Indian retail traders are diversifying away from Bitcoin into higher-volatility altcoins, reducing Bitcoin's dominance in trading activity
Too little corroboration in the last 3 days to call a trend (3 articles). Watching for it to gain traction.
Mainstream financial press is carrying this — attention has broadened beyond specialist outlets.
"'Above 5%, bitcoin's volatility can begin to dominate the portfolio's overall risk profile,' Boneparth said. 'At that point it stops functioning as a diversifier and starts functioning as the primary bet.'"
"bitcoin had a correlation of 0.55 when measured against U.S. stocks for the trailing three-year period ending in April 2025, up from correlation numbers near zero or even below zero in some previous periods, she wrote."
"Bitcoin and Ethereum together accounted for only 15.35% of total Futures volume during the review period... The figures suggest Indian retail traders are increasingly moving beyond Bitcoin exposure into higher-volatility altcoin opportunities."