They Didnt Defeat Bitcoin They Absorbed It
The narrative that $BTC was simply volatile is a lie. This was the most coordinated financial maneuver since the 2008 crisis.
In just 288 hours, four institutions managing over $20 trillion in combined assets executed a conquest. While Vanguard reversed its ban and unlocked access for 50 million clients, and Goldman Sachs acquired a Bitcoin-native firm for $2Z billion, the real action was the structural change. They simultaneously introduced leveraged notes and authorized thousands of advisors to recommend $BTC. This wasn't chance; it was choreography designed to capture redirected flows.
Retail panicked, dumping $3.47 billion in November ETF outflows, the largest monthly redemption in history. BlackRock's IBIT bled $2.34 billion. Who was buying the blood? JPMorgan increased its IBIT position by 64% QoQ, and Abu Dhabi tripled its holdings in Q4.
The asset built to eliminate intermediaries is now being domesticated into a portfolio allocation. Nasdaq expanded IBIT options limits 40x, structurally enabling volatility suppression. This is not volatility; it is control.
The code remains untouched, the supply cap holds, and the network doesn't care. But the economics now flow upstream directly to Wall Street. The revolution wasn't stopped. It was monetized, and the same playbook is being prepared for $ETH.This is not financial advice.
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