1/THE FALL (AND RISE) OF XRP? In this thread I'll be taking a look at the idea of "The Storm" in the XRP riddler and insider lore. Could it be coming? Are we in it already? Warning: Dot-connecting and wild speculation ahead, definitely NOT financial advice 
2/In 2018, @bearableguy123 posted this image in his r/Rippled forum. XRP is headed downwards, in flames (note this was before the X symbol based on the Roman god Janus was used for XRP)
3/In late summer of '18, Ripple Riddler posted the video "The Storm Is Coming", hinting at a calamitous event coming (but with the XRP symbol emerging victorious in green after the event)
4/In his later video "Declaration of Independence", a chronology of months is shown (by birthstones) in a wormhole leading up to November, then a brief flash of red, then fireworks for XRP
5/Red is the birthstone color for January, and it always bothered me that the blue (December) is missing in the sequence. Could the brief red in the wormhole signal a quick crash before the fireworks instead?
6/@RippleRiddler (the official account) posted a link to video yesterday. It's completely black, 5 seconds long, with the music from "The Storm" playing along with the sound of heavy rains. Is he warning the storm is here?
7/Now, for the rapid price rise model to work ("Shane Ellis theory"), XRP *NEEDS* to be cheap. Too expensive and no one can afford to buy up all the orders on the books at once. Shane used 27 cents in his examples.
8/With insiders sure to tip off their friends/family/Members of Congress before the move, XRP could easily see a jump of 10 to 20 cents or more in the hours leading up to it. So it would only make sense to drive it even lower than 27 cents before a jump
9/Shane Ellis even stated that the powers that be need to decouple BTC from XRP so that its volatility can not have an effect on XRP's price. Crushing BTC to do this would drop the whole market including XRP at first (short term)
10/@ripple_crippler has posted about TPTB "coming for your blood". With Ripple OTC sales cut back, they have to come to the exchanges. Wall Street NEVER pays full price!
11/@TonyVal76476318 posted in August that a source informed him the crypto market would suffer a crash in September before XRP rose in October. This fits the pattern we see today, albeit 2 months late.
12/@HamEggsnSam posted a video with info from his alleged insiders, with one claiming "one last shakeout" before moon. Watch from 7:55
13/Discussing this later though he conflates "shakeout" with a rise to XRP ATH or beyond. This is NOT what gets holders to sell - an increase like this would cause FOMO as more "normies" join a new gold rush and fill bags. And HODLers double down with their investment doing well
14/TPTB don't want retail investors in XRP. We're a liability! Imagine they have this perfectly running system with XRP at a high and stable price, then suddenly Joe Retail walks into his bank to cash out half a million XRP from his Ledger Nano S. They want to minimize this!
15/@looP_rM311_7211 recently posted a video of a nuclear test playing backwards, with the blast "imploding" down rather than exploding. In a tweet yesterday he talked about "warning" us of what's to come. If XRP is about to see green, why "warn" us?
16/@yoyo warned us TPTB will try to shake us out of XRP as well
17/@_Crypto_Maniac_ posted last night about his "little birdy" insider sending a message to him about looking up at the skies. Glass half full people will see this as a signal to watch for moon or a rocket, but this could also be to see storm clouds gathering overhead.
18/In the midst of all this we have a campaign launching beyond "FUD" into "misery and despair". Analysts saying XRP to zero by Feb, #soldxrp, BTC miners shutting down soon, and more to come. TPTB want nothing less than total retail capitulation.
19/There are more examples like this but this thread is long enough - you get the picture. As much as we hate @TheCryptHawk and want to see his very bearish predictions to 0.06 fall flat, there's a strong chance that Crypto Ragnarok is about to start.
20/Despite the perma-bulls' predictions, before we see serious green we may be in for a CATASTROPHICALLY rough ride. You might want to get your zerps off exchanges, have extra fiat set to buy a huge dip, and don't get weak hands. /THREAD
