Are Institutional investors changing the Bitcoin price behaviour?

[Gozie51]

Manipulation - that is definitely a risk for bitcoin and the crypto space.  Not necessarily institutional investors like MicroStrategy, Tesla, ....  but also possibly an association, rapidly changing price behavior is also part of the reason for this.

I wonder if we are going to see higher manipulation than whatever we are feeling already about it but whales only do what is needful for their business and smaller buyers or individuals have to follow them by the chart. If you notice a huge buy in the chart that means to expect more buy and price will appreciate and that follows down too. I don't think institutional buyers are going to be a problem with the bitcoin behavior.

[Lucius]

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When news began to emerge about some US companies starting to invest in Bitcoin, it seemed that this might be the beginning of something that would spread around the world and that big money would move in the direction of Bitcoin. Yet I don’t see that happening, and as things currently stand Bitcoin is behaving in the same pattern as after every past ATH, which again followed after every halving. We can discuss whether institutional investors have influenced the price not to be lower than it is today, but what we know for sure is that they have failed to reduce volatility.

Furthermore, the question arises whether it is realistic to call Bitcoin safe haven at all, although if we look at the long term, it is difficult to find someone who regretted investing in Bitcoin two or 5 years ago. When (if) greedy guys one day gain most of the BTC, of course, they will start playing their games in which the little man will not have much influence - but this is a problem that has existed for a long time since people started accepting Bitcoin as some kind of digital gold, not as a cryptocurrency.

[jaberwock]

Manipulation - that is definitely a risk for bitcoin and the crypto space.  Not necessarily institutional investors like MicroStrategy, Tesla, ....  but also possibly an association, rapidly changing price behavior is also part of the reason for this.

I wonder if we are going to see higher manipulation than whatever we are feeling already about it but whales only do what is needful for their business and smaller buyers or individuals have to follow them by the chart. If you notice a huge buy in the chart that means to expect more buy and price will appreciate and that follows down too. I don't think institutional buyers are going to be a problem with the bitcoin behavior.

Yes, we can see higher manipulation the more money that will be injected in to this market. BTC is getting popular and expect that many new institutions will enter. What we are feeling now is not heavy but there is more heavier to come, let's brace ourselves if that event comes but if you already know what to do or you know their pattern already, you could worry less but you can go with flow with them and you will be just fine.

You are not going to lose but your going to earn some profit. For some they are not a problem but there are some that thinks the opposite. Those people are the ones that need to adjust because they are smaller.

[KennyR]

Manipulation - that is definitely a risk for bitcoin and the crypto space.  Not necessarily institutional investors like MicroStrategy, Tesla, ....  but also possibly an association, rapidly changing price behavior is also part of the reason for this.

I wonder if we are going to see higher manipulation than whatever we are feeling already about it but whales only do what is needful for their business and smaller buyers or individuals have to follow them by the chart. If you notice a huge buy in the chart that means to expect more buy and price will appreciate and that follows down too. I don't think institutional buyers are going to be a problem with the bitcoin behavior.

At the same time it is also to be noted that these large scale institutional investors serve as influencers in adoption of bitcoin. More the usage more will be the growth. When some institutional investor makes his entry it is also a kind of accumulation. When more such investors combine together the holding will form a large percentage of the total supply. This lets them manipulate the market to some extent and that is reason it how at times the price behaviour is being changed, but this don't make a big impact as people are well aware of such activities.

[TheUltraElite]

The main difference are the regulations, in a centralized market governments can set rules for economic actors to follow, we know they will try their best to find loopholes but at least in theory there are some impediments in their path so they cannot easily do this, in this market such a thing is not possible due to its decentralized nature, however I prefer it this way, this market is really free and we know that free markets will always outperform controlled markets, which in part explains the incredible growth we have seen in this market during the last decade.

Centralized market will be regulated but the point is that the decentralized markets remain and those are the ones that need to be regulated. See every American cannot manage their own assets, unlike the rest of the world can. So they need some legal backing and clarity on these assets as per their narrative. Hence the need for regulation. I consider this as a good step overall for the long run for crypto. While this will mean a tougher situation for developers, it will also weed a large chunk of non-sense scams that keep on going around in this sector.

You cannot stay away from government's crackdown if you are living in their land. But it will be for our good only.

[Cookdata]

I wonder if we are going to see higher manipulation than whatever we are feeling already about it but whales only do what is needful for their business and smaller buyers or individuals have to follow them by the chart. If you notice a huge buy in the chart that means to expect more buy and price will appreciate and that follows down too. I don't think institutional buyers are going to be a problem with the bitcoin behavior.

The whales always rule the market, it's a fact that you see in every market. Let's say, for example, we have some wallets addresses that have bitcoin locked on them for many years that has not been moved by the real owners, the moment the private key owner desire to spend from thus wallet always create this fear among holders and speculators that the early birds are trying to cash out, the whales will want to sell at the top and use the opportunity to buy at lower price maximizing their hodl and that's how the fear will naturally create a panic sell in the market.

Again, of what used is Bitcoin to institutional if they don't have the chance to buy on low price and  if the price of Bitcoin doesn't go up over time, try will do whatever they feel is good for them as long as their money is involved.

[Ngewex Yuk]

Trends and investor behavior will always change, nowadays many institutions invest in bitcoin so when they get a small increase they immediately sell, this is what is difficult to see the price skyrocketing significantly like a few years ago, in general of course this is more good because when the price is red there will be a buying action in large quantities so that it can keep it from dropping too much.