Institutions buy Bitcoin
Institutions are piling into Bitcoin while retail traders increasingly short the market — analysts warn this split could fuel a violent short squeeze and are pitching cloud‑mining as a hedged 'safe‑haven'. (markets.financialcontent.com)
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) surpassed $50 billion in assets under management this month, making it the fastest‑growing ETF by AUM in recent ETF history (blocklr.com — ). U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs produced four of their largest single‑day gross‑volume sessions inside a four‑week window — March 2 ($31.6B), Feb. 23 ($23.2B), March 18 ($21.4B) and March 19 ($21.1B) — even as March 18–19 registered net redemptions on those high‑volume days. (btc.network — ) Data compiled by market reporters shows BlackRock and Fidelity funds accounted for roughly $400 million of visible buying during a recent session, with IBIT leading inflows while other ETF vehicles such as FBTC and GBTC saw mixed flows. (finance.yahoo.com — ) Derivative‑market indicators have flipped bearish: perpetual‑futures funding rates across major exchanges moved into negative territory in March, a sign that leveraged short positions have become dominant in recent weeks. (CryptoSlate — Binance blog — ) On‑chain analytics firms Santiment and CryptoQuant flagged elevated open interest coupled with sustained negative funding rates as the classic setup that can magnify short squeezes when large counterparties or ETF creations start absorbing liquidity. (CryptoNews — CryptoQuant research — ) Industry coverage shows cloud‑mining providers — named examples include DeepHash, Bitdeer, ECOS and newer platforms — are marketing short‑cycle contracts, renewable‑energy operations and AI‑optimised hashrate as lower‑volatility ways to earn BTC exposure; analyst surveys project the cloud‑mining segment to top roughly $110 million in revenue in 2026 with multi‑billion forecasts by 2030. (AInvest — Coincub — )
