Finance News
By Steven Anderson
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Bitcoin just crossed another line. The cryptocurrency that started as a rebel experiment now moves with the big players, and Bitwise's latest numbers show exactly how deep this…
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The network has pulled in over $1 trillion in value, basically turning into a massive settlement system that handles trillions in transfers every year.
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Net inflows hit $54.4 billion. Not bad for a year's work.
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The options markets tell the same story, just with more zeros. Deribit and IBIT are sitting on tens of billions in open interest, giving the big money ways to hedge their bets…
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And the on-chain data? It's wild. Large transactions over $1 million now make up 69% of all transfers since late 2022. The small fish basically disappeared from the volume charts.
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Long-term holders - the ones who sit on their coins for over 155 days - grabbed 75% of the realized profits this cycle.
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Bitcoin's volatility dropped too. The price swings that used to make headlines now look more like what you'd see with QQQ or other major equity plays.
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Recent macro events put this to the test. Geopolitical tensions, financial market chaos, rising Treasury yields - Bitcoin held around $70,000 through most of it, only dipping to…
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QCP's analysis points to Bitcoin's new role as a reliable financial tool rather than just a speculative bet.
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Matt Hougan from Bitwise said the shift away from retail dominance is pretty much complete now.
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The ETF launch changed everything about Bitcoin's investment landscape. Since early 2024, institutional capital flooded in so fast that assets under management numbers became…
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Trading volume on Coinbase and Binance shifted heavily toward institutional clients, according to Bitwise's March 2026 report.
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Hunter Horsley, Bitwise's CEO, said on March 11, 2026, that Bitcoin's institutionalization isn't some trend that'll fade.
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The numbers don't lie about where Bitcoin sits now. Long-held coins are getting sold to ETFs and institutional buyers who absorb them without blinking.
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BlackRock's IBIT alone pulled in over $25 billion in its first year, making it the fastest-growing ETF launch in history.
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