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Created: 2025-07-24 01:33:34 UTC

⚠️ Is Bitcoin losing its self-custody soul? 💔 ETFs Surge, Individual Wallets Dip!

Content: Are #Bitcoin ETFs reshaping crypto's core values? 🤔 Onchain data shows self-custody is declining since ETF approval in Jan 2024. Active addresses are down, growth of new addresses slowed. "Since spot ETFs became available the growth rate of self-custody users has been in decline." - Willy Woo. But did ETFs steal users, or simply open the market? One community member argues, "ETFs didn’t steal users from cold storage… They opened the market to those who were locked behind compliance walls." IBIT hit $80B AUM faster than ANY ETF ever! 🚀 Is this the future of #BTC?

 Source: Cointelegraph

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