$390 billion wiped out, Fear & Greed at Extreme Fear — yet stablecoin supply did not shrink.

Think about that for a second.

During the worst week since FTX, nobody mass-exited to cash. They moved to stablecoins and sat on-chain. Total stablecoin market cap held above $250 billion through the entire flush. That’s not how 2022 looked. That’s not how 2020 looked.

What it tells you: this is dry powder waiting for a signal — not capital leaving crypto.

$ETH and $BNB are sitting at discounts right now while that $250 billion earns nothing. The moment sentiment flips — Clarity Act, a macro catalyst, ETF flows reversing — deployment happens fast.

The infrastructure did not break. Meta started paying creators in USDC. JPMorgan, BofA, and Citi are mid-build on a shared tokenized network. $XRP is processing cross-border settlements on XRPL.

Fear makes great headlines. It also makes great entry windows — for those who understand that the stablecoins staying on-chain are the loudest bullish signal hiding in plain sight right now.

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