2025-12-24 02:09:37

I recently realized that my understanding of the Bitcoin ecosystem might be biased.

The common perception is that Bitcoin should first be promoted among C-end users, but the reality seems to be the opposite - the true large-scale allocation of Bitcoin has never been in the hands of retail investors with their small chips, but rather in the hands of institutional investors, high-net-worth individuals, and an increasing number of publicly traded companies.

This change is crucial. When businesses and funds treat Bitcoin as a strategic asset reserve, their core demand is not holding itself, but how to generate returns from these assets. The emergence and expansion of this demand for yield are driving the evolution of the entire ecosystem's business model.

In other words, the use cases and ecosystem development of Bitcoin may essentially be driven by institutional demand, rather than starting with retail users. This is a market shift worth paying attention to.

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DegenGambler

· 9h ago

I have long seen through it; retail investors are just here to catch a falling knife. The real rules of the game have always been dictated by institutions. --- To be honest, I figured out this logic a long time ago, but no one was listening. --- Once the demand for yield emerges, the taste of the crypto world changes; it is no longer in that wild growth form. --- So those still waiting for a major popularization have fundamentally misunderstood; this thing was never meant for retail investors. --- Once institutions get on board, the entire ecosystem is altered; that is the real key. --- Conversely, we small retail investors can only see what soup we can have based on the institutions' mood. --- The problem is, after institutions come in, what business do we have left? --- This is called a dimensionality reduction strike; we are still studying how to make money while they are already studying asset allocation. --- It sounds rational, but to put it bluntly, it is just a transformation of wealth concentration.

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DaoDeveloper

· 9h ago

nah this flips the whole narrative honestly... been assuming retail adoption comes first but yeah, the yield-chasing institutions are basically writing the script now. smart contracts + staking derivatives eating into pure hodl thesis? that's the real game changer tbh

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MissedAirdropAgain

· 9h ago

Well... to put it bluntly, institutions just want to play retail investors for suckers, packaging it as some strategic reserve. Yield demand? That's funny, isn't that just derivation? So, we retail investors will always be the last to catch a falling knife. It feels like the crypto world hasn't changed; the way they play people for suckers has just become more sophisticated. Driven by institutional demand? I see it as institutional demand to play suckers, haha. Wait, if that's the case, does this mean my little holdings have even less chance... I'm really feeling defensive now. Well, I've already missed out, so I'll just miss a few more airdrops.

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DustCollector

· 9h ago

Retail investors are really just here to accompany the run; we should have understood this by now. Institutions need to generate yield, so we have to think about how to get a bit of the soup, otherwise we'll be played for suckers. Large funds drive the ecosystem, and this logic is actually quite brutal. To put it bluntly, institutions are thinking about yield, while we are thinking about doubling our investment; we are not on the same channel at all. So all that talk about "democratizing Bitcoin" is nonsense; in the end, it is still the large investors who call the shots. It sounds quite realistic, but there's nothing we can do; after all, we have fewer chips. Is this thought a bit too pessimistic? But looking at it from another angle, it's not wrong. Institutional allocation = the ecosystem truly starts to move; I accept this logic. From 0 to 1 is really not a game for retail investors; it should have been seen this way long ago. Once the demand for yield appears, the entire game changes; this is the key. Actually, from another perspective, building the ecosystem according to institutional needs isn't a bad thing, right?

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ThreeHornBlasts

· 9h ago

Well, it's interesting. It seems that we retail investors are indeed marginalized. Wait, what should I do with the coins in my hand... I should have thought of this earlier; institutions are the real market makers.

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