SpaceX IPO participants face differing lock-up periods. Individual investors may be restricted from selling for 15-30 days, risking future IPO eligibility, while institutional investors can sell immediately, leading to criticism that individuals are being used as "cannon fodder."
Wistron's stock price hit a record high of NT$191, with a trading volume of 282,100 shares, driven by significant buying from foreign, domestic institutional, and proprietary trading desks. This surge benefits over 360,000 shareholders.
Prediction market platform Kalshi processed a record $17B in contracts in May, driven by institutional adoption. The company is focusing on Wall Street with new partnerships and infrastructure, aiming to offer hedging tools beyond traditional financial markets.
Bitcoin falls below $75,000 with institutional investors selling, major altcoins show weakness, but a whale buys 450 BTC daily over 8.5 days.
Institutional investors have pulled nearly $2.7 billion from Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs in two weeks, but are rotating into Solana, Hyperliquid, and XRP funds, signaling a maturing market rather than a broad digital asset retreat.
Galaxy Digital's subsidiary, GalaxyOne Prime NY, has obtained a BitLicense and Money Transmission License from the NYDFS, enabling regulated digital asset services for institutional clients in New York.
Foreign investors are significantly reducing their stake in Indian equities, with FII ownership hitting a multi-year low. Concurrently, domestic institutional investors, particularly mutual funds fueled by SIPs, are increasing their holdings, absorbing much of the foreign selling and reshaping market ownership.
Hong Kong has raised HK$27.6 billion (US$3.5 billion) through a green and infrastructure bond sale to finance the Northern Metropolis and low-carbon transformation projects. The offering drew investors from more than 30 markets across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas, signalling global institutional investors’ confidence in Hong Kong’s development, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority said in a statement on Friday. Orders totalled about HK$239 billion, 8.6 times the offer size. The...
Institutional investors are gradually increasing crypto exposure as Bitcoin leads allocation preferences amid rising fund inflows and improving market sentiment.
Accumulation by long-term Bitcoin holders, buying by institutional investors and a strengthening technical structure could fuel BTC’s price rise to $95,000 or higher.
Bitcoin has broken above the $79,500 level, backed by solid buying by institutional investors. Will the altcoins also follow?
Institutional investors are entering prediction markets as block trades, custom contracts and US regulatory shifts reshape a sector still dominated by retail users.
Bitcoin options markets price in just 25% odds of reaching $84,000 by May expiry despite 15% monthly gains, while futures basis rate shows weakness. However, US spot Bitcoin ETFs have absorbed $3.3B in two months, and listed companies including Strategy (56,235 BTC), Metaplanet (5,075 BTC), and Strive (929 BTC) acquired over five months of future mining supply, reducing sell pressure.
Bitcoin whales holding 1,000-10,000 BTC have accumulated approximately 240,000 BTC since December, bringing total holdings to 3.09 million BTC—a level last seen on November 11, 2025. Long-term holders now hold 14.57 million BTC, while institutional investors added 92,900 BTC over the past month. Technical analysis shows a potential double top near $79,400, with liquidity zones at $74,700 and $73,700, though analysts target $85,000-$88,000 for May.
Institutional investors are looking past the crypto market’s two largest behemoths, aggressively rotating capital into alternative cryptocurrencies as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East agitate traditional markets. Data from SoSoValue shows that US-based investment vehicles tracking the spot price of XRP absorbed $55.39 million in fresh capital over the past week, positioning the asset as […] The post Wall Street moves beyond the Bitcoin ETF trade as XRP leads altcoins on fragile macro relief appeared first on CryptoSlate.
