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Bitcoin has witnessed notable price fluctuations since the beginning of the year, with its performance showing mixed signals. However, institutional investors appear to have maintained confidence in the asset despite recent market corrections.
According to another analysis Shared by CryptoQuant Contributor Economy on the QuickTake platform Institutional players have strategically accumulated Bitcoin, indicating long-term confidence in the asset’s value trajectory.
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The institutional accumulation of Bitcoin indicates market confidence
caueconomy revealed that on December 21, investors sold nearly 79,000 bitcoins within a week, triggering a significant market correction of about 15%. This sell-off formed a local peak and was followed by a phase of price consolidation.
However, instead of exiting the market, large investors used the price decline to open weighted average price (TWAP) positions, gradually accumulating Bitcoin just below the $95,000 mark.
Over the past 30 days, institutional players have added more than 34,000 BTC to their portfolios, creating a layer of buying pressure that is supporting Bitcoin’s current recovery phase.
Interestingly, the analyst noted that this trend has remained constant since June 2023, even during periods of rebalancing in institutional portfolios.
While retail investor demand has reached its lowest level in five years, institutional interest remains remarkably strong, indicating a difference in market behavior between individual and institutional participants. This continued accumulation indicates that large investors expect value in the long term
Increasing selling pressure on Binance is worrying the market
While institutional accumulation has provided some support to Bitcoin’s price, another CryptoQuant shareholder, Darkfost, Highlight Growing selling pressure on Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges.
In a separate analysis, Darkfost observed a sharp increase in the volume of net acquirers per hour, which turned significantly negative, peaking at -$325 million – the highest number recorded in 2025.
This surge in selling pressure coincided with the release of unfavorable economic data from the Purchasing Managers’ Index (ISM) and job opportunities reports from JOLT, which weighed on broader market sentiment across risk assets, including cryptocurrencies.
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The data sparked a wave of sell orders, causing Bitcoin price to face additional downward pressure. Darkfaust suggested, noting the following:
Monitoring this indicator along with other indicators will be necessary to determine whether fear has begun to dominate the markets in the long term or if it is only temporary.
Despite this heavy selling activity, Bitcoin has managed to maintain support above the $95,000 level. At the time of writing, the cryptocurrency is trading at $95,586, reflecting a 5.2% decline over the past 24 hours. The price remains well below Bitcoin’s all-time high of $108,000, which was recorded last month, marking an 11.8% decline from its peak.
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