According to Chainalysis data for the year ending in June 2026, cryptocurrency transfers under $10,000 were net outbound, while institutional transfers above $10 million resulted in net inflows of 53,200 bitcoins worth $4.3 billion to the United States.

The first and largest cryptocurrency, spanning its price and adoption, mining, protocol politics, and its contested role as digital money and inflation hedge.

Banks, asset managers, corporations and pension funds moving into digital assets through custody launches, trading desks and treasury allocations.