Main takeout:
Bitcoin (BTC) retail trader is famous for entering the market during the happiness period. This is no different this time, and Bitcoin approaches $ 104,000 on May 14, while general public interests and retail activities continue to delay.
Analysts estimate that in 2025, the retail investor is the largest seller of BTC, while the institution is the main buyer. However, if the historical pattern is maintained, the surge in retail appetite for about a week after the Bitcoin exceeds $ 109,350.
According to River’s estimates, individual investors have sold 247,000 BTCs in 2025, which is $ 23 billion depending on the average price during this period. Meanwhile, Michael Saylor’s strategy accounted for 77%of the 157,000 BTC acquired by companies that year.
The retail interest in Bitcoin is close for 6 months.
When BTC has not exceeded $ 73,000 in three months, the current search trend of the term “Bitcoin” in June 2024 when BTC traded about $ 66,000.
Similarly, the Coinbase app has now ranked 15th in the financial category in the US App Store.
If the mobile app ranking for “Bitcoin” and the Google search trend can serve as a proxy of retail interests, the demand reached its peak on November 15, 2024, when the Coinbase app jumped to the 40th to fifth place within two weeks. At the same time, search activities have soared to the highest level in two years.
The retail excitement matched Bitcoin breaking the previous maximum $ 73,757 on November 6, 2024, and the excitement reached its peak nine days later. Retail traders missed most of their profits from $ 67,000 a month ago, but the strong trend continued as Bitcoin increased to $ 107,000 until mid -December 2024.
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Similarly, the surge in retail demand occurred when the Coinbase app rose to the fourth largest downloaded 4th place in the US financial category just two weeks ago just two weeks ago. At the same time, about 6 days after Bitcoin exceeded $ 68,000 in November 2021, the Google search concern for “Bitcoin” was the highest in 20 months.
In March 2024, the retailer increase increased by 56%in just 30 days, and the BTC rose from $ 43,100 to $ 68,100. Unlike the brake out in November 2024, the next seven months saw irregular price fluctuations, and Bitcoin struggled to maintain more than $ 70,000. Retail traders tend to respond to the previous all -time high, but this often means missing most of the rise.
The net outflow of retail investors is 5.5%from 5.5%compared to the highest level in history, and the “Bitcoin” search trend and Coinbase app ranks are strengthened, surpassing the previous highest level and supporting ideas that have been around for about a week.
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