(Bloomberg) -- Investors yanked more than $1 billion from spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds Tuesday, marking the biggest one-day outflow since the cohort’s debut last January.Most Read from BloombergThe Trump Administration Takes Aim at Transportation ResearchShelters Await Billions in Federal Money for Homelessness ProvidersNYC’s Congestion Pricing Pulls In $48.6 Million in First MonthNew York’s Congestion Pricing Plan Faces Another Legal ShowdownNYC to Shut Migrant Center in Former Hotel as C
Bitcoin continued its downward trend on Wednesday, signaling that the Trump-driven crypto surge may have run its course. The leading crypto is 20% down from its all-time high that was reached just a month ago during Donald Trump’s inauguration. Currently, it is hovering around $86,000, down nearly 10% over the past week.
The fact that the Trump administration has installed many crypto-friendly people in positions of power doesn’t mean that the industry will now get a free pass.
Bitcoin's stumble begs the question asked during the last bear market: Is there a point at which Michael Saylor would be forced to liquidate part of the company's near-500,000 BTC stack?
Institutional investors are increasingly allocating to crypto, but the key question is whether to focus solely on bitcoin or diversify across multiple cryptocurrencies to optimize risk-adjusted returns and portfolio resilience.