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Institutional Bitcoin Bottom-Confirmation Delay

Institutional investors will delay buying Bitcoin until after a market bottom is confirmed with performance, meaning ETF outflows and weak demand signals could persist even as selling pressure temporarily eases

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Too little corroboration in the last 3 days to call a trend (1 article). Watching for it to gain traction.

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"CryptoQuant-associated analyst Darkfost argues institutions tend to buy only after 'confirmation,' not during the early stages of a downturn. Darkfost said that institutional investors 'don't act like retail,' emphasizing that they operate with 'permanent risk management logic' and are not necessarily looking to buy a potential bottom, but to see 'confirmation' and 'performance'"

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