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Created: 2025-07-14 15:57:31 UTC

Bitcoin is at all time highs. But retail? None existent.

Everyone’s calling this a bull run, but did it really happen?

When the market dips, profits don’t disappear. They rotate.

And since the ETFs were approved, it’s been clear who they rotate to.

Institutions. Governments. Smart money.

The ETF wasn’t designed to benefit us.
It was designed to legitimize extraction: 

To bring in retail and quietly funnel gains back to fiat.

Retail lost access. Lost attention. Lost conviction.

And in return, handed over liquidity to structured buyers.

Bitcoin pumped off regulation clarity, ETF approval, and Trump’s pro crypto stance.

Solana pumped because Web2 built on it and used that narrative to drain liquidity.

XRP pumped when the SEC case dropped and Web2 stepped in before retail could.

The majors are up. But that demand didn’t come from Telegram groups or Discord servers.

That’s why we weren’t seeing what we call an “alt season”.

It came from boardrooms, funds, and corporate desks.

This wasn’t a retail led rally.
It was a liquidity trap.

Smart money bought structure.
Retail bought stories.

And while retail was waiting for the bull run it already happened… without them.


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