEPE PRICE FORECAST | IS 55X POSSIBLE? | ANALYSIS BY CRYPTOPATEL
#PEPE Is Currently Sitting Inside A High-Confluence Weekly Accumulation Zone Where FVG + Order Block + Horizontal Support Align, A Rare, Fractal-Level Structure.
The Last Time This Setup Formed, PEPE Delivered: 2023: +4515% (45x In Just 14 Months) 2026: +5592% (55x Projected This Cycle)?
Current Technical Structure: ✅ Weekly FVG + OB + Support Confluence Confirmed ✅ Sitting At $0.00000376, Near Accumulation Zone ✅ Holding The $0.0000030–$0.0000018 Demand Block ✅ Invalidation Below $0.0000017 ✅ Super Bullish If Break And hold Above $0.000006
Long Term High Risk - High Reward Targets: $0.000028 | $0.00005 | $0.0001
If This Structure Holds: Projection Remains $0.000028–$0.0001 PEPE Over The Cycle.
Why Expect 7x–30x From Here? The Last Time #Pepe Accumulated Inside A Similar FVG + OB Confluence, It Delivered A Clean 4515% Vertical Expansion. The Current Fractal Is Mirroring That Exact Structure, Breakdown, Retest, Sweep, And Demand Reclaim.
A Move Toward $0.0001 Could Be On The Cards, Especially As Memecoin Season Historically Peaks In The Final Phase Of The Bull Cycle.
Disclaimer : This Is A TA, NFA. Always Manage Risk And Do Your Own Research.
Banks Still Oppose It ➤ Claim: $6.6T deposit flight risk ➤ Reality: White House report shows only 0.02% lending impact ➤ Their doomsday argument just collapsed
Status (April 2026) ➤ Draft release → DELAYED ➤ Senate markup → late April / May ➤ Polymarket 2026 odds → 82% ➔ 59% ➤ Stablecoin market → $321B
Why It Matters Miss the May window = bill dies till after November midterms. Clear SEC vs CFTC rules + legal stablecoin rewards hang in balance.
WH advisor Patrick Witt: "Further bank lobbying = greed or ignorance."
Banks want monopoly. Crypto wants fair competition. Next 4-6 weeks decide US crypto's future.
Sam Altman Hit With Sexual Abuse Lawsuit By His Own Sister
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has filed a motion to dismiss punitive damages claims in the civil lawsuit filed by his sister, Annie Altman.
▪️ Filing made on April 15 in St. Louis federal court ▪️ Annie alleges sexual abuse between 1997–2006, starting when she was 3 and Sam was 12 ▪️ Lawsuit originally filed in January 2025 ▪️ Sam denies all allegations and is countersuing for defamation, seeking just $1 ▪️ Altman family claims Annie has mental health issues and made "extortionate" financial demands ▪️ Missouri law, Sam argues, does not allow punitive damages in such cases
On top of this, Altman faces Elon Musk's $134B lawsuit trial on April 27, accusing OpenAI of betraying its original mission.
U.S. BITCOIN ETFs BOUGHT ~8,575 BTC Worth $663.91M 🇺🇸 BlackRock ETF Has BOUGHT 3,670 BTC for $283.99M And 13.2K ETH for $32.05M 🇺🇸 Grayscale ETF Has BOUGHT 431 BTC for $33.34M And 2.37K ETH for $5.76M 🇺🇸 Fidelity ETF Has BOUGHT 2,110 BTC for $163.42M And 34.66K ETH for $84.13M 🇺🇸 Bitwise ETF Has BOUGHT 494 BTC for $38.22M And 787 ETH for $1.91M 🇺🇸 ARK & 21Shares ETF Has BOUGHT 1,520 BTC for $117.90M And 1.5K ETH for $3.64M 🇺🇸 Morgan Stanley ETF Has BOUGHT 215 ETH for $16.63M 🇺🇸 VanEck ETF Has BOUGHT 85 BTC for $6.56M 🇺🇸 Invesco ETF Has BOUGHT 50 BTC for $3.86M
FACT: US SPOT #BitcoinETFs BOUGHT ~19 Day of Mined Bitcoin Supply in Single Day.
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ETF FLOWS: US SPOT CRYPTO ETFs FLOWS DATA UPDATE (16-04-2026):
U.S. BITCOIN ETFs BOUGHT ~349 BTC Worth $26.05M 🇺🇸 BlackRock ETF Has BOUGHT 1,090 BTC for $81.70M And 12,990 ETH for $30.51M 🇺🇸 Grayscale ETF Has SOLD 75 BTC for $5.61M And 4,240 ETH for $9.96M 🇺🇸 Fidelity ETF Has SOLD 479 BTC for $35.99M 🇺🇸 ARK & 21Shares ETF Has SOLD 365 BTC for $27.41M 🇺🇸 Morgan Stanley ETF Has BOUGHT 178 ETH for $13.36M 🇺🇸 Bitwise ETF Has SOLD 1,070 ETH for $2.52M
FACT: US SPOT #BitcoinETFs BOUGHT ~0.8 Day of Mined Bitcoin Supply in Single Day.
Vitalik (@VitalikButerin) has confirmed that eth.limo's DNS registrar is under attack.
➡️ Do NOT visit vitalik.eth.limo or any *.eth.limo pages until the team confirms all-clear ➡️ Many dApps use eth.limo as a backup frontend, stay alert ➡️ Access content via IPFS directly or wait for official clearance Retail must stay cautious. Revoke any suspicious approvals if you connected to any eth.limo page recently.
JUST IN: Kraken's Parent Company Payward to Acquire Ripple-backed Bitnomial for $550M in cash & stock.
What's Bitnomial? → First US crypto-native firm to hold ALL 3 CFTC licenses (Exchange + Clearinghouse + Brokerage) → Ripple led their $25M funding round in 2024 → First to list CFTC-regulated XRP futures → First US clearinghouse to accept RLUSD & XRP as margin collateral
Why it matters: → Payward now owns Kraken + NinjaTrader ($1.5B) + #Bitnomial ($550M) → Deutsche Börse just invested $200M in Payward → IPO S-1 filed with SEC, still active → Payward valued at $20B
#Kraken is building the CME of crypto. Fully regulated. Vertically integrated. Inside the US.
$RIF Trade Made 47% Profit And I Called It Before It Happened
Called this setup on March 16th at $0.0344 entry. ✅ Target 1: $0.0410 – HIT ✓ ✅ Target 2: $0.0461 (PMH) – HIT ✓ ✅ +47% move from entry - All targets Smashed.
The FVG + Order Block confluence delivered exactly as planned. Hope you secured profits along the way.
Watching $RIF closely here. A high-probability SMC setup is forming.
Why This Setup Matters: ✔️ Price is likely to retrace into the 1D FVG to rebalance inefficiency. ✔️ The FVG aligns with a bullish OB, creating a strong demand zone. ✔️ Market structure suggests a potential HL after displacement. ✔️ PMH liquidity above makes a natural magnet for price.
Circle is being sued after failing to freeze $230M in stolen $USDC during the Drift Protocol hack.
Here's what you need to know: → Hackers drained ~$285M from Drift on April 1 → $230M+ USDC was bridged from Solana to Ethereum using Circle's own infrastructure, over 100 transactions in just 6 hours → Circle did nothing to stop it → Just 9 days earlier, Circle froze 16 wallets in a separate case, proving they had the ability
Drift is now dropping $USDC entirely and switching to $USDT after Tether committed $127.5M toward a $147.5M recovery package. $DRIFT token pumped 20% on the news.
The Real Question: If Circle CAN freeze funds, Should they be LEGALLY required to during an active hack?