On Thursday, as the sun reached its zenith and gentlemen everywhere refreshed their portfolios, bitcoin—ever the enfant terrible of finance—vaulted to the positively decadent height of $102,819. In this feverish Now, where the fashions change at the speed of a tweet, it appears that the grand old halls of institutional money have succumbed to the charm of cryptocurrency. One must, I suppose, forgive them for arriving late to the party, provided they remembered to bring champagne.
Wall Street’s Growing Appetite Sends Bitcoin Soaring Past $102K
Those boisterous institutions—fresh from their attempt to civilise Bonds—are allegedly filling their pockets with BTC. The chatter on the street is louder than a debutante’s diary, and with bitcoin waltzing well past the $100,000 mark, it’s no wonder market sages are falling over themselves to offer pungent commentary on this latest ascent. (Fashionably, of course.)
As the learned minds of Bitfinex confessed to TopMob—perhaps between fits of existential crisis—“Under the surface, spot ETF flows stay as firm as a Dowager’s upper lip, especially during U.S. hours. There is much open interest, but alas, nothing frothy: real demand, not reckless speculation from the penniless masses. Exchange balances are dwindling as if they heard about calorie counting, and those with the patience of saints—or at least long-term holders—are once again hoarding coins.”
The Bitfinex connoisseurs further offered:
This, dear reader, is not a melt-up, but a move as structurally sound as a Victorian railway. Should the ETF and institutional currents continue, and the macroeconomic weather remain clement, expect any dips to be snapped up like half-price opera tickets. The path of least resistance? Ever upward, naturally.

The narrative, according to some, now bears a closer resemblance to a torrid Greek tragedy than a mere market update. Mike Cahill, the ever-eloquent CEO of Douro Labs (who probably wears velvet at board meetings), makes it sound positively Shakespearean.
“Bitcoin breaching $100K,” he declaims, “signals a full-blown narrative reset—because nothing says ‘new narrative’ like six zeroes and a digital coin. ETFs, sovereign funds, and asset managers are rushing for bitcoin as though it were the last train out of Paris, seeking shelter from policy uncertainty and hunting that mythical unicorn: long-duration growth. What you see is merely the market realizing what the so-called ‘smart money’ has been gossiping about at cocktail parties all year.”
As if more proof were needed (it isn’t, but why resist?), Joe Burnett of Unchained points to Strive Asset Management’s recent entanglement with Asset Entities (Nasdaq: ASST). The drama! The intrigue!
“Since the Strive announcement, the stock surged over 700%—surely enough to satisfy even the greediest of hearts. This demonstrates the market’s growing lust for bitcoin treasury companies—those bold enough to transform dusty balance sheets, idle cash, overvalued shares, and the not-so-occasional hint of leverage into glorious bitcoin. It’s capital allocation with a top hat and tails, in a world where, let’s be honest, the money has already lost its manners.”
Investors, it seems, are developing a taste for certainty to rival their taste for vintage champagne. Dave Sedacca of Parity Technologies summarised the mood: “Investors abhor uncertainty (don’t we all?), but the moment we get a splash of clarity—say, Trump touting trade deals or the FOMC promising not to shake the punch bowl—confidence soars. And as BTC leaves gold looking positively sallow, it becomes impossible to leave it out of the portfolio.”
Doug Colkitt, the original Fogo Contributor, waxes rhapsodic: “$100K is less a riotous bacchanal and more a patrician’s dinner—refined market structure at play. We witness consistent, mature, institutionally sanctioned demand, buttressed by venues you could actually trust with your wallet and rails so sturdy even Wilde’s wit could not topple them. There’s substance beneath the sizzle—dare I say, this rally has better manners than those that came before.”
So there you have it: Bitcoin ascends, the institutions arrive fashionably late, and the world, as usual, pretends to be surprised. 😏🍾
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2025-05-09 00:56