Crypto Got Every Legal Win It Wanted From Washington — And Still Lost the Market. Here's Why That Should Worry You
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Despite achieving nearly every regulatory victory the crypto industry lobbied for — including ETF approvals and clearer legal frameworks — the market has still declined. The ease of institutional access through Wall Street products like ETFs has made it just as easy to sell Bitcoin as to buy it, creating new downward pressure.
WHY IT MATTERS
Think of it like this: for years, crypto fans said, 'If only the government would let big banks and regular investors buy Bitcoin easily, the price would skyrocket.' Well, the government did exactly that — approving products called ETFs (Exchange-Traded Funds), which let anyone with a stock brokerage account buy Bitcoin as easily as buying shares of Apple. But here's the catch: making it easy to buy also made it easy to sell. Big Wall Street firms don't hold through tough times the way passionate crypto believers do — they sell fast when things look risky. So the very thing crypto asked for may have actually made the market more volatile, not less. It's a reminder that 'mainstream adoption' doesn't automatically mean prices go up.
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