Gemini's Saad Ahmed Says Institutional Crypto Investors Treat Short-Term Volatility as Background Noise

Gemini Asia Pacific head Saad Ahmed said institutional investors now dictate how crypto markets digest shocks, focusing more on long-term positioning than daily price swings. He highlighted the November to December 2025 sell-off, when Bitcoin fell from near $100,000 to about $87,000 and Ethereum dropped from around $3,900 to roughly $2,745 before partially recovering, as an example of more disciplined risk management. Ahmed added that ETF flows, stablecoin activity and real-world asset usage are increasingly important signals of market health alongside on-chain fundamentals.