{"id":93156,"date":"2026-01-15T10:50:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T07:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=93156"},"modified":"2026-01-15T10:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T07:55:19","slug":"institutional-investors-resume-bitcoin-purchases-amid-volatility-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/institutional-investors-resume-bitcoin-purchases-amid-volatility-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"Institutional Investors Resume Bitcoin Purchases Amid Volatility Risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The leading cryptocurrency is consolidating amidst low volatility. This current calm conceals the market&#8217;s &#8220;fragility&#8221; and the lack of a clear price direction, noted Glassnode.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bouncing Into Supply<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a> has entered the new year with constructive momentum, printing two higher highs and extending price to $98k, but the advance now runs directly into a historically significant supply zone.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full Week On-Chain\ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CfFlebieWM\">https:\/\/t.co\/CfFlebieWM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jgMy9vLLsD\">pic.twitter.com\/jgMy9vLLsD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 glassnode (@glassnode) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/glassnode\/status\/2011518602877551071?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to analysts, the recent rise <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/a-300m-short-squeeze-propels-bitcoin-to-a-two-month-high-above-95000\">to $96,000<\/a> was &#8220;mechanical&#8221; in nature. It triggered a short squeeze in the futures market with low trading volumes, rather than an influx of fresh capital.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Levels<\/h2>\n<p>The price has entered a historically significant supply zone ($93,000-$110,000). This range is concentrated with coins held by long-term holders, purchased from April to July 2025. Any attempts to rise above $93,000 face selling pressure from this group.<\/p>\n<p>An important indicator is the average purchase price by short-term holders \u2014 $98,300. Maintaining the rate above this level will preserve the unrealized profits of new players and support market optimism.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Actions of Major Players<\/h2>\n<p>Long-term holders (LTH) have reduced their selling activity to 12,800 BTC per week. For comparison, at cycle peaks, this figure exceeded 100,000 BTC. However, for a sustainable rally, accumulation rates must confidently surpass this supply.<\/p>\n<p>Institutional flows have stabilized:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>spot <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-cryptocurrency-etf\">ETFs<\/a> have returned to buying;<\/li>\n<li>buyers dominate on Binance and other platforms;<\/li>\n<li>aggressive selling on Coinbase, which previously pressured the price, has significantly slowed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Derivative Risks<\/h2>\n<p>Despite local positivity, the options market signals ongoing risks. Traders continue to buy insurance against price drops (puts), especially for medium and long terms.<\/p>\n<p>Dealers are in a &#8220;short gamma&#8221; position in the $94,000-$104,000 range. In such a market structure, hedging operations amplify price movements rather than dampen them. This creates conditions for a sharp spike in volatility when a strong impulse appears.<\/p>\n<p>Experts consider the &#8220;market settings&#8221; for the first quarter to be constructive. If demand in the spot market continues to grow, the current consolidation will become the foundation for resuming the upward trend.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shift in Sentiment<\/h2>\n<p>Chief Analyst at MEXC Research, Sean Yang, noted a positive shift in a comment to ForkLog. Bitcoin&#8217;s rise of more than 8% since the beginning of the month has offset the decline of the fourth quarter of 2025. According to the expert, this indicates the exhaustion of sellers&#8217; strength and the cryptocurrency&#8217;s correlation with safe-haven assets \u2014 gold and silver.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Historically, January brings an average of 9% growth for Bitcoin. The asset is striving to test the $100,000 mark, and the current dynamics align with expectations,&#8221; said Yang.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ethereum shows a high correlation with the leading cryptocurrency: over two weeks, the asset has gained 12%. The analyst predicted that by the end of January, Ethereum&#8217;s growth will be 12-20%, fully compensating for December&#8217;s decline.<\/p>\n<p>Among the key growth drivers, the expert highlighted:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Liquidity Influx. <\/strong>The effects of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/why-do-federal-reserve-decisions-move-bitcoins-price\">quantitative easing<\/a> will begin to flow into the crypto industry.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Supply Shortage.<\/strong> Institutional investors are buying Bitcoin faster than miners can produce it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Technology.<\/strong> The development of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-rwas-real-world-assets\">RWA<\/a> and privacy segments will attract new investors.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>On January 13, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-cryptocurrency-etf\">exchange-traded funds<\/a> based on the leading cryptocurrency <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-etfs-log-biggest-inflow-in-three-months\">attracted<\/a> $753.7 million \u2014 the highest since October.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The leading cryptocurrency is consolidating amidst low volatility. This current calm conceals the market&#8217;s &#8220;fragility&#8221; and the lack of a clear price direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Bitcoin consolidates with low volatility, hiding market fragility and unclear price direction.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,1273,1145],"class_list":["post-93156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-glassnode","tag-market-analysis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"128","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Bitcoin consolidates with low volatility, hiding market fragility and unclear price direction.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93158,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93156\/revisions\/93158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}