First Mover: Institutional Bitcoin Buying Spiked Around Wednesday’s Crash
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Market Moves by Omkar Godbole  Institutional Bitcoin Buying Spiked Around Wednesday's Crash
 Daily transfer volume from OTC desk wallets (Source: Glassnode)
 Bitcoin: Seven-day average of daily transfer volume from OTC desks (Source: Glassnode)
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