Institutional Buying Rockets Bitcoin to ATHs—Wait Until You See Who’s Really Cashing In

Wall Street’s latest gold rush just sent Bitcoin soaring past all-time highs—but the winners aren’t who you’d expect.

### The Puppeteers Behind the Pump

While hedge funds flex their balance sheets, the real power players lurk in regulatory gray zones. Spoiler: They’ve been accumulating since the ‘crypto winter’ memes.

### Liquidity Shell Game

Institutions talk a big game about ‘blockchain adoption’—meanwhile, their OTC desks avoid moving the needle on Coinbase’s order books. How convenient.

### The Cynic’s Take

Nothing unites bankers and anarcho-capitalists like watching retail FOMO in at the top. Bonus points for the SEC’s inevitable ‘we told you so’ press conference.

Institutions Drive The Bitcoin Price To New All-Time Highs

CoinMarketCap data shows that the Bitcoin price has surged to new all-time highs, driven by massive institutional accumulation. A Blockware report indicated that this institutional accumulation is likely to continue increasing, with 36 companies predicted to add BTC to their treasuries in the second half of this year. 

The Blockware report noted that the corporate BTC adoption race is mostly being spearheaded by “brand new companies or dying companies.” The research firm stated that this is a feature, not a bug. These companies are said to have a much easier time, recognizing how easy it is to invest retained earnings into BTC and earn yields. These companies continue to accumulate at a record pace, which is bullish for the bitcoin price. 

Blockware revealed that, so far in 2025, these BTC treasury companies acquired 247,000 BTC. For context, the Bitcoin ETFs, which have had the most successful launch in ETF history, have acquired 120,000 BTC this year. This underscores the significant accumulation from these treasury companies. 

The report declared that the market is sending a strong signal that securitized BTC exposure is here to stay. The bitcoin price is expected to reach new highs as these companies continue to accumulate. Meanwhile, it is worth mentioning that in the long term, Bernstein analysts predict that $330 billion in corporate treasury-led inflows to Bitcoin will occur by 2029. 

These analysts further remarked that they expect listed corporations to allocate $205 billion in capital for Bitcoin acquisition, led by small and low-growth companies. They believe that these companies will make this MOVE in a bid to emulate Strategy’s treasury model. Meanwhile, Bernstein predicts that $124 billion in inflows could come from Strategy alone. 

What’s Next For The BTC Price

Amid the recent rally to new ATHs, crypto analyst Titan of Crypto has predicted that the Bitcoin price could reach $125,000 in the short term. He noted that BTC is approaching the Head and Shoulders target of $125,000. He added that the inverse Head and Shoulders pattern is playing out perfectly and that this price target is now just a matter of when.

Meanwhile, Titan of Crypto suggested that the Bitcoin price could still hit $150,000 in the long term. He revealed that BTC has just broken above resistance within the ascending channel and is looking to reach the upper boundary at the $150,000 level. The analyst added that the weekly Relative Strength Index (RSI) is inching closer to its trendline and that a breakout WOULD seal the deal.

At the time of writing, the Bitcoin price is trading above $122,000, up over 3% in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap.