WisdomTree Bitcoin Fund

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Market cap $151M

Bitcoin gained 12.7% in April, registering back-to-back monthly gains and its best month since April 2025. The run was driven by leveraged trading activity in the derivatives market while demand for the spot bitcoin contracted, signaling weakness in the rally, according to CryptoQuant.

Artificial intelligence may be one of the most crowded trades in financial markets right now — but bitcoin, which is currently mired in a bear market, could be a cheaper way to play the AI boom.

At 5.00 PM Eastern time, Bitcoin (BTC 2.17%) had slipped 1.6% to $76,978.87 while Ethereum (ETH 3.23%) was down 3.2% to $2,290.06 and Solana (SOL 3.05%) declined 2.9% to $84.19.

Bitcoin spot ETFs lost over $6 billion in net outflows between November 2025 and February 2026 as Bitcoin ( CRYPTO: BTC ) crashed from its $126,000 all-time high.

Capital has flowed into bitcoin through multiple channels, which makes it less likely that bitcoin sees a sharp reversal like in previous months, and more likely that the rally builds momentum.

US spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded their strongest weekly inflows since mid-January, extending a three-week streak of positive momentum as improving risk appetite and geopolitical developments drove institutional activity. ETF inflows hit multi-month highs According to data from SoSoValue, spot bitcoin ETFs drew in $996.4 million in net inflows last week, marking the largest weekly total since the week ended Jan. 16.

The crypto crowd spent years positioning Bitcoin as the ultimate hedge against a falling dollar. Did it pay off?

Over the years, Gold and Bitcoin ( CRYPTO: BTC ) have been fighting over the “best inflation hedge” title, and depending on the angle you decide to argue from, both assets make a pretty good case.

It is dangerously easy to treat Bitcoin and traditional stocks as equals when they sit side-by-side in your brokerage app.

Bitcoin ( CRYPTO: BTC ) is trading above $74,000 after a bearish first quarter that saw it lose 23% of its value.