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Yesterday, the market was flooded with a single piece of news. The global asset management giant Blackstone withdrew $1.24 billion worth of crypto assets from a custody address within 72 hours—12,658 Bitcoin and 9,515 Ethereum. How big is this scale? Imagine this is definitely not a casual trade by an individual investor, but a strategic move by a true "whale" level player.
But if you think this is panic selling, you're wrong. On-chain data shows the full picture: Blackstone still holds 784,000 Bitcoin (approximately $74.68 billion) and 3.49 million Ethereum. In other words, this withdrawal is just a minor adjustment; crypto assets have already become a core part of their long-term holdings in their asset allocation.
This move is more like a precise "internal reorganization"—to create space for future new strategies or to prepare for some undisclosed plans. The key point is this: while retail investors are still busy with daily K-line charts, the real capital has long been playing chess based on macro logic and long-term allocation. They simply do not follow short-term news trends.
This gives us an insight. Can we, like these institutions, establish a stable plan that doesn't require frequent trading but can continuously capture growth opportunities in the crypto market? The answer lies in DeFi infrastructure that can generate "real returns" and improve capital efficiency. For example, building liquidity staking and stablecoin protocols on BNB Chain can allow funds to generate growth while in an "idle" state.