Shift in Bitcoin Holdings from Retail to Institutional InvestorsOn March 4, 2025, Miles Deutscher reported a significant shift in Bitcoin ($BTC) ownership dynamics, highlighting a transfer from retail to institutional investors (Miles Deutscher, Twitter, March 4, 2025). This trend is evidenced by a decline in retail $BTC holdings, while large investor holdings have been steadily increasing. Specifically, as of the latest data from Glassnode on March 3, 2025, retail investors holding less than 1 $BTC have decreased by 5% over the past month, whereas entities holding over 1,000 $BTC have seen a 3% increase in their holdings during the same period (Glassnode, March 3, 2025). This shift has been accompanied by a notable increase in Bitcoin ETF inflows, with BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust reporting a record $500 million inflow on March 2, 2025 (Bloomberg, March 3, 2025). The institutionalization of $BTC is further underscored by the rise in trading volumes on institutional-focused platforms like CME Group, where Bitcoin futures trading volume surged to $10 billion on March 1, 2025, a 20% increase from the previous week (CME Group, March 2, 2025).
Let's see if those of you who sold out of panic when the price went down to $80K or sold for profits because the price went up $10 learn this lesson. The institutions have it clear. There are more and more of them and many more are going to buy bitcoin in the future. And they will not sell for many years, some may never sell bitcoin and simply borrow against it as many already do or take yields in some other way.
If you sell now in a few years don't complain that institutions have hoarded bitcoin, and that it's unfair and capitalism and such.
Just HODL.
Common people lack investor's mindset. They usually do not have a long term vision. That's why they panic when the price goes down. This is a typical behavior seen in the stock market as well. When ideally they should have accumulated more bitcoins or an asset, they sell it off as the price goes down. Institutional investors take that opportunity to buy more.
I never cheer when a large buying pattern is noticed from the institutional investors. They are slowly positioning themselves in a way, where they will hold the power to manipulate the market in a couple of years time. People who are cheering now, should not complain then!