Crypto Loses Its Grip on Retail Army Now Defecting to Equities

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Retail investors are shifting their attention from cryptocurrency to equities, a trend that accelerated after the October crypto crash, according to a report from Wintermute using JPMorgan Chase data.

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Bearish Confidence 90% How confidence is read Horizon: Short term Impact: Moderate

Market impact analysis based on bearish sentiment with 90% confidence.

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Source Yahoo Finance
Claim Crypto Loses Its Grip on Retail Army Now Defecting to Equities
AI inference Bearish · 90%
Generated 2026-03-01 14:30

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Analysed by Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) Methodology v1.0 Generated
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Original source

Now they’re moving on, stalling the demand engine that digital assets have depended on for a decade. Speculative demand that once concentrated in crypto is being sucked into stocks, according to a new report from market-maker Wintermute that draws on JPMorgan Chase & Co. data. Since late 2024, retail has been steadily shifting toward equities, a trend that accelerated sharply after the October crypto crash, according to the report.

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Original article published by Yahoo Finance on March 1, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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