Billions Are Flowing Into Bitcoin… So Why Is the Price Stuck?
Let’s be honest: if you only looked at the headlines, you’d think Bitcoin should be flying.
GameStop, MetaPlanet, MicroStrategy, and even Trump Media have poured billions into BTC in the last few months.
MicroStrategy alone bought 44,000 BTC for over $4.5 billion. GameStop added 4,700 BTC. MetaPlanet grabbed 8,000 more. And Trump Media? They plan to raise $2.5 billion to follow the same path. It sounds like the start of a parabolic move.
And yet… Bitcoin is stuck.
It’s been ranging between $100K and $110K, unable to break out, even with all this capital entering the ecosystem.
So what’s really going on?
Here’s the reality most people don’t see:
1️⃣ For every big buy, there’s a big sell.
Long-term holders sold over 240,000 BTC in Q1 2025 alone. That’s more than these companies bought. Miners are still adding ~$48M in BTC to the market each week.
2️⃣ These big buys don’t hit the open market.
Institutions use OTC desks to buy Bitcoin privately — avoiding slippage and front-running. That means $100M can enter Bitcoin without moving the charts at all.
3️⃣ Retail isn’t here.
There’s no FOMO. On-chain activity is low. Google Trends is flat. Unlike 2021, there’s no flood of people smashing the buy button.
4️⃣ Paper Bitcoin dominates.
Futures and ETFs allow people to bet against BTC without ever owning real coins. This creates synthetic sell pressure that can suppress price.
5️⃣ Bitcoin is no longer small.
This is a multi-trillion dollar market. A billion-dollar buy used to mean fireworks, now it barely makes a dent.
So yes, the headlines are real. The demand is real.
But without visible impact on exchanges, emotional retail energy, and a bullish macro backdrop, the price remains range-bound.
For now. Expect sideways until late Q3
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