Bitcoin needs trillions to go parabolic again as ETF demand fades
BTC's next major advance may require deeper allocations from advisers, corporations, banks and sovereign investors.
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The industry is shifting from scrappy startups toward institutional consolidation.
Weak US jobs data gave Bitcoin bulls a reason to chase the rebound, but options traders are still paying for downside protection as the long weekend turns $66,000-$68,000 into the rally’s next trap zone.
As speculation spreads across new asset classes, the line between investing and gambling has become a matter of which regulator gets there first.
Crypto set out to remove financial intermediaries, but the industry's most successful products now depend on them.
BGeometrics data show BIP-110 miner signaling at 0.42% since May 1, while Farside's alerts make the August lock-in window harder for exchanges, wallets, pools, and node operators to ignore.
A crypto exchange is now offering the same call and put contracts that traded 15.2 billion times on US markets last year, and it's selling them right next to 500 tokenized stocks that are nothing alike.