CryptoSlate August 08, 2026

Bitcoin’s first institutional bear market is starting to take shape and draining liquidity

Bitcoin’s first institutional bear market is starting to take shape and draining liquidity

In an institutional bear market, a Bitcoin ETF redemption is almost aggressively boring. An investor sells shares, an authorized participant returns a large block to the trust, and the fund either pays cash or transfers BTC. Its assets shrink while the shares keep trading near net asset value and the custodian carries on. Since the […]

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