Bitcoin is being “suppressed”? Despite strong institutional buying, the market remains strangely still!

Bitcoin Price Stalls Despite Large Institutional Cash Flow

Buying is high but not strong enough to push up prices
Over the past 30 days, many financial institutions and ETFs have purchased large amounts of Bitcoin (BTC) , but this has not created a noticeable boost for BTC prices.

According to a new report from CryptoQuant, the main reason is that overall demand in the market is decreasing , and institutional capital inflows are not large enough to compensate .

ETF and institutional flows are falling sharply
Compared to the peak in late 2024, buying activities by large organizations have declined sharply .

Specifically, the amount of BTC held by US ETFs has decreased from 86,000 BTC in December to only 40,000 BTC currently - equivalent to a decrease of 53% .

Meanwhile, Strategy Company – one of the big players – also reduced its purchase from 171,000 BTC to only 16,000 BTC , a decrease of up to 90% .

Although these cash flows once helped BTC maintain the mark above $100,000 , with the current decline, the ability to continue increasing in price is seriously threatened .

Weakening global market demand – risks for new rally
Data from CryptoQuant shows that total demand for Bitcoin has dropped by 895,000 BTC in just the past 30 days.

Of these, apparent demand dropped by 857,000 BTC, making the positive impact from ETFs and institutions (which only increased by 377,000 and 371,000 BTC, respectively) insufficient to keep the price going up.

“In short, while the ETF and MicroStrategy purchases had a positive impact on the Bitcoin price, they were not enough to push the price to new highs,” CryptoQuant said.