A quiet shift is happening in Bitcoin's custody landscape. Institutional custodians have crossed a threshold—they're now holding more BTC than centralized exchanges. This marks a significant evolution in how major players store digital assets, signaling growing confidence in specialized custody solutions over traditional trading platforms. The balance of power in Bitcoin infrastructure is clearly tilting.
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Blockblind
· 2h ago
Custodians have surpassed exchanges? This time it’s really different.
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HalfBuddhaMoney
· 2h ago
Damn, are the big institutional players finally losing trust in exchanges? The power structure is really about to be reshuffled this time.
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GasFeeCryBaby
· 2h ago
The tactic of institutions propping up the market is old news. Let's see who ends up having to beg in the end.
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PriceOracleFairy
· 2h ago
watched this threshold cross on-chain like three weeks ago, everyone else just catching up lol. custody consolidation = liquidity fragmentation, actually bullish for arb opportunities if you know where to look... which i do, obviously
A quiet shift is happening in Bitcoin's custody landscape. Institutional custodians have crossed a threshold—they're now holding more BTC than centralized exchanges. This marks a significant evolution in how major players store digital assets, signaling growing confidence in specialized custody solutions over traditional trading platforms. The balance of power in Bitcoin infrastructure is clearly tilting.