Bitcoin’s Retreating Retail Army Exposes Fresh Fragility

Bitcoin spent years trying to shed its reputation as a playground for speculative retail traders. Its latest selloff is exposing the tradeoff: Wall Street brought scale and legitimacy, but the retail buyers who once helped absorb sharp declines have largely… Bitcoin spent years trying to shed its reputation as a playground for speculative retail traders. Its latest selloff is exposing the tradeoff: Wall Street brought scale and legitimacy, but the retail buyers who once helped absorb sharp declines have largely vanished.