Fortune favors the prepared.
Your window to prepare, even with the basics, is closing.
For those tracking the indicators that an event is increasingly likely, you know that it is now undeniable that something is brewing. It has now reached the point to where national governments are now overtly telling civilians to make preparations, however basic.
As part of my career in the US intelligence community, one of things I supported was Counterintelligence threats to Continuity of Government (COG) and Continuity of Operations (COOP). Something i can say for absolute certain is that once governments signal that their citizens need to prepare, those preparations have already been conducted for national leadership.
Governments plan for two course of action; bug in and bug out. Bug in involves hunkering down where they are. They lock down the facility. No one in and no one out. Bug out involves the relocation to a secure location that is away from potential threats, which includes hungry people. They lock down. No one in. No one out.
It would be wise for you to assess your current situation and decide the appropriate course of action for yourself and family.
What has been happening over the past several years is that the affluent have been making their own preparations for crisis, including efforts to secure survivable locations away from major population centers, storing food, water, and the means to defend those locations.
The most recent loud signals are likely our last real warning. Governments from Eastern Europe to the UK are now telling people to have the basics on hand to weather a bad situation. Notably, this is on the back drop, for those that remember, when "prepping" was aligned with anti-government extremism under the Obama administration. What you will notice over the next several weeks is the expanding time period that governments call for people to prepare. In Europe, its currently between 3 days and a week. However, the US just sent the loudest signal concerning how significant the situation is; military bases must be self-sufficient for 90 days. The gravity of this can't be understated.
The calls for preparedness will escalate in their time frames. 3 days will turn into a week. A week will turn in to a few weeks. A few weeks into a couple months.
What Americans should know is that you will be on your own. FEMA does not have the resources to help people in a time of need during an event at national scale. You local authorities don't either.
For those in major cities, you should know that almost two decades ago now the Asymmetric Warfare Group, in collaboration with the US military, conducted a study on the process that major population centers descend into chaos, anchored on the current "just in time" supply chain. In 3 days, a major city is out of food in the major stores. Looting starts, first whats left on shelves, then people start taking from one another. Suburbia is then the next harvest location. People organize and target food distribution warehouses. Then people head out into the country where people are prepared and things get ugly.
My recommendation for people is to not focus on the "what", the catalyst for crisis. Focus on being prepared and prepare quietly. Those who fail to prepare will target those who they know are. This includes your own family members. You, at some point, will hear, "well if something happens, I'll just come to your house", stated as a joke. But this is not a joke. You have now become someone's backup plan. Don't allow this.
Right now, you need to shift your mental paradigm. Randomize when you go to the store. Avoid dark hours. Slow down how many times Amazon deliveries show up at your house. And start to think about how to feign poverty. Affluence/comfort has a signature that is easy to spot and smell.
You can't prepare forever. Even governments don't do that. What you need to do is prepare to weather the storm. As the saying in the military goes, "KISS"; Keep It Simple, Stupid. Water, rice, protein, canned foods. Then think basic medicines for colds, flu, and infections. Then think protection and communications. You don't need thousands of dollars, you just need to be smart.
I've recommended this before, but I will say it again. Go watch two movies; "The Day After" and "Threads". This is not to scare you. This is so you can notice the indicators leading up to crisis. They are quiet at first. Governments say everything is fine. Then they say have basic preparations. Then they say have more because help wont be coming immediately. Most people will brush it off and just say it will pass. We are now at the part of both movies where governments are telling people to prepare and some degree of panic is setting in. This will get worse.
You must identify your phase line for action. Assuming, in any way, that crisis will hit and the government will show up to rescue you is a mistake. Turn that fear you are feeling into focused action.
For those that are prepared, keep preparing and be quiet. For those that are unprepared, start now and be quiet.
For everyone, hang in there. Its going to get rough. đĽ
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Rich people are telling us daily that they're choosing crypto for the wealth transfer, but when they actually BUY crypto, people are confused as to why. Whales are buying XRP and Bitcoin and its up to everyone else to start paying attention.
