Standard Chartered just cut their 2025 bitcoin price forecast. Meanwhile, PNC's making moves—they're now offering direct BTC trading for their high-net-worth clients. Interesting divergence here: one major bank's dialing back expectations while another's doubling down on crypto services. What's driving these opposite plays? Could be risk management models, could be client demand signals. Either way, the institutional landscape's shifting fast. More banks entering the space even as some analysts trim their bullish calls. The gap between conservative forecasts and expanding services tells you something about where we're actually headed.
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OnchainUndercover
· 9h ago
Standard Chartered talks down the market, PNC buys the dip... This is what the real market truth looks like. To put it bluntly, they're conservative in words but greedy in action, all betting on this round of institutional client money.
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WhaleWatcher
· 9h ago
Standard Chartered is lowering its price expectations, while PNC is ramping up BTC trading... This is absurd—one is panicking while the other is excited. Banks really can't figure out what the crypto world is all about.
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AirdropJunkie
· 9h ago
To put it simply, they're calling for a short while quietly building positions themselves—same old trick.
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BearMarketLightning
· 10h ago
Toyota cuts prices but BMW doesn't follow; this is what market differentiation looks like. The institutions say one thing but their actions speak louder than words.
Standard Chartered just cut their 2025 bitcoin price forecast. Meanwhile, PNC's making moves—they're now offering direct BTC trading for their high-net-worth clients. Interesting divergence here: one major bank's dialing back expectations while another's doubling down on crypto services. What's driving these opposite plays? Could be risk management models, could be client demand signals. Either way, the institutional landscape's shifting fast. More banks entering the space even as some analysts trim their bullish calls. The gap between conservative forecasts and expanding services tells you something about where we're actually headed.