This bull run doesn't play by the old rules. ETFs have fundamentally changed the game—institutional money can now move markets with unprecedented ease. What used to take coordinated whale activity now happens through a few massive fund flows. The liquidity and accessibility that ETFs bring? It's a double-edged sword. Sure, it democratized access to Bitcoin and Ethereum, but it also handed price discovery over to whoever controls the biggest capital pools. The structural dynamics are nothing like previous cycles.
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LiquidatedThrice
· 2025-12-20 16:44
All the players have entered, retail investors still want to buy the dip? Dream on.
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liquidation_surfer
· 2025-12-19 14:06
ETF, to put it simply, is about fooling retail investors into coming in, while big institutions hold the pricing power... Truly ironic.
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ImpermanentPhilosopher
· 2025-12-19 02:46
Institutional collusion, to put it simply, is just a different form of the same old trick.
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NFT_Therapy_Group
· 2025-12-18 09:57
Institutions eat the meat while we drink the soup, this is the current rule.
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DecentralizeMe
· 2025-12-18 09:57
NGL, this time is different. ETF allows institutional players to directly control the market. What democracy?
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SigmaValidator
· 2025-12-18 09:52
Institutions are taking over to clean up the image, while retail investors still think they've made a profit.
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MetaverseLandlady
· 2025-12-18 09:52
Institutions have really turned the tables now it's all about who has more money and who calls the shots
This bull run doesn't play by the old rules. ETFs have fundamentally changed the game—institutional money can now move markets with unprecedented ease. What used to take coordinated whale activity now happens through a few massive fund flows. The liquidity and accessibility that ETFs bring? It's a double-edged sword. Sure, it democratized access to Bitcoin and Ethereum, but it also handed price discovery over to whoever controls the biggest capital pools. The structural dynamics are nothing like previous cycles.