{"id":425420,"date":"2020-05-28T17:30:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T17:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=425420"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:49:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:49:26","slug":"institutional-fomo-bitcoin-supply-btc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/institutional-fomo-bitcoin-supply-btc\/","title":{"rendered":"Institutional FOMO Begins: One Firms Buys 150% of New Bitcoin Supply"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bitcoin<\/a> has an incredibly scarce supply of just 21 million BTC. This supply was just slashed in half with the asset’s halving.<\/p>\n An institutional focused investment firm that was previously absorbing as much as two-thirds of the newly mined BTC supply, is now buying up as much as 150% of it. Is this a sign that institutional FOMO is beginning?<\/p>\n Weeks ago, data from the first quarter of 2020 indicated that Digital Currency Group’s Grayscale Investments<\/a> was revealed.<\/p>\n The data indicated that the institutional focused firm was buying up as much as two-thirds of the Bitcoin supply at the time.<\/p>\n Q1 2020, however, was prior to the leading cryptocurrency by market cap’s halving that happened on May 11<\/a>. This event reduced the block reward miners receive for securing the network.<\/p>\n Related Reading | \u2018One of the Greatest Ever\u2019 Indicators Is Screaming Buy Bitcoin at $9,000\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The amount of new BTC supply miners receive was slashed from 12.5 BTC to just 6.25 BTC<\/a>. The cost of producing each Bitcoin doubled overnight.<\/p>\n What also doubled overnight, is how much of the BTC supply Grayscale Investments was absorbing.<\/p>\n Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust bought 18,910 Bitcoins since the halving.<\/p>\n Only 12,337 Bitcoins have been mined since the halving.<\/p>\n Wall Street wants Bitcoin, and they don't care what Goldman Sachs has to say. pic.twitter.com\/Br6a4ijuze<\/a><\/p>\n — Kevin Rooke (@kerooke) May 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nGrayscale Investments Absorbs As Much As 150% of BTC Supply<\/h2>\n
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