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Altcoins

Institutions Now Drive 72% of Wintermute’s OTC Flow and They Are Buying Fewer Tokens

The next altcoin season may reward a much smaller group of tokens than the last one, as institutional investors concentrate their activity in a narrower set of assets, according to market mak

AnonymousCryptoCompass newsroom
August 1, 2026
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Institutions Now Drive 72% of Wintermute’s OTC Flow and They Are Buying Fewer Tokens
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The next altcoin season may reward a much smaller group of tokens than the last one, as institutional investors concentrate their activity in a narrower set of assets, according to market maker Wintermute.

The finding comes from Wintermute’s own order flow, which is both what makes it unusual and what limits it. Very little public data exists on how institutions actually trade altcoins away from exchanges, and this is one desk’s view of its own clients.

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