Wintermute: Retail Investors Rotating into Major Cryptocurrencies, Buying Power Outweighs Selling

2025-12-262025-12-23 by admin

BlockBeats news, December 23rd, Wintermute released its market report today, stating that as the holidays approach, market structure continues to narrow, and Bitcoin’s market dominance has risen again. Based on internal fund flow data observed by Wintermute, the following findings can be drawn:

Major cryptocurrencies are once again showing stronger buying pressure than selling pressure;

BTC’s buying advantage has lasted longer and is more stable, while ETH also shows increased buying signs towards year-end;

Institutional fund flows have been a consistent source of buying since the summer;

Retail investors are starting to rotate from altcoins back to major cryptocurrencies;

This retail rotation aligns with market consensus: BTC needs to lead the rally first, followed by waiting for altcoin rotation.

PANews reported on December 31 that Tom Lee, co-founder of Fundstrat and chairman of BitMine, wrote on the X platform: "Typically, during these last holiday trading sessions, many institutional investors exit the market, and algorithmic trading programs and bot trading programs begin to dominate the market, along with sell-offs for tax avoidance. These constitute the market dynamics in the last few days of December." Previously, in BitMine's announcement of acquiring 44,463 ETH last week, Tom Lee mentioned that market activity tends to slow down as the year enters its final weeks of holiday season. Year-end tax-avoidance selling depresses cryptocurrency and cryptocurrency-related stock prices, with this effect typically most pronounced between December 26th and December 30th; therefore, they are adjusting their market strategy accordingly. Earlier today, it was reported that Bitmine pledged another 118,944 ETH and increased its holdings by 32,938 ETH .