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Board Speculation
Re: Retail investors paticipation. How to monitor it?
by
pawel7777
on 20/07/2025, 07:46:05 UTC
Not 100% related to the topic, but Benjamin Cowen posted an interesting metric of Historical Social Metric Risk:
https://x.com/intocryptoverse/status/1946721969262477783


I don't think the metric is accessible for free, though.

Anyhow, from the comments I understand it represents retail interest via social media activity (e.g., YouTube views/subs, Twitter mentions). But the big question is whether it's bullish or bearish.
Bullish interpretation: it proves that Bitcoin is underhyped and there's still potential for growth.
Bearish interpretation: retail is simply not interested in Bitcoin and won't be putting their money in it.

I'd add a neutral interpretation to it: everybody already knows what Bitcoin is. It has become mainstream and purchasable even on non-crypto finance apps, therefore people could be investing in it without talking about it as much as they did in the past.