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âĄď¸ BRIAN ARMSTRONG: âAll asset classes are moving onchain. Tokenized stocks and stablecoins (which are really just tokenized fiat currency) are growing fast, with more to come.â
No matter what walk life you come from, or background you have, everybody craves an extraordinary quality of life.
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đ¨HUGE: @Ripple is approaching $900 MILLION in annualised revenue, with over $16 TRILLION in transactions enabled across its products in 2025! đĽ
The numbers are UNBELIEVABLE:
⢠1,700+ institutional and corporate clients
⢠85+ regulatory licences
⢠3X customer growth in 2026
⢠Expanding partnerships with BNY, Robinhood and more!
And now Ripple has received FINAL approval for its US National Trust Bank charter!
This shows how incredibly HUGE Ripple and the wider $XRP ecosystem is becoming!
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âWe will never give up on XRPâ - @bgarlinghouse
Our beliefs are what deliver direct commands to our nervous system and subconscious.
Beliefs are simply thoughts you continue to repeat in your mind and reinforce with emotion.
In other words, change your beliefs around money, and youâll change your financial life.
Intelligent investors all have the same obsession: Reduce risk while maximizing returns.
One way to achieve asymmetric risk/reward is to invest in undervalued assets during times
of max pessimism and gloom.
In other words, do not underestimate the galactic opportunity of layer one digital assets right now.
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Replying to @mike18200 @XRP
If a genius is someone who has created wealth, experiences joy, and love every day, and is passionate about his relationships, work, and life, I guess Iâm doing pretty goodđđđ
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The entire infrastructure of Payments, Custody, Treasury and Prime is now constructed to live on top of the XRP Ledger, utilizing XRP itself as the core asset.
Ripple Swell 2026
Probably nothing. Haters will weep greater than theyâve ever weeped before.
đ¨HOLD ON⌠The Former VP Of The FEDERAL RESERVE Bank Of Boston Is Speaking At RIPPLE SWELL â The Man Who Helped Launch FEDNOW! đ¤ŻđĽ
Coincidence? Probably nothing⌠𤍠$XRP
Everything myself, and many other geniuses, have been saying for years about @XRP is materializing right now.
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Please remember most humans parrot what they hear on the Internet and have little-to-no substance about their thesis.
Youâd be wise only to accept guidance/advise/feedback from people whoâve been in the trenches and have extraordinary resultsâwith themselves and others!
Anything less is akin to taking financial advice from a broke adviser.
Or taking fitness advice from a fat person.
Or getting marriage advice from a therapist in a failing relationship.
Remember that next time you ask for someoneâs opinion on a subject.
Discernment and the right guidance is crucial for success.
As I said in yesterdayâs post about the synergy between RLUSD and XRPââXRP is the beating heart of Ripples infrastructure.â
Then @bgarlinghouse echoed that statement at Swell: âXRP can be part of the heartbeat to enabling the internet of value.â
Letâs get one thing straight for the young padawansâŚ
đ¨$XRP and $RLUSD work together synergistically, not against each other.
RLUSD is the regulated digital dollar that opens the institutional door. The whole purpose of @Ripple and the XRPL is to unlock liquidity across markets, including Nostro/Vostro accounts, banks, institutions, and governments.
$XRP remains the bridge asset that moves value efficiently and settles in seconds once youâre inside the ecosystem. RLUSD brings in stable institutional liquidity while XRP routes it across currencies and assets that still lack deep two-sided stablecoin markets.
More RLUSD activity on the ledger means more transactions that use XRP for fees and more demand for XRP as the native bridge asset, supporting its role in the ecosystemâs growth.
@XRP is the beating heart of Ripples infrastructure.
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đ Ripple Just Became A National Trust Bank
đ Plus 5 more galactic wins for Ripple and XRP you can't afford to ignore
The gap between traditional finance and digital finance is closing fast. The biggest players in the world are building the new digital financial system right before our eyes, and you have an opportunity to be an investor in it.
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