{"id":74108,"date":"2026-02-26T18:46:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=74108"},"modified":"2026-02-26T18:46:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:46:37","slug":"why-retail-traders-are-ditching-crypto-for-equities-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=74108","title":{"rendered":"Why Retail Traders Are Ditching Crypto For Equities In 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) and the broader $2.3 trillion digital asset market are bleeding retail capital as traders aggressively pivot into equities, driven by plunging crypto volatility and a new AI-powered edge in the stock market.<\/p>\n<p>According to new flow <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wintermute_t\/status\/2027006538653880495?s=20\">data<\/a> from JPMorgan and Wintermute, the historical relationship between retail stock and crypto buying officially broke down in late 2024. <\/p>\n<p>Instead of buying both as risk-on assets, retail traders are now treating them as direct substitutes.<\/p>\n<p>The correlation has flipped negative. When retail aggressively buys stock market dips, they sit on the sidelines in crypto.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why The Money Is Moving Out Of Crypto<\/h3>\n<p>Retail defined every major crypto cycle through reflexive dip-buying and rapid capital rotation. That behavior is shifting to the stock market for &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/02\/50902197\/why-retail-traders-are-ditching-crypto-for-equities-in-2026?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Why\" retail traders are ditching crypto for equities in>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and the broader $2.3 trillion digital asset market are bleeding retail capital as traders aggressively pivot into equities, driven by plunging crypto volatility and a new AI-powered edge in the stock market. According to new flow data from JPMorgan and Wintermute, the historical relationship between retail stock and crypto buying officially broke [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-74108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}