Bitcoin spent years trying to shed its reputation as a playground for speculative retail traders. Its latest selloff is exposing the tradeoff: Wall Street brought scale and legitimacy, but the retail buyers who once helped absorb sharp declines have largely vanished.
Source: [Bloomberg Markets](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-24/bitcoin-s-retreating-retail-army-exposes-fresh-market-fragility)