The gap between Strategy’s Bitcoin holdings and BlackRock’s IBIT narrowed to 21,102 coins
Recently, the encryption market has shown a multiple pattern of "institutional dominance + regulatory disturbance + mining pressure".At the regulatory level, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the prediction platform Kalshi’s request for a stay, which may cause it to face short-term operating restrictions in Nevada, highlighting the risk of conflict between crypto derivatives and gambling regulation.In terms of funds, institutions continue to increase investment and become the core line.Strategy has aggressively increased its holdings of Bitcoin, with its total holdings approaching that of BlackRock ETF, only about 21,000 coins short of it. It also promotes "financial engineering" buying through preferred stock financing. At the same time, the cumulative inflow of crypto ETF funds has exceeded 60 billion US dollars. However, Morgan Stanley pointed out that retail investors are still the main ones at present, and the advisory-side allocation is still in the early stages. Mainstream institutions recommend an allocation ratio of 1%-4%.In terms of market structure, Bitcoin is supported by institutional funds in the short term, but there is obvious resistance near $75,000. Combined with the concentration of derivatives and tight liquidity, the price may remain volatile.On the mining side, as the situation in the Middle East pushed up energy costs, computing power fell by about 8% in a week. Miners' profits were under pressure and they intensified selling, creating potential downward pressure.Overall, the crypto market is at a critical stage where institutional funding is intertwined with macro and regulatory uncertainty.