Bitcoin
Why Bitcoin is up 2.4% today
Analysis
Bitcoin rose 2.4% over the past 24 hours as traders digested signs of heavy institutional activity and potential exhaustion of selling pressure. CoinDesk reported BlackRock’s bitcoin fund hit a $10B volume record, which the article framed as a possible capitulation/“peak selling” signal—often coinciding with short-term rebounds.
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BlackRock's bitcoin fund hits $10 billion volume record, hinting at peak selling
Record volume, redemptions and pronounced tilt toward put options points to institutional capitulation.
Bitcoin's correlation with troubled software stock sector is growing
Software stocks are thought to be facing an existential threat from the rise of AI, and Bitcoin, noted one analyst, is just open-source software.
Institutions don't want more risk—they want bitcoin yield that works like TradFi, says GlobalStake co-founder
Collateralized, market-neutral strategies, not DeFi or smart contracts, are driving renewed institutional interest, says GlobalStake co-founder Thomas Chaffee.
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