Investors Are Diverging

So ethereum finally got up and it has surpassed 4,000. A great time for many youth holders around us. And I believe that is a good enough number. Currently eth is trading at over 4,200 as the time of writing. But today I want to emphasize on something more important on a broader scale. I will talk about the current trends in investor sentiment and where people are targeting their money. And how it reflects on the overall health of the crypto market. ---  [Source](https://unsplash.com/photos/three-bitcoins-sitting-on-top-of-a-table-ZAIbez5LTrg) --- So first of all, there is an increasing divergence between retail investors and institutional investors. As both sets of people are eyeing completely two different sets of crypto for their investments. While institutional investors are mostly leaning towards big exchange cryptos such as Bitcoin, ethereum and maybe Solana, retail investors are now moving towards altcoins. Now I believe every one of you remember that quote coins are having a very tough time in the market. Compared to the bigger coins the fall off was catastrophic but now since wintermute, apparently there are somewhat reputable, are saying that the retail investor conference is moving towards altcoins, so I guess altcoins can gain some of the grand. Also in other news, there has been a significant increase in over the counter options trading within this year. OTC usually means that high net worth individuals or companies are cutting out the middlemen or in this case, centralized exchanges and doing trades on their own. This shows that they are serious about their assets and they do not want the price slippage that comes with centralized exchanges. This can be considered good for the market because it shows that these high individuals are serious about crypto. And it's got something to do with traditional finance. Although the hive cryptocurrency had during the start of the year when Bitcoin was rallying hard is mostly dead now. And Bitcoin is also quite healthy above $100,000. So at this time when we see that both parties such as retail and institutional investors are getting into crypto by their own means. It shows that the market isn't lost yet to these investors and it will be more important than ever.