As of February 2025, the cryptocurrency market has shown a clear divergence between institutional and retail investor sentiment. Institutional investors are optimistic about the market outlook and are actively increasing their holdings of mainstream digital assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum. For example, the Wisconsin Investment Board more than doubled its shares in the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF in Q4 2024, reaching 6 million shares. Meanwhile, retail investor sentiment has turned pessimistic....

As of February 2025, the cryptocurrency market has shown a clear divergence between institutional and retail investor sentiment. Institutional investors are optimistic about the market outlook and are actively increasing their holdings of mainstream digital assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum. For example, the Wisconsin Investment Board more than doubled its shares in the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF in Q4 2024, reaching 6 million shares. Meanwhile, retail investor sentiment has turned pessimistic